BAY CITY, Texas — This was shaping up to be a record year for cotton farmers in Texas. In 2016, farmers were lucky to harvest one bale of cotton per acre of the profitable crop. A year later, with perfect weather conditions during harvesting season, farmers would get three bales, […]
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The German Chancellor appeared with rival Martin Schulz, leader of the sPd, in a live televised debated ahead of Germany’s election on Septemebr 24. Touching on immigration and Turkey’s accession to the European Union, Mrs Merkel also used the opportunity to allign herself with the US President and the West […]
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test Sunday, according to senior U.S. officials, an apparently significant step toward its goal of building a bomb capable of hitting the U.S. mainland. To anyone paying attention, this development should not come as a surprise as the regime has been […]
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb designed to be placed on a intercontinental ballistic missile — prompting a barrage of responses from President Donald Trump and for his defense secretary to say they’re not looking to the “total annihilation” of […]
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned the US would respond to any attack on the United States or its allies after North Korea conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date – five times more powerful than the weapon used on Hiroshima at the end of World War 2. Commanders […]
FRANKFURT — German explosives experts defused a massive World War Two bomb in the financial capital of Frankfurt on Sunday after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes. The compulsory evacuation of 60,000 people was Germany’s biggest such maneuver since the war, with more than a thousand […]
Despite insisting migrants “are no threat” to Germany, the Chancellor admitted the 2015 refugee crisis has left Germany with a “difficult task” of integrating new arrivals into society. Angela Merkel had previously said she regretted her decision to open Germany’s borders. Speaking in a TV debate with election rival Martin […]
Violence erupted on Saturday afternoon at the French port as at least 60 young migrants tried to take advantage of the chaos caused by the heavy traffic. Police officers used tear gas and batons to disperse gangs of mostly men looking to break into lorries on route to Britain. A […]