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A mockup of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch stands at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, in Washington DC.
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Trump says his planned arch would become a ‘military complex’

WASHINGTON, DC (AP): United States President Donald Trump said Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. It is one more example of how Trump is insisting that his initiatives to beautify the White House and the city are also serving a defensive purpose. Trump has been calling the new White House ballroom a “military complex” and arguing it is necessary for national security purposes.

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Antonia Bravo eats a “completos”, traditional Chilean hot dogs topped with mashed avocado, diced tomatoes and mayonnaise, at the “El Portal Ex Bahamondes” restaurant in downtown Santiago, Chile.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Even beloved hot dogs feel economic squeeze

SANTIAGO ( AP): It is lunchtime in downtown Santiago, and dozens of businesses around the Plaza de Armas are serving up one of Chile’s most democratic specialties: the “completo”. For decades, the…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House

WASHINGTON (AP): Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in…
FILE - Colombians and Haitians who are accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise are escorted in handcuffs to their court hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
20 Sep, 2026 0

18 suspects accused in July 2021 killing of Haiti’s president being extradited from Haiti to US

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were being extradited to the United States on Sunday, marking the end of a…
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19 Sep, 2026 0

Lawyers: US deportees to Equatorial Guinea arrested, beaten by police

DAKAR (AP): Two men deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily arrested after police covered their heads with a bag, beat them and held them at gunpoint in a…
Sanders
19 Sep, 2026 0

Antigua to resume talks with US on TCN deal

WASHINGTON (CMC): Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, says discussions with the United States Government are expected to resume shortly, at Washington’s request,…
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) is welcomed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska during a Carpathian 8 Summit in Bukovel, western Ukraine, Friday.
19 Sep, 2026 0

PM warns Russia is planning strikes on NATO territory

WARSAW (AP): Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones or rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine, among them Poland. Russia will…
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez.
19 Sep, 2026 0

Trump to meet acting Venezuelan president in New York

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump will meet with Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of Venezuela, for the first time next week since his administration carried out an operation to capture the…
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18 Sep, 2026 0

Officials: Disease outbreak killed at least 33 illegal miners in Nigerian police custody

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – At least 33 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining were found dead in Nigerian security custody on Thursday, officials said, pointing to a suspected disease outbreak in the…
US President Donald Trump
18 Sep, 2026 0

Trump banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Friday that he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatened that more such media…