March 2019 ~ SABSE FAST

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Trump cuts aid to Central American countries as migrant crisis deepens

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The U.S. government cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras on Saturday after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending migrants to the United States and threatened to shutter the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Korean Air stops serving peanuts after teens' flight disrupted by allergy

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Korean Air Lines said on Sunday it has stopped serving peanuts as snacks to customers in response to a recent incident when two teenage brothers were unable to board a flight because of a peanut allergy.

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Algerian army repeats call to declare president unfit for office

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Algeria's army chief renewed a call for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit for office and told opponents not to seek to undermine the military, after weeks of protests demanding an end to the ailing leader's 20-year rule.

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Frequent crossers of U.S.-Mexico border fret over threatened shutdown

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Workers and students who frequently cross the U.S. border with Mexico worried over the weekend about the impact on their lives if President Donald Trump follows through on a threat to shut entry points used by hundreds of thousands of people every day.

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UK's May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

By niki March 31, 2019 No comments

British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a new push by members of her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a potentially damaging no-deal Brexit.

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Fearing Brexit, protesters gather along Irish border

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Anti-Brexit campaigners protested at six different points of the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland on Saturday, fearing a return of customs checks could risk peace, jobs and their way of life.

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Liberal lawyer Caputova on path to win Slovak presidential election: partial results

By niki March 31, 2019 No comments

Anti-graft lawyer Zuzana Caputova led Slovakia's presidential run-off vote with 58.4 percent of the vote after results from 64 percent of polling stations were counted, giving her nearly certain victory, statistics office data showed on Saturday.

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U.S. ending aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras over migrants

By niki March 31, 2019 No comments

The United States is cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, known collectively as the "Northern Triangle," the State Department said on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending migrants to the United States.

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UK's May risks 'total collapse' of government in Brexit impasse: Sunday Times

By niki March 31, 2019 No comments

British Prime Minister Theresa May risks the "total collapse" of her government if she fails to get her battered Brexit deal through parliament, the Sunday Times newspaper said, amid growing speculation that she might call an early election.

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Libya's rival leaders could overcome army control dispute: U.N. Secretary General

By niki March 31, 2019 No comments

There are signs that Libya's two rival leaders may for the first time solve a key dispute over control of the army, amid efforts to overcome the country's eight-year-long conflict, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday.