Month: March 2017

A former employee of an electronics export company in the U.S. city of Houston has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally export about $50 million of microelectronics to Russia. …

Senior Russian and British military officials held rare talks in Moscow on February 28 aimed at avoiding clashes and lowering tensions that have spiked to their highest levels since the Cold War. …

Negotiators for the European Parliament and European Union member states have reached a deal to allow Ukrainian citizens to enter the political bloc without a visa. …

A Tibet women’s soccer team has been denied U.S. visas to participate in a tournament in Dallas.   Cassie Childers, a coach and executive director for Tibet Women’s Soccer, said that 16 members of the team were told at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, that they “have no good reason to visit the …

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Former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says U.S. President Donald Trump is not holding up his promise to help people “struggling to make ends meet,” and that his commitment to national security is “being tested.” Beshear gave the customary Democratic response to Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night. “President Trump is ignoring serious threats to …

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Barack and Michelle Obama have book deals. The former president and first lady have signed with Penguin Random House, the publisher announced Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed for the books, which several publishers had competed for, although the deals are likely in the tens of millions of dollars. Both Obamas have published through Crown, …

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