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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's eldest son said Sunday he met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer shortly after his father clinched the Republican nomination, hoping to get information helpful to the campaign....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated Iraqi troops Sunday in the streets of Mosul for driving Islamic State militants out of most of the city. But airstrikes and sniper fire continued amid the revelry, and the extremists stubbornly held small patches of ground west of the Tigris River....
The Consolata School in - Nairobi has today marked 50 years since its founding in 1967.The colourful ceremony climaxed a year-long golden jubilee celebration that began on June 17 2016.The event began with Mass at the school grounds and was attended by students, children, parents, alumni, benefactors and friends of the school.“We know that to celebrate a 50th anniversary is a blessing from God because many schools started but failed along the way. We have reason to thank God and everyone who has collaborated with us up to this day -benefactors, teachers and the Consolata missionaries,” Fr Joseph Waithaka, the Regional Superior of the Consolata Missionaries Kenya and Uganda told CISA in an interview.Fr Waithaka noted that the education system in Kenya is changing and the school looks forward to adapting to the modern system of education.“The Kenya government is coming up with the new system of education and we look forward to working together with each and every o...
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The pressure is on Republican senators - from congressional leaders, conservative groups and impatient GOP voters - to fulfill a seven-year-old promise to scrap much of Democrat Barack Obama's health care law. But back home, Republican governors who have experienced some of the upside of the law are warning their GOP senators to first, do no harm....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is still trying to send President Donald Trump his first unqualified legislative triumph, nearly six months after Republicans grabbed full control of Washington. Now, lawmakers are returning from their July 4 recess with an added objective - averting some full-blown political disasters....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):...
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- On President Donald Trump's second trip abroad, there were fewer of the bull-in-a-diplomatic-china-shop moments that had solidified European leaders' skepticism during his maiden overseas tour. Less public berating of allies, no pushing to the front of photo opportunities....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- The Latest on developments in the fight for Mosul in Iraq (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Sunday that "it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia" after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin's denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election....
(Vatican Radio) On Sea Sunday – celebrated this year on 9 July – the Catholic Church, along with other churches and ecclesial communities, remembers seafarers; and prays for them, their families and those who support them. Sea Sunday is sponsored by the Apostleship of the Sea, formerly under the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. The Pontifical Council was merged with several other Vatican bodies earlier this year to form the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.The Prefect of the new Dicastery, Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson, has published a Message for this year’s Sea Sunday. In his message, the Cardinal says, “On Sea Sunday, we are invited to recognise and express our gratitude” to the more than one and a half million seafarers around the world “who, with their hard work and sacrifices are making our lives more comfortable” by transporting more than ninety percent of the world’s ...
