CECOT, the El Salvador mega-prison holding US deportees, has drawn praise from hardline law-and-order politicians at home and abroad and ire from human rights organizations. Here is what we know about the Terrorism Confinement Center https://t.co/GUeQiMuHPf pic.twitter.com/JlSzqaJ9I0
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he was shutting down a State Department office that had sought to counter foreign disinformation, accusing it of censorship and wasting U.S. taxpayer money. https://t.co/xgOyjOmjTW pic.twitter.com/2E9aE2gwz7
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US stocks ended sharply lower, with the Dow dropping 1.7%, the S&P 500 losing two-and-a-quarter percent and the Nasdaq nosediving three percent https://t.co/EpXzXRnNlc pic.twitter.com/KKzTs2LRh1
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Russia remains a key arms supplier in South-East Asia, and Trump’s unstable leadership is providing more opportunities to make inroads
A defence industry report claiming that Russia requested a permanent base for its warplanes in Indonesia’s remote Papua region, right on Australia’s northern doorstep, sent Canberra into a tailspin. But in Indonesia, it was the frenzy whipped up in Australia’s tight election campaign that came as the real surprise.
Foreign policy and defence experts are highly sceptical about the prospect that Jakarta would ever acquiesce to such a Russian request, and besides, it is hardly new. Moscow has sought permanent basing rights for its planes at Indonesia’s Biak airfield in Papua for almost half a century – and not once has it won approval.
The few congressional Republicans still willing to hold in-person town hall meetings in their home states are facing heated criticism this week over President Donald Trump’s policies and the prospect of deep cuts to social safety programs including… https://t.co/E0icQ0eD43 pic.twitter.com/1ngmeqnWsn
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The filing comes after the DA’s office learned the parole board has completed its Comprehensive Risk Assessment Reports for the brothers. https://t.co/HDYSlXwjTf
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Klay Thompson scored 16 of his 23 points in Dallas’ dominant second quarter to get redemption for his dud in Sacramento a year ago, helping the Mavericks beat the Kings 120-106 on Wednesday night to advance in the Play-In Tournament. https://t.co/ZYsbjOm2iz
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