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‘Eiffel Tower bomb plot terrorist can be deported’

Bloomberg An Algerian convicted in 2015 for his involvement in an unsuccessful terrorist plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum in Paris can be deported to his home country without a credible risk of torture or other inhuman treatment, Europe’s top human rights tribunal has ruled. Ali Meguimi was sentenced in 2015 to a six-year prison term ...

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US warships sail by Taiwan once again

Bloomberg American naval vessels transited through the Taiwan Strait for the second straight month, highlighting the US’s strategic rivalry with China as Taiwanese presidential hopeful and Foxconn founder Terry Gou called for the island to adopt high-tech defense mechanisms. The destroyers USS Stethem and USS William P Lawrence conducted a transit through the waters on Monday, US Seventh Fleet public ...

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Trump ally calls for more sanctions on Moscow

Bloomberg Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Donald Trump, called for more sanctions on Russia and criticised presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s statements downplaying the significance of that country’s interference in the 2016 election. “I like Jared a lot, but he’s leaving out a big detail,” Graham said on CBS, noting that Russia hacked into the emails of Democratic ...

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