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Trump in hot water over ‘white supremacist call’

Leesburg / AP Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is drawing criticism for refusing to denounce an implicit endorsement from a white supremacist leader, with his main rivals, Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, using the matter to hammer the billionaire businessman just two days before multiple state primaries could put him on an irreversible path to the party’s nomination. Trump ...

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Ireland’s divided lawmakers mull awkward pacts, 2nd vote

Dublin / AFP Ireland’s election has produced a parliament full of feuding factions and no obvious road to a majority government, spurring lawmakers to warn that the country could face a protracted political deadlock followed by a second election. For the first time in Irish electoral history, the combined popular vote on Friday for Ireland’s two political heavyweights — the ...

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Desperate migrants protest at Greece-Macedonia border

Idomeni / AFP Stranded migrants lay with their children on rail tracks at Greece’s northern border, demanding to be allowed to continue their journey, as Germany warned that Europe cannot let the country “plunge into chaos”. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was speaking as Athens said that the number of migrants trapped in Greece could triple after Balkan countries announced a ...

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