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In a four-minute video posted on Twitter, Trump, looking tired and wearing a jacket and open-necked shirt, said he “wasn’t feeling so well” when he first arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday. “Over the next period of a few days, I guess that’s the real test, so we’ll be…

Effectively the chief executive of the premier regional body, the secretary-general is appointed by the leaders of the Forum’s member states. Only one Micronesian had ever held the position, the first president of Kiribati, Sir Ieremia Tabai, who was appointed in 1992. Since then the post has…

Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa, who is an ally of President Rodrigo Duterte, introduced a resolution calling for a probe just days after the presidential office accused Facebook of censoring pro-government content. “There is an urgent need for the senate to investigate the censorship done by Facebook consid…

Biden suggested a mute button might help and Trump complained the Commission on Presidential Debates was siding with the Democrats in the aftermath of Tuesday’s debate in Cleveland. The 90-minute face-off triggered widespread criticism of Trump and, to a lesser extent, Biden. The Republican preside…

The Biden campaign raised nearly $10 million during and immediately after Tuesday’s debate, with $3.8 million coming during its best single hour of fundraising ever, according to a campaign aide familiar with the sums. The campaign fundraising was delivered by 215,000 total donors, including 60,000…

Assembling the seasonal workforce needed is going to be near impossible. In Ettrick, gaps in the workforce existed pre-pandemic. The Teviot Valley is a sea of blossoming stone and pip fruit trees at this time of year. The blossom pays testament to the size, all things going well, of the harvest and…

According to the U.S. Department of State, “as reported over the past five years, human trafficking of foreign victims occurs in Palau.”  But according to Palau’s Office of the Attorney General, it currently has no open cases of human trafficking. For its part, the Anti-Human Trafficking Office or …

La Baa was shot during an army operation against the Islamic State-linked group in Sulu province’s Patikul town, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said. “On behalf of the government, I would like to express my deep condolences to the family of the victim,” Marsudi told reporters. She said h…