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A 300-mile China-funded railroad connecting the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to Mombasa, the country's largest port city, is set to launch Wednesday. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence that is aimed at cementing its role as the gateway to East Africa.

A recent poll of 2,000 Scottish voters has found that SNP support has fallen below 40 per cent for the first time since 2014 due to a Tory surge in Scotland. We'll demand an end to austerity - allowing the United Kingdom government to increase investment in the NHS far beyond their current plans. Describing the policy as a chance to "defend Scotland against the cash grab" the party will advocate for the Barnett formula to gain further protections so it cannot be reduced by UK Tory ...

It also aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change and calls for scaled up financial flows, a new technology framework and an enhanced capacity-building framework to support action by developing countries and the most vulnerable countries in line with their own national objectives.

Turmoil over global trade negotiations was laid bare at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( Apec ) forum meeting, which failed to agree on its usual joint statement after USA opposition to wording on free trade and fighting protectionism.

Residents carry the bodies of several people killed during fighting between Iraq security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul , Iraq on March 24, 2017. The DoD said the coalition selected a single GBU-38 munition because it was "the most appropriate and proportionate means of engagement to neutralize the threat and to minimize collateral damage".

One of the biggest topics was climate change, but Trump made a decision to leave the fellow leaders hanging, wondering what he would do regarding the global pact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The president's tweet came after meetings with other world leaders who pushed for the U.S.to remain in the Paris agreement. He added that if leaders "only look at polls, sooner or later they will lose an election and have no legacy.

The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith, who was earlier told by Tory sources that there would be no "rowing back", said the prime minister was now "completely refashioning the policy" and had effectively "ripped" up a four-day-old manifesto commitment.

Reacting the whole incident Donald Trump Jr . tweeted , "Disgusting but not surprising". Many online called for Griffin to be jailed. A publicist for Shields did not respond to a request for comment. "I think to [Griffin], it's absolutely about [Trump]". That's the fun of making things. We are choosing not to include the actual tweet due to its sensitive nature.

A peak of 9.6m ITV viewers watched magical duo DNA and teen singer Kyle Tomlinson make it through to the Britain's Got Talent final in the first knockout round at the expense of the daring Tyrone and Mina and their passionate but hair-raising knife-throwing act.

The law restricts NGO activity to developmental and social work and introduces five-year jail terms for non-compliance and fines of up to one million Egyptian pounds ($55,000). The law would be the "death sentence" for rights groups operating in the country, Amnesty said. The measures are partially created to defuse discontent over steep prices hikes for food, medicine and services resulting from reforms introduced in November, including floatation of the Egyptian pound, the introduction of ...

While overseas, Trump's longtime lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, joined a still-forming legal team to help the president shoulder the intensifying investigations into Russian interference in the election and his associates' potential involvement. On May 28, former Republican Sen. "By selling the Saudis these precision-guided weapons more - not fewer - civilians will be killed because it is Saudi Arabia's strategy to starve Yemenis to death to increase their own leverage at the negotiating table".