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Trump and Baghdadi
How does the leading Republican candidate for the US presidency, Donald Trump, square off with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at the helm of the so-called Islamic State group? For many, shoving the two names in the […]
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Super Tuesday: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump rack up more wins
WASHINGTON (TIP): Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have each won the most states on the biggest day of the race for the US presidential nominations. Key Points Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary […]
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When your Candidate puts you in a difficult spot
Many admire Trump for his audacity to say things that ordinarily a person, especially a career politician, would never say. I jump in support of Trump in our daily conversation if I find someone not […]
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Romney: ‘Bombshell’ in Trump’s Tax Returns
NEW YORK (TIP): Mitt Romney, the GOP’s 2012 nominee for president, has called on all candidates to release their past taxes, but said Wednesday, February 24, he thinks there’s a “bombshell” in front-runner Donald Trump’s […]
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Donald Trump Scores Third Consecutive Victory, Wins Nevada Caucuses
LAS VEGAS (TIP): Riding on voters’ anger wave, Donald Trump scored his third consecutive victory in the Nevada caucuses to cement his frontrunner status in the Republican presidential race with his rivals failing miserably to […]
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Pope Vs Trump | Trump ‘is not Christian’
NEW YORK (TIP): No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith,” Pope Francis said in statement. Trump added that the government in Mexico, where Francis spent […]
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After New Hampshire, Sanders in Focus
In what is being hailed as a “victory for outsiders”, Bernie Sanders, the underdog in the U.S. Democratic nomination race, stole a march on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the first primary elections of the […]
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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders win New Hampshire
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten candidates, on Feb 9, chugged in to New Hampshire after the Iowa caucuses with hopes of success. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders have shaken up the US presidential race […]
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Donlad Trump holds forte, Hillary Clinton losing ground: Opinion poll
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republican presidential front-runner Donald Front is holding forte in New Hampshire with a double digit lead over his nearest rival Marco Rubio while Democratic presidential aspirant Bernie Sanders has a massive lead over […]
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Indian-Americans Backing Donald Trump to Campaign in New Hampshire
JERSEY CITY, NJ (TIP): A group of Indian-Americans supporting Donald Trump have decided to campaign and run advertisements in New Hampshire after the Republican presidential front-runner suffered a shock defeat in Iowa. A decision in […]
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IOWA DEFLATES TRUMP; HILLARY AND SANDERS TIE
DES MOINES (TIP): The races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations are taking shape now that brave Iowans have had their say. In some cases, the results confirmed conventional wisdom. In others, it totally […]
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Donald Trump’s Twitter insults: The complete list (so far)
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey is “not a nice person.” The golf swing of actor Samuel L. Jackson is “not athletic.” A lectern in the Oval Office “looks odd” and the mobile […]
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Indian American Group Backs Donald Trump for President
NEW YORK (TIP): Calling Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as the “best hope for America”, some Indian-Americans in the New York Tristate area have formed a Political Action Committee (PAC) to support and raise funds […]
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Donald Trump: Will not review call to ban Muslims from entering US
WASHINGTON (TIP): Donald Trump refused to budge over his call to ban all Muslims from entering the US even as Republican presidential rivals questioned his controversial stance, with Jeb Bush wondering if the frontrunner also […]
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If Trump wins the nomination, prepare for the end of the conservative party
When Republicans gather for their next thought process before the primaries in 2016, one of the main issues all the candidates should be required to address is what each thinks of the controversial statements and arguments […]
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Trump launches anti-Muslim and immigration campaign ad
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday released his first television commercial in the 2016 race for the White House with a 30-second spot highlighting his stance on Muslims, immigration and terrorism. The ad […]
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Trump Muslim remark used in jihadist recruitment video
Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the US have been used by Somalia’s Shebab in a jihadist recruitment video, a US monitoring group said today. The Al Qaeda-affiliated […]
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Donald Trump ‘to spend $2 million a week on presidential bid’
WASHINGTON (TIP): Donald Trump has said that he will spend at least $2 million a week on his campaign to become the Republican party’s presidential candidate. The billionaire frontrunner, who has not spent large sums […]
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The on-off ties with the US
Travelling from east to west in the US, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, gave one an occasion to see the world’s sole superpower totally preoccupied in dealing with the aftermath of a terrorist strike. This […]
Europe
Malala Condemns Trump’s ‘ideology of Hatred’
BIRMIMGHAM, UK (TIP): Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned Donald Trump’s views on Muslims on Tuesday, December 15 at a sombre ceremony to remember the 134 children killed in a Taliban attack on a Pakistani […]
Europe
Petition seeking to get Donald Trump banned from entering UK already passes 370,000 signatures
LONDON (TIP): A petition calling for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be barred from entering the UK has gathered more than 370,000 names, so MPs will have to consider debating it. The petition went […]
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump no longer funny
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton took aim at fellow White House hopeful Donald Trump over his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, saying: “I no longer think he is funny.” Appearing on NBC’s “Late […]
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Donald Trump Vs. Adolf Hitler
After Trump’s call to ban Muslims from America drew comparisons with the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, some have started refereeing to him as “The New Fuhrer”. A spokesperson for the Council on America-Islamic Relations compared Trump’s […]
Europe
German Leader Angela Merkel is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
NEW YORK (TIP): Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2015. She is the fourth woman to win the award since its inception in 1927 – until […]
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Stirring the communal pot | Crushing a minority’s way of life will only lead to more alienation
Since November 13, when seven coordinated attacks in Paris causing 130 deaths, reminiscent of the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai in 2008, shook Europe and made the world pause, public opinion in Western Europe and the US […]