Donald Trump’s interest in developing real estate in Moscow, including luxury hotels, stretches back decades.
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Border troops: Defense Department awaits request from Homeland Security to stay beyond Dec. 15
The Defense Department awaits a request from the Department of Homeland Security to extend the troop deployment along border beyond Dec. 15
Trump, Putin to meet briefly at G-20 summit, says Kremlin spokesman
The Russian spokesman’s statementrepresented the latest twist in a back-and-forth between the Trump administration and their counterparts in Moscow.
U.N. says 2018 will be Earth’s 4th-warmest year on record, predicts a 5- to 9-degree temperature rise this century
The globe continued to bake in 2018, and still more warming is predicted in the decades to come. 2018 is expected to be the fourth-warmest year on record for Earth.
These spiders nurse their young with milk, researchers find
A study finds jumping spiders help care for young spiderlings by feeding them a milk-like substance until they are old enough to leave the nest.
Mexico’s austere president-elect wants to curb corruption, bring change
As aleft-leaning and populist, Andrés Manuel López Obrador campaigned on curtailing corruption and bringing about change in Mexico.
Heavy rain brings additional chaos, hardship to migrant shelter in Tijuana
Heavy rainfall made tough living conditions even rougher for thousands of Central American migrants housed at a shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trapper shoots grizzly bear that likely killed his wife and baby in Canada, authorities say
Gjermund Roesholt was returning from trapping near a Yukon lake when he shot and killed a charging grizzly bear on Monday. He soon discovered that the bear had likely killed his wife and 10-month-old child, authorities say.
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Report: Trump Organization planned to give $50 million penthouse to Putin amid Moscow deal
The Trump Organization planned to offer a $50 million penthouse suite to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report.
Angela Merkel’s plane makes emergency stop en route to G20, tech issues reported
A plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Group of 20 meeting in Argentina has been forced to make an unscheduled landing.