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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Trump’s comments were reported by The Atlantic.
Donald Trump had threatened to target cultural sites in Iran.
President Donald Trump was questioned in the Oval office by reporters but refused to confirm or deny the reports.
The policy has been widely criticised by rights activists and repeatedly challenged in court.
An in-depth investigation by the Associated Press was published this week.
Dublin TD Clare Daly said that the figures were “absolutely disgraceful”, but “not a bit surprising”.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The app, made by Strava Labs, shows the movements of its app users around the world.
The US military said it was taking the incident “extremely seriously”.
Eight people have been rescued so far.
NBC reported that Trump wants a tenfold increase to US nuclear weapons.
Transgender troops can continue to serve while the Pentagon studies an order by Trump to ban them from US forces.
It landed in Florida yesterday morning.
Vice Admiral Ted Carter said that “this kind of toxic behaviour cannot be tolerated”.
The result is that Trump’s initial budget wouldn’t dent budget deficits projected to run about $500 billion.
She has served seven years of a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material.
The Department of Transport has contacted Miami Air about the “circumstances surrounding this flight”.
The President-elect said he will cut “billions” in costs for military purchases.
Independent TD and Minister of State John Halligan says that he would “absolutely” ban such aircraft if it was up to him.
The thousands of transgender people who serve in the military have previously been forced to hide their gender identity.
A TV channel for the US military even contacted the Pentagon to ask about it.
The research was commission by independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.
This is some seriously futuristic stuff.
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It dragged a mile-long tether behind it, and has left 20,000 homes without electricity.
One TD says Ireland is helping weapons fall into the hands of ISIS.
Some serious stuff went down at this year’s West Point pillow fight.
They say they’re there to defend the constitution.
Colt Defense dates back to the early 19th century.
One lawyer called the move “Petty and nasty.”
The Wikileaks whistleblower says she wants it to be a two-way conversation.
The US is the number-one weapons exporter – but where do they all go?
About 3,500 foreign troops – mostly from the US – were killed during the $1 trillion campaign.
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Israel, Saudi Arabia, USA…
But does an explanation of “administrative error” raise more questions than it answers?
The TDs were arrested in July after trying to search a US military aircraft.
Military designers want to build and aircraft carrier in the sky.
Robert O’Neill is the latest former Seal to claim he shot the Al-Qaeda leader.
Sinn Féin’s Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said further assurances are needed from the government that Ireland’s neutrality is not being compromised.
The current outbreak has killed 2,400 people so far.
Niall Farrell was convicted along with Margaretta D’Arcy last month.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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