Colin Powell
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Lawyer Amal Clooney nominated for Tipperary Peace Prize
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 6, 2017, 15:44
Lebanese-British lawyer, activist and author Amal Clooney is among the nominees for the 2017 Tipperary Peace Prize. Wife of actor George Clooney, he(...)

Electoral College settles Trump’s victory, but little else
- US
- December 20, 2016, 19:44
In Florida, protesters swarmed the state Capitol rotunda, one hoisting a “Trump Is Too Rusky” sign featuring a hammer and sickle. In Wisconsin’s State(...)

Kathy Sheridan: US networks sell their soul for Trump ratings boost
- Opinion
- September 21, 2016
Last week in the US, a Gallop poll suggested that only one in three Americans have any trust in the media, the lowest ever recorded. Separately, in a (...)

Breda O’Brien: US struggles to find an honest candidate for president
- Opinion
- September 17, 2016, 00:27
The 2005 Christmas special of the popular Doctor Who television show featured a British prime minister called Harriet Jones, played by Penelope Wilton(...)

Hillary Clinton ‘greedy’, Donald Trump ‘a national disgrace’, says Colin Powell
- US
- September 15, 2016, 19:52
US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shrugged off brutal critiques levelled by former secretary of state Colin Powell in a ser(...)

Donald Trump gives summary of recent medical exam to TV doctor
- US
- September 15, 2016
After a series of vacillations by Donald Trump on whether he would release his medical records, the Republican presidential nominee offered details on(...)

FBI releases notes of Hillary Clinton interview
- US
- September 2, 2016, 21:05
The FBI released a report on its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email address while serving as US secretary of state and a summ(...)

For Trump, you had better believe that sorry is not the hardest word
- US
- August 21, 2016, 16:16
To whom it may concern: Trump is sorry. Trump is humble. Trump is scared. Trump doesn’t want to get crushed. So if I have offended anyone, or because (...)

Trump woos black voters asking: what the hell do you have to lose?
- US
- August 20, 2016
Republican candidate in the US presidential election Donald Trump has urged African-Americans to vote for him, asking them: “what the hell do you have(...)

Republican right-wing rhetoric comes back to bite with Trump’s tirades
- US
- March 7, 2016, 01:02
Here’s why the Trump campaign is wicked fun: I watched Donald Trump in New York for decades, as a bachelor swanning, a party fixture mingling, a maste(...)