| US buys Iranian heavy water, pushes sanctions relief Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:33 AM PDT  The United States said Friday it would buy heavy water from Iran despite angry claims at home that it has already gone too far in granting Tehran nuclear sanctions relief. Officials said the purchase would cost $8.6 million, even as Republican lawmakers pressed for Iran to be excluded from any use of the US dollar or financial system. The deal was announced as Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet his Iranian counterpart to discuss ways of ensuring Tehran benefits from the nuclear deal it signed last year.
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| China, US join record UN signing of Paris climate deal Posted: 22 Apr 2016 10:14 AM PDT  China and the United States, the world's top greenhouse gas emitters, on Friday signed the Paris climate deal at a UN ceremony attended by a record 171 countries, boosting hopes of quick action on combatting global warming. French President Francois Hollande was the first leader to put his signature to the accord, and was quickly followed by leaders from island-states hardest hit by climate change. US Secretary of State John Kerry came to the podium cradling one of his granddaughters in his arms and triggered warm applause from delegates as he signed the historic deal.
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| Obama's Royal Holiday: Lunch With Queen, Dinner With Princes Posted: 22 Apr 2016 08:09 AM PDT Bearing a gift and birthday greetings, President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated Queen Elizabeth II over lunch at Windsor Castle, going the extra mile for a monarch he's expressed a special affection for over his tenure |
| Deluge of purple tributes after Prince death at 57 Posted: 22 Apr 2016 04:03 AM PDT  Tributes poured in from around the world Friday following the sudden death at 57 of superstar Prince, with fans flocking to dance parties to celebrate the life of the "Purple Rain" music legend. In his hometown of Minneapolis, a huge crowd gathered outside the First Avenue club, where Prince recorded the film version of "Purple Rain," as well as outside the secluded compound where he was found dead Thursday. Fans also gathered in other cities, including New York, where director Spike Lee led a Prince sing-along at a packed block party in Brooklyn.
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| Up to 170 states poised to sign landmark climate agreement Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:24 AM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As many as 170 countries are expected to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal takes a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule.
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| Obama will break Armenian genocide promise (again) Posted: 21 Apr 2016 02:43 PM PDT  For the eighth and final time, President Obama this year will break his unambiguous 2008 campaign promise to declare that the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 and 1916 amounted to "genocide," a leading Armenian-American activist told Yahoo News on Thursday. But officially designating the Ottoman Turks' actions as "genocide" would have deeply angered Turkey, a NATO ally and a pivotal player in the coalition Obama has assembled to wage war on the Islamic State in neighboring Syria. Aram Hamparian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America, told Yahoo News shortly after a briefing from Obama aides at the White House that the president would once again stop short of using the term "genocide" in his annual statement about the tragedy.
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