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Padraig Harrington backs Rory McIlroy's decision to play with President Trump
The Northern Irishman had posted a statement on Twitter defending his decision and claimed he had been branded "a fascist and a bigot" for associating with the 45th President of the U.S., who divides opinion in his homeland and overseas. At a press conference yesterday McIlroy said: "I was just doing what I felt was respectful". "When you get offered by the president of the United States to go and play a game of golf, it's very hard to say no".
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Trump delays travel ban, Iraq likely to be excluded
Trump will target a handful of Obama-era green regulations, including a federal coal mining ban and an initiative forcing states to cut carbon emissions, in an executive order as soon as next week, a White House official tells Reuters . "What we are doing is now in the implementation phase of working with the respective departments and agencies to make sure that when we execute this, it's done in a manner that's flawless", Spicer said last Thursday.
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Saudi king visits Indonesia with 500 tons of luggage
Hishammuddin, who was the Minister-in-Attendance during the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, said he, himself, had reviewed the cooperation and the Malaysian Chief of Navy was handling the details. The king met Indonesian President Joko Widodo at a military airbase in Jakarta , where he landed, and was escorted along a red carpet flanked by guards to a limousine.
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With June visit, Modi will be first Indian PM in Israel
The Secretary said that to mark the 25 years of diplomatic ties, a series of events were being organised both in India and Israel These include exchange of high-level political visits and visits by business delegations. Modi's visit, it is understood, is being anxiously awaited in Israel, given the "close chemistry" he has with his Israeli counterpart. The team won the tournament, held across India from January 28 to February 12, after defeating Pakistan in the final match in Bengaluru.
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National Front VP: Le Pen, Fillon's Court Schedule Composed to Benefit Macron
The date is just two days before the deadline for candidates to submit their final applications. The owner of the magazine had previously been recommended for France's highest honor, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, by then-prime minister Francois Fillon .
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DOJ plans to 'pull back' on investigations into police wrongdoing, Sessions says
The stats don't necessarily bear that out: A 2014 study showed no increase in violent crime and "some evidence of decreasing rates of some types of violent crime, namely homicide and assault". Sessions told reporters Monday that he was "really worried" about Chicago's surging violence, but had "not made a decision" about whether to implement the reforms to the Chicago Police Department laid out in the DOJ report .