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Severe weather and wildfires are dramatic events connected to global warming but immigration will soon rise to the top of the list of trends that world leaders will be forced to address by finding more sustainable solutions.
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Washington -
The not very subtle bombs and white powder envelopes sent to Democrats and US media just before the mid-terms raise big questions. George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN, were the targets, but there’s more happening here.
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By AFP
Johanesburg -
Former US president Barack Obama on Tuesday used a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn that the world had plunged into "strange and uncertain times", in what is likely to be seen as a veiled attack on Donald Trump.
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By AFP
Johanesburg -
Former US president Barack Obama will deliver a speech to a crowd of 15,000 people in South Africa on Tuesday as the centrepiece of celebrations marking 100 years since Nelson Mandela's birth.
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By AFP
Apo -
North Korea poses a "real threat" whose solution will require international co-operation, former US President Barack Obama said Sunday on a visit to Japan.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Former US President Barack Obama is in negotiations with Netflix about producing a series of shows for the online streaming giant, according to US media reports.
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By AFP
London -
Former US President Barack Obama told Britain's Prince Harry he was concerned social media was "corroding civil discourse", in what he said was his first interview since leaving the White House, aired Wednesday.
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By AFP
Washington -
Former US president Barack Obama has urged American voters to remain engaged, using the example of Nazi Germany as a cautionary tale about the dangers of complacency.
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By AFP
Paris -
Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday took a new swipe at his successor Donald Trump over the Paris climate accord at a meeting with business leaders in the French capital.
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By AFP
New Delhi -
Former US president Barack Obama said Friday that social media powers like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are leading to "snap judgements to complex issues" and warned leaders to think before tweeting.
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By AFP
Paris -
Emmanuel Macron will host former US president Barack Obama for lunch on Saturday, the French leader's office said, as Paris pursues a tricky diplomatic strategy with his successor Donald Trump.
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By AFP
Chicago -
Former US president Barack Obama answered a jury summons Wednesday, but was dismissed soon after arriving at a Chicago courthouse to perform the civic duty asked of all Americans.
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Washington -
US President Donald Trump was facing a backlash on Tuesday after falsely claiming that Barack Obama and other former US leaders did not call the families of fallen soldiers.
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By AFP
Washington -
Brick by brick, the demolition job has begun: since taking office less than a year ago, Donald Trump has launched an all-out assault on the legacy of Barack Obama.
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By AFP
Buenos Aires -
Former US president Barack Obama played a round of golf Saturday with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, relaxing one day after a clean-energy summit in the city of Cordoba.
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By AFP
Cordoba -
Former US president Barack Obama made an impassioned plea on Friday for the world to embrace clean energy and overcome climate change at a gathering of experts in Argentina.
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By AFP
Cordoba -
The global fight for clean energy rests with businesses and ordinary people as governments lag behind, experts told an environmental conference in Argentina Friday ahead of a keynote speech by former US president Barack Obama.
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By AFP
Washington -
Former US president Barack Obama decried his successor's decision to end an amnesty for 800,000 people brought to America illegally as children, describing it as "wrong," "self-defeating" and "cruel.
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By AFP
Washington -
A tweet by former president Barack Obama about the violence in Charlottesville has become the most liked message in the history of Twitter, the company said Wednesday.The tweet by the country's first black president quoted Nelson Mandela.
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By AFP
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US President Donald Trump on Monday demanded an apology over the Russia investigation rocking his presidency, as he kept up a days-long attack on Barack Obama for his handling of intelligence about election meddling by Moscow.
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By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump on Monday demanded an apology over the Russia investigation rocking his presidency, as he kept up a days-long attack on Barack Obama for his handling of intelligence about election meddling by Moscow.
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By AFP
Milan -
Former US president Barack Obama shared Tuesday his relief at no longer being leader of the Free World -- but joked he is now "captive to selfies" whenever he is out.
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By AFP
Milan -
Barack Obama will be the keynote speaker at a food innovation conference this month in Milan, the latest move by the former US president to help foster healthy eating.
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By AFP
Chicago -
Former US president Barack Obama returned to the public spotlight Monday, saying he hopes to spend the next phase of his life helping to "prepare the next generation of leadership.
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By AFP
Berlin -
Former US president Barack Obama will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel to speak at a Protestant church gathering in Berlin in May, the organisers said Tuesday.
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Washington -
President Donald Trump's decision to strike the Syrian regime in retaliation for a chemical attack comes four years after his predecessor Barack Obama faced a similar challenge from Damascus -- and chose to back down.
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By AFP
Washington -
President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Barack Obama of tapping his phones during last year's White House campaign, charges that his predecessor denied as "simply false.
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By AFP
New York -
Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal to publish their memoirs with New York-based Penguin Random House, in a coveted contract reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars.
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Washington -
Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo during his campaign for president but when he left office on January 20th he still had not been able to keep his pledge.
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By AFP
Washington -
Barack Obama left the presidency just days ago, but already his smiling face is gone from a mural on the wall of an iconic eatery in the US capital.
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John Brennan briefs Obama about the Sandy Hook shooting The White House
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with their daughters, Sasha and Malia, and Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, at the White House Lawrence Jackson
Get over it. He is not going to take your guns away! AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Speaker of the House John Boehner, in the Oval Office. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right Pete Souza
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Yogi Berra signing his special gift photo for President Obama
John Brennan briefs Obama about the Sandy Hook shooting The White House
File photo: President Barack Obama with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) White House photo
Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle points out areas on a map during a briefing with President Barack Obama at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Grand Isle White House Photo by Pete Souza
President Obama places a wreath at the site of the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero. Pete Souza / The White House
President Obama White House photo by Pete Souza
Sidewalk in front of Napa's 140-year-old Sam Kee Laundry Building is covered with debris from the Aug. 24 earthquake. Jim Heaphy/Wikimedia Commons
President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Chuck Kennedy / White House
President Obama signs the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act for Veterans on Feb. 12, 2015. C-Span
President Barack Obama meets with Ambassador Donald Booth, Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, in the Oval Office, Aug. 28, Pete Souza
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President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China shake hands at the conclusion of their joint press conference in the East Room of the White House Pete Souza / The White House
President Barack Obama, speaking to the United Nations General Assembly Sonya Hebert / White House
President Barack Obama meets with top military commanders at the Pentagon. US Army/Flickr Creative Commons
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