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Hundreds of thousands of women protest against Trump

January 23, 2017 in International

[caption id="attachment_16291" align="alignleft" width="300"] Thousands of women wearing pink pussy-hats converged on Washington DC yesterday to protest some of the policies of new US president Donald Trump[/caption] WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussy-hats” to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women...

Trump tweets criticism over US women’s protests

January 23, 2017 in International

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to needle the estimated two million people who marched in women-led mass protests against him a day earlier, including celebrities who took part. "Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we...

Trump takes office with ‘America first’ vow

January 21, 2017 in International

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump launched his presidency yesterday with a fiercely nationalistic vow to put “America first”, declaring a new political era after being sworn as the 45th US head of state. Hundreds of thousands of people stood in the rain-splattered National Mall...