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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Democratic presidential hopefuls took rival Joe Biden’s absence at a California state party gathering Saturday as a chance to take subtle digs at the former vice president and craft themselves as better positioned to bring Democrats into the future.

“Some say if we all just calm down, the Republicans will come to their senses,” Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in a clear reference to Biden’s comments that the GOP may have an “epiphany” after President Donald Trump is gone. “But our country is in a crisis. The time for small ideas is over.”

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Four were engineers who worked to maintain streets and protect wetlands. Three were right-of-way agents who reviewed property lines. The others included an account clerk, a technician, an administrative assistant and a special projects coordinator. In all, they had served the city of Virginia Beach for more than 150 years.

1 June 2019; DW: US President Donald Trump has once more waded into British domestic politics, giving his opinion on who he thinks would be a good successor to current Prime Minister Theresa May, who is set to resign on June 7.

"I have actually studied it very hard. I know the different players," he told The Sun tabloid in an interview published late on Friday.

Washington, May 31; PTI/GANASHAKTI: Any efforts to import Iranian crude oil beyond the accepted levels negotiated from November to May will be sanctioned, the US has warned, amidst reports that India and China were seeking ways to buy oil from Tehran.

US President Donald Trump last month refused to give waivers to countries like India from buying oil from Iran, in an attempt to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero.

Washington, Jun 1 (PTI) President Donald Trump has terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide "equitable and reasonable access" to its markets.

The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to promote economic development by allowing duty-free entry for thousands of products from designated beneficiary countries.

WASHINGTON, June 1. /TASS/: The Russian embassy in the United States on Friday described a recent Washington Post article on disarmament issues and Russia-US relations in this domain as " another example of amateurishness of American journalism."

WASHINGTON, June 1. /TASS/: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would formally announce his plans to run for the second presidential term on June 18 in Orlando, Florida.

"I will be announcing my Second Term Presidential Run with First Lady Melania, Vice President Mike Pence, and Second Lady Karen Pence on June 18th in Orlando, Florida," he said, adding that tickets to the event will be on sale.

UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (APP): With the post-world war international institutions eroded and under threat, a “strong and united Europe” standing alongside the United Nations, has never been more essential, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in Germany on Thursday.

“If you want to avoid a new cold war… if you want to build a true multilateral order, we absolutely need a united and strong Europe,” Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister, said as he accepted the Charlemagne Prize for services to European unity in Aachen, Germany.

UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (APP): A UN expert, who visited WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange in a London prison, Friday warned against extraditing him to the United States where he fears the controversial publisher’s human rights would be seriously violated after having been subjected to “psychological torture” as a result of years of isolation and persecution.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pushback from U.S. business, Mexico and Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his threat to slap a 5% tariff on Mexican imports unless America’s southern neighbor cracks down on Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.

U.S. manufacturers said the tariff, set to take effect June 10, would have devastating consequences on them and American consumers. U.S. stocks tumbled on Wall Street in response to Trump’s planned action.