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4:32pm, 3rd August, 2019

Biden mounts fierce defense of Obama legacy after debate attacks

Democratic presidential front-runner and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden mounted a fierce defense of Barack Obama's legacy on Saturday after several of his White House rivals attacked that record in debates this week.

May's party slumps to fifth place as pressure mounts for her to go

6:51am, 13th May, 2019

UK

May's party slumps to fifth place as pressure mounts for her to go

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have fallen to fifth place in an opinion poll ahead of the May 23 European parliamentary election as pressure grows for her to set a date for her own departure.

3:01am, 13th May, 2019

World

UK PM May's party slumps to fifth place as pressure mounts for her to go

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have fallen to fifth place in an opinion poll ahead of the May 23 European parliamentary election as pressure grows for her to set a date for her own departure.

Bayer's profit gets boost from Monsanto but legal burden mounts

12:56am, 25th April, 2019

Business

Bayer's profit gets boost from Monsanto but legal burden mounts

German drug and farming supplies company Bayer posted a 45 percent gain in quarterly core earnings thanks to the acquisition of seed maker Monsanto, while the legal burden it took on with the deal increased.

Aid workers rescue more African cyclone survivors, death toll mounts

7:58am, 21st March, 2019

World

Aid workers rescue more African cyclone survivors, death toll mounts

Rescue workers plucked more survivors from trees and roofs to safety on Thursday, a week after a cyclone ripped through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands.

Pressure mounts on Alabama publisher after he urges KKK to 'ride again'

9:37pm, 19th February, 2019

US

Pressure mounts on Alabama publisher after he urges KKK to 'ride again'

Alabama elected officials and journalism organizations condemned as hateful on Tuesday a small town newspaper's editorial calling for the Ku Klux Klan to "ride again," as pressure mounted on the publisher to resign.

Pressure mounts on Virginia Democrats over sex assault, racism scandals

3:44pm, 11th February, 2019

US

Pressure mounts on Virginia Democrats over sex assault, racism scandals

Virginia Democrats pressured Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to resign on Monday over accusations of sexual assault which he denies, but held off on pursuing impeachment, with the Republican speaker of the state House urging restraint.

Criticism mounts as Interpol set to elect Russian as president

9:41pm, 20th November, 2018

World

Criticism mounts as Interpol set to elect Russian as president

International police body Interpol is expected to elect a senior Russian official as its next president on Wednesday, in a move that has provoked alarm in Europe and the United States about the risk of Kremlin meddling.

May tries to sell Brexit deal but opposition mounts

2:24pm, 14th November, 2018

UK

May tries to sell Brexit deal but opposition mounts

Prime Minister Theresa May sought to sell a draft Brexit deal to her ministers on Wednesday but faced mounting opposition from some MPs and allies who said it threatened the government and the unity of the United Kingdom.

UK PM May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

12:35pm, 12th November, 2018

World

UK PM May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides on Monday, putting in doubt her ability to steer any agreement through parliament and raising the risk of a disruptive "no-deal" exit from the European Union n...

7:47am, 12th November, 2018

UK

May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

By Guy Faulconbridge, Philip Blenkinsop and Gabriela Baczynska

Saudi-led coalition masses troops near Yemen's Hodeidah as pressure mounts to end war

11:50am, 31st October, 2018

World

Saudi-led coalition masses troops near Yemen's Hodeidah as pressure mounts to end war

The Saudi-led coalition has massed thousands of troops near Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah, local military sources said on Wednesday, in a move to pressure Iranian-aligned Houthi insurgents to return to U.N.-sponsored peace talks.

Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts

1:31am, 20th October, 2018

World

Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts

Hundreds of Central American migrants bedded down overnight on a bridge separating Guatemala and Mexico, many squeezed against a metal border gate, as efforts to halt a trek north by a caravan of thousands of people gathered pace under U.S. pressure.

Migrant caravan halted on Mexico-Guatemala border, pressure to turn back mounts

9:24pm, 19th October, 2018

World

Migrant caravan halted on Mexico-Guatemala border, pressure to turn back mounts

Hundreds of people in a caravan of migrants that crossed from Honduras into Guatemala tried unsuccessfully to breach the Mexican border on Friday, as local governments began making preparations to disperse the convoy.

Iran says navy mounts new defense system on warship

3:32am, 18th August, 2018

World

Iran says navy mounts new defense system on warship

Iran's navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, as tensions mount with the U.S. military in the Gulf.

Pressure mounts on Trump to deliver for Iowa ahead of elections

12:24am, 17th August, 2018

US

Pressure mounts on Trump to deliver for Iowa ahead of elections

Warren Bachman, a 72-year-old Iowa soybean farmer, is one of many who turned Clarke County into Donald Trump country, as the Republican president took 61 percent of the votes in 2016 in a county that went for Democrat Barack Obama four years earlier.