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Equatorial Guinea government resigns after missing targets, vice president says

Equatorial Guinea's government has resigned after achieving only about 10% of its goals, according to Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

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Trump has nothing but praise for Modi at G7 after tensions over U.S. military strike, trade

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to show there was no daylight between him and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, effusively describing Modi as his loyal friend even as their relationship is tested by trade tensions, oil sanctions and, most recently, a U.S. military strike that killed three Indian mariners.

Trump signs Iran deal, says it will stave off economic crisis, prevent nuclear program

President Trump delivered a vocal sales pitch Wednesday for the peace pact between Iran and the U.S., saying the first-stage deal will forestall Tehran's nuclear ambitions and avoid the "economic catastrophe" that would have unfolded if bombs kept falling.

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Trump 'falls flat on his face' as desperation for greatness backfires: columnist

As President Donald Trump's vanity projects collapse, the reality of his failures is reflected in his presidency, according to a columnist on Wednesday.Trump has attempted to remodel the White House and build a ballroom, slap his name on the Kennedy Center, and remodel the reflecting pool by spending millions to repaint it dark blue only for algae to return and turn it neon green — but that has all backfired, wrote James Ball, political editor at The New World, in a piece published by The i Paper."Trump, in other words, waded into a complex problem that successive administrations failed to address, declared he alone could fix it, didn’t learn anything about the actual underlying issues, and fell flat on his face," Ball wrote. "Some readers might be spotting parallels between the reflecting pool and the President’s Middle East policy, but even just sticking to his misadventures in the capital provides no shortage of disasters."His second term has been marked by missteps and "laws keep tripping him up," Ball explained."Trump sees himself as a strongman and wants the world to see him in the same way," Ball wrote. "He thinks Congress and the Supreme Court work for him. Laws are things he gets to write, not things he has to follow. He seems to believe that every other nation has to do what he wants."Yet Trump has continued running into problems."But it is a lot harder to project that image when you can’t even manage a home renovation or fix the pool at the bottom of your garden," Ball wrote."Trump is a man in a rush, particularly to leave a lasting impression on Washington DC. But by trying to build a legacy in the nation’s capital, he risks doing the opposite. He wants a legacy in marble, not one covered in algae," Ball added.

Ex-Egyptian doctor detained over hospital abuse allegations, released on bail

A former Egyptian doctor has been arrested after posting about obstetric violence and mistreatment at a university hospital in Alexandria