AFP | US President Donald Trump on Thursday ran into the first problems of a landmark European trip, embarrassingly called out in public over Russia and on leaks into the Manchester terror attack.

RT | The Chinese Navy has warned a US warship to leave, as it sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea “without permission.”

Daily Express | STEVE HOWE’s wife Alison tragically lost her life in the Manchester bombing that took place after Ariana Grande’s concert on Monday night.

Sky News | Police are building up a picture of the suicide attacker’s movements in the days before the atrocity in Manchester.

London Independent | Those killed mostly residents of the villages of al-Foua and Kefraya in Idlib province.

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Reuters | World stocks hit record highs on Thursday and the dollar dipped after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled caution in raising interest rates.

Sputnik | The future of the European Union as a political project is uncertain and the fall of the euro is only a matter of time, according to Italian economist Antonio Maria Rinaldi.

Michael Snyder | As you will see, the combined enrollment in America’s four largest safety net programs has reached a staggering 236 million.

Zero Hedge | It has gotten to the point where traders, like most reflex-based creatures, have become accustomed to the seemingly daily Trump “bombshell” news to emerge just after 5pm from either the WaPo or NYT.

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Truth Revolt | Alrighty, then.

Louder With Crowder | Leftists are convinced that food racism is an actual thing.

American Mirror | Americans are taking advantage of a feature created by the Obama administration on the White House website to call for a “special prosecutor” to investigate the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich.

NBC | A false alarm that went out to some people’s television sets Tuesday might have scared some in New Jersey.

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