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Wednesday, 05 February 2020

In his third State of the Union address, President Donald Trump Tuesday night told a bitterly divided Congress and country that his administration has “shattered the mentality of American decline” and rejected “the downsizing of Americans’ destiny.”

On This Day in American History
On Feb. 5, 1934, baseball legend Henry (Hank) Louis Aaron Jr. is born in Mobile, Ala. Aaron, who held the Major League Baseball record for home runs, started his professional playing career in 1952 in the Negro League. He entered the majors in 1954 with the Milwaukee Braves, which later became the Atlanta Braves. Aaron’s ended his career in 1976 with a total of 755 homers. His record stood until 2007. Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Russia’s government took additional measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus from China, with a Kremlin task force announcing a quarantine location for at-risk patients just days after two cases were reported. Both are Chinese nationals living inside Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump in the State of the Union address has endorsed peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying his administration is working to end America’s longest war.

VIDEO: It’s Oscar week in Los Angeles, and until the awards are handed out Sunday, the city will be ground zero for Oscar-related events. Many of the events and traditions go back decades when Hollywood was very different.

Young Iraqis of different religions and ethnicities have pinned their hopes on protests that have rocked the nation since October. Called the “largest anti-establishment movement” in Iraq’s history, young people say they are rooting for the protesters, who they view as fighting for rights every Iraqi should already have.

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