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The White House has posted a tweet praising economic growth in the "United Sates" - misspelling the name of the country it serves. The image, tweeted on Friday, was up for hours before it was finally deleted. But screenshots of the mishap remain - and join a growing archive of shocking and implausible spelling errors broadcast by the highest office in US politics. We've counted down a few of the most facepalm-worthy errors by the Trump administration so far - not forgetting the president himself. "The United Sates economy"

The US has confirmed that one of its reconnaissance aircraft violated Swedish airspace on July 18th, according to a media report. US authorities told the CNN news channel that the plane was conducting reconnaissance missions in international airspace when it was observed by Russian radar. Russia is reported to have scrambled aircraft to chase the US plane away. The US crew elected to exit the area by the fastest route possible, which meant passing through Swedish airspace. The flight passed over Gotland, an island off the east coast of Sweden, on July 18th in the late afternoon. A classified document...

March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Historians cite the late second century as the turning point of the Roman Empire, when the once- proud, feared society began its descent into infamy. As the ruling class was undermined by civil wars and attacks by outsiders, the Romans’ respect for law and social institutions began to erode. In the end, a combination of political and economic mistakes led to the empire’s downfall. The U.S. today is a mirror image of the Roman Empire as it tipped into chaos. Whether we blame our bloated government, a greedy elite or a lethargic population, the similarities between...

Turkey becomes a permanent member of US anti-drug conference -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkish Police have announced that Turkey has become a permanent member of the U.S. International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC). According to a written statement delivered by the Police Press Office, it was recalled that the U.S. International Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been organizing a regional conference, namely IDEC, every year with the participation of Southern, Central and Northern America and Caribbean countries, since 1983. These conferences aim at exchanging information on drugs and preventing drug trafficking by increasing the cooperation and developing regional activities among IDEC members, the statement...