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Trump heading to Saudi Arabia within 1st foreign trip as president
Date: 2017-05-04 17:31:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6797264
US President Donald Trump plans to travel to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican and Israel later this month as part of his first official trip overseas, Fox News reported on Thursday. Trump will set out starting May 19 for the visits, ahead of a NATO ....
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UN chief says we need leaders to defend free media
Date: 2017-05-03 10:18:10 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:5 - ID:6794852
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said on the World Press Freedom Day that Journalists go to the most dangerous places to give voice to the voiceless. Media workers suffer character assassination, sexual assault, detention, ....
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Trump, Putin in 'very good' phone call about Syria - White House
Date: 2017-05-03 07:23:58 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6794531
The White House on Tuesday described a telephone talks gathering US President Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin regarding Syria as a "very good" conversation. "President Trump and President Putin agreed that the suffering ....
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Japan condemns North Korea missile test
Date: 2017-04-29 08:53:32 GMT - Japan - International - SN:6 - ID:6789332
Japan condemned a North Korean ballistic missile test on Saturday as absolutely unacceptable and a violation of UN resolutions, and it lodged a strong protest. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said he had been in touch with Prime ....
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Trump demands S. Korea pay for US-deployed missile system
Date: 2017-04-29 08:52:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6789330
President Trump pushed back against South Korea’s objections to paying for a U.S.-deployed missile defense system, insisting that it’s “appropriate” for Seoul to shoulder the $1 billion cost. “Why should we pay for it?” Mr. Trump said in an ....
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Brazilian president regrets violence in Rio
Date: 2017-04-29 08:47:39 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:1 - ID:6789318
President Michel Temer said he regretted the incidents in Rio. But he stressed that he would continue his "efforts to modernise the country", the BBC reported on Saturday. Brazilian workers and the government are working together, he said, to get ....
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White House defends Trump's 'significant' work in 100 days
Date: 2017-04-25 06:13:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6783440
White House press secretary Sean Spicer Monday defended President Trump's record less than a week before the milepost of the administration's first 100 days, ABC said. "When you look at the totality of what we've accomplished ... it is ....
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German government pleased with Macron's first round victory
Date: 2017-04-24 09:25:11 GMT - Germany - International - SN:4 - ID:6782038
Following the victory of French independent candidate Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French presidential election, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert expressed his satisfaction with the result, France 24 Channel reported. "It ....
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Editorial: Turkey's Erdogan consolidates power
Date: 2017-04-22 07:24:35 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6778912
Early in his career, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a remark that sums up the tragedy of modern Turkey. "Democracy is like a train," the then-Istanbul mayor said. "You get off once you have reached your destination." Erdogan's ....
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Trumps says Paris shooting 'probably help' Marine Le Pen in French elections
Date: 2017-04-22 07:23:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6778910
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he believes Paris attack will "probably help" far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in upcoming election, the Time magazine reported. Trump said he is not explicitly endorsing Le Pen. But he said he ....