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25 Taliban elements killed in Zabul, Uruzgan operations: MoD
Date: 2019-12-08 08:59:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8220553
KABUL, Dec 8 (MENA) - At least 25 Taliban militants were killed in separate operations in southern Zabul and Uruzgan provinces, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday. At least 14 Taliban elements were killed in an airstrike ....
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New Delhi fire kills 43
Date: 2019-12-08 08:57:03 GMT - India - World - SN:12 - ID:8220556
NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (MENA) - At least forty-three people were killed in India’s capital New Delhi on Sunday when a fire swept through a six-storey factory where laborers were sleeping, NDT channel reported quoting government officials. The factory ....
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IMF agrees to three-year lending plan with Ukraine worth $5.5 billion
Date: 2019-12-08 06:34:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8220471
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva unveiled an agreement with Ukraine on a new three-year loan program worth $5.5 billion, Sky news reported. Georgieva said in a statement on December 7 that the ....
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WB reduces loans to China amid Trump criticism
Date: 2019-12-07 22:32:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:8220307
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - The World Bank announced its loans to China have fallen and will continue to be reduced after US President Donald Trump's calls to stop them, according to CNBC on Saturday. "World Bank lending to China has fallen ....
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Death toll after explosion in Slovakia reaches 7; 1 missing
Date: 2019-12-07 14:07:02 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:20 - ID:8219722
BRATISLAVA, Dec 7 (MENA) - Officials on Saturday raised the death toll from a gas explosion in an apartment building in eastern Slovakia to seven, ABC News reported. Rescuers have said some 40 people were injured. The explosion occurred toward ....
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Protesters clash with police as Chile unrest enters 50th day
Date: 2019-12-07 11:10:58 GMT - Chile - World - SN:16 - ID:8219575
SANTIAGO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Protesters clashed with police as thousands took to the streets of Chile's capital on Friday for a demonstration that marked 50 days since the outbreak of the country's worst civil unrest in decades, France 24 reported on ....
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Trump calls for World Bank to stop loaning to China
Date: 2019-12-07 09:48:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8219485
NEW YORK, Dec 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after the institution adopted a lending plan to Beijing over Washington's objections, The New York Times reported. The World Bank ....
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US rejoins negotiations with Taliban in Doha: source
Date: 2019-12-07 09:35:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8219480
KABUL, Dec 7 (MENA) - The US rejoined talks with the Taliban on Saturday in Qatar, Doha, two months after they were called off by President Trump, Afghan channel TOLO news quoted a US source as saying. “The US rejoined talks today in Doha. Focus ....
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White House says it won't participate in impeachment hearing
Date: 2019-12-06 22:54:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:8219267
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The White House on Friday blasted the House's impeachment inquiry as "completely baseless" and a "reckless abuse of power" ahead of a deadline set by House Democrats for the White House to say whether it would participate ....
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Death toll in shooting at US Naval Air Station rises to 4
Date: 2019-12-06 17:36:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8219017
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (MENA) - Four people are dead including the suspect after an active shooting incident at a US naval base in Pensacola, Florida, police said, ABC news reported. Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at Naval Air Station ....
