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UK's Boris Johnson baulks at Brexit cost as leadership race hots up
Date: 2019-06-09 13:22:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:7972977
LONDON, June 9 (MENA) - Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain's prime minister, said he would withhold an already agreed 39-billion-pound ($49.6 billion) Brexit payment until the European Union gives Britain better ....
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G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth
Date: 2019-06-09 12:50:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:7972813
TOKYO, June 9 (MENA) - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies wrapped up a meeting in Japan with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global growth from disruptions due to trade and other ....
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IMF's Lagarde urges G-20 to prioritise resolving trade tensions
Date: 2019-06-09 11:50:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:7972808
TOKYO, June 9 (MENA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde on Sunday called on the Group of 20 major economies to prioritise resolving trade tensions to mitigate risks to global growth, according to The Straits ....
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Kim Jong-un 'executes general by throwing him in piranha-filled fish tank'
Date: 2019-06-09 10:54:09 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:24 - ID:7972682
PYONGYANG, June 9 (MENA) - Kim Jong-un has allegedly executed a general by throwing him into 'a piranha-filled fish tank.' The general, whose name has not been named, was accused of planning a coup but ended up as the latest victim of the newly ....
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Sanctions-bitten Iran deports 100,000 Afghan refugees
Date: 2019-06-09 10:12:27 GMT - Iran - World - SN:20 - ID:7972620
KABUL, June 9 (MENA) - As many as 185,000 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland from Iran in the first five months of the current year, authorities say. At least 100,000 of them were deported, with the rest voluntarily coming back home, the ....
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Afghan army kills 16 Taliban militants in Uruzgan
Date: 2019-06-09 08:06:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7972505
KABUL, June 9 (MENA) - Afghanistan security forces carried out a series of airstrikes in the southern province of Uruzgan, killing at least 16 Taliban militants, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, Afghan Special Forces ....
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4 killed in gun battle between rival Indian political parties
Date: 2019-06-09 07:14:09 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:7972451
NEW DELHI, June 9 (MENA) - Members of two rival national parties, including the ruling BJP, clashed on Saturday night in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, leaving behind four deaths, Russia Today reported. The sides blamed each other for ....
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Moon embarks on Northern Europe tour with focus on peace, innovative growth
Date: 2019-06-09 06:24:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7972415
SEOUL, June 9 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in departed Sunday for an eight-day trip to Finland, Norway and Sweden, where he will seek to deepen partnerships on peace, innovative and inclusive growth, the Korean news agency Yonhap ....
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Thousands pour into Colombia as Venezuela reopens border
Date: 2019-06-09 06:22:39 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:6 - ID:7972412
CARACAS, June 9 (MENA) - Thousands of people crossed into Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reopened a border between the countries that had been shut down for the past four months, ABC News ....
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Snap presidential elections kick off in Kazakhstan
Date: 2019-06-09 05:53:40 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:2 - ID:7972398
NUR-SULTAN, June 9 (MENA) - Snap presidential elections kicked off in Kazakhstan on Sunday to elect a new president to replace resigned leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. Some 9,968 polling stations have been opened countrywide and abroad, according to ....
