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Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign
Date: 2019-02-19 12:17:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:7811928
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (MENA) - After months of deliberation, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president again in 2020, CNN reported. It will be Sanders' second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination after ....
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Ciampino airport in Rome closed due to fire
Date: 2019-02-19 09:20:32 GMT - Italy - World - SN:22 - ID:7811488
ROME, Feb 19 (MENA) - All passengers and staff were evacuated Tuesday from Ciampino Airport in Rome due to a fire, La Repubblica reports. According to the newspaper, flights have been canceled. Law enforcement officers and firefighters have ....
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Two Surya Kiran aircraft crash during practice at Aero India in Bengaluru, pilot dead
Date: 2019-02-19 08:19:48 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:7811351
NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (MENA) - Two Indian aircraft crashed on Tuesday at an airbase, the News International quoted local media as saying. The reports said the aircraft came down during a rehearsal for an airshow in Bengaluru city of India. The ....
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White House confirms new trade talks with China
Date: 2019-02-19 08:06:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:7811332
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (MENA) - The White House has confirmed a new round of planned trade talks with China, The Hill newspaper reported. "Today, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States will welcome an official delegation from ....
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32 killed, wounded in clash between Afghan forces, Taliban militants
Date: 2019-02-18 17:24:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:7810841
KABUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - At least 32 people including Taliban militants and soldiers of the Afghan Local Police were killed and wounded during an overnight clash in Qaisar district of Faryab province. The Afghan Military in a statement said the ....
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22 killed, 12 wounded in bus crash in Bolivia
Date: 2019-02-18 17:18:24 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:63 - ID:7810844
LA PAS, Feb 18, (MENA) - A passenger bus crashed head-on with a dump truck in southern Bolivia on Monday, killing at least 24 people and injuring 12 more, police said. The accident occurred in a dense fog on the high-plains highway connecting ....
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UK: Facebook labelled 'digital gangsters' by report on fake news
Date: 2019-02-18 10:32:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:7809840
LONDON, Feb 18 (MENA) - Facebook deliberately broke privacy and competition law and should urgently be subject to statutory regulation, according to a devastating UK parliamentary report denouncing the company and its executives as “digital ....
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Militants kill 6 Pakistani troops in southwest near Iran
Date: 2019-02-18 06:07:21 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:7809441
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (MENA) - Pakistani police say militants in two attacks on security forces killed six paramilitary troops in the southwestern Baluchistan bordering Iran, The Province reported. Local police officer Hidayat Ullah said Monday ....
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Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration as UN ambassador
Date: 2019-02-17 21:35:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:7809348
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) – US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Saturday she has withdrawn from consideration as UN ambassador, CNN reported. US President Donald Trump had previously announced he was picking Nauert, but the formal ....
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Russia to respond in kind to new US sanctions: Kremlin aide
Date: 2019-02-17 21:34:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:95 - ID:7809352
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (MENA) - Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov asserted on Sunday that Moscow will consider retaliatory measures in response to new US anti-Russian sanctions, depending on the manner of those restrictive measures, TASS reported. Speaking in ....
