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  • UK can stop article 50 without EU approval, top ECJ adviser says

    Date: 2018-12-04 10:49:57 GMT - Luxembourg - World - SN:34 - ID:7698470

    LUXEMBOURG, Dec 4 (MENA) - The UK can unilaterally abandon the article 50 process, a senior adviser to the European court of justice (ECJ) has said, in a significant boost to anti-Brexit campaigners, The Guardian reported. Campos Sánchez-Bordona ....

  • French PM preparing to suspend fuel tax increases

    Date: 2018-12-04 08:39:55 GMT - France - World - SN:17 - ID:7698431

    PARIS, Dec 4 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe is preparing to suspend planned tax increases on fuel, according to a government source. A turnaround in the decision would follow a weekend of violent protests in Paris that led to ....

  • TV reporter killed, cameraman injured in Peshawar

    Date: 2018-12-04 08:02:08 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7698361

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 4 (MENA) - A reporter of private TV channel was killed and a cameraman was injured in the firing of armed men on a vehicle in the provincial capital, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported. Police said that unidentified armed ....

  • Leaders of South Korea, New Zealand agree to boost cooperation, economic ties

    Date: 2018-12-04 07:29:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:7698332

    SEOUL, Dec 4 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern agreed Tuesday to further enhance their countries' cooperation in various areas, including trade and Antarctic research, The Korea Times ....

  • Venezuela's Maduro on his way to Russia to meet with Putin

    Date: 2018-12-04 07:04:33 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:12 - ID:7698315

    CARACAS, Dec 4 (MENA) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday he was leaving for Russia to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sputnik news agency reported. "At this moment we are leaving for Russia to strengthen and ....

  • Attack by gunmen to free prisoner kills 6 police in Mexico

    Date: 2018-12-04 06:41:29 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:8 - ID:7698259

    MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (MENA) - Six policemen in western Mexico were killed when a gang of gunmen attacked them in an apparent bid to free a prisoner they were transporting, The New York Times reported on its website. The attack was the most serious ....

  • Trump has reportedly sent letter to Imran Khan regarding Afghan peace talks

    Date: 2018-12-04 06:41:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7698266

    KABUL, Dec 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has reportedly sent a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to seek Islamabad’s cooperation in Afghan peace talks, Khaama Press reported. Pakistan’s information Fawad Chaudhry has confirmed ....

  • 1 child dead, 45 people hurt in US bus crash

    Date: 2018-12-03 20:54:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7698091

    WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (MENA) - One child was killed and at least 45 people were injured when a charter bus carrying youth football players from Tennessee rolled off an interstate and overturned before sunrise Monday in central Arkansas, ABC News ....

  • UN chief says Int'l community is way off course on climate change

    Date: 2018-12-03 15:29:36 GMT - Poland - World - SN:70 - ID:7697508

    WARSAW, Dec 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the world is "way off course" to prevent catastrophic climate change. Guterres was delivering a speech at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice city in Poland, the UN said in a ....

  • UN: More than 1 bln people with disabilities live in world

    Date: 2018-12-03 13:10:36 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:7697179

    CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that more than 1 billion people in the world live with some form of disability, the United Nations website said in a press release. In his message on the occasion of the ....

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