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No-deal Brexit to see UK immediately end EU freedom of movement
Date: 2019-08-20 08:00:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:8069526
LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The United Kingdom will end European Union freedom of movement rules immediately after it leaves the bloc on October 31, ABC News quoted the country's Home Office as saying on Tuesday. The freedom of movement regulations ....
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World's highest-altitude aquarium opens to public in china
Date: 2019-08-20 07:29:13 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:8069488
BEIJING, Aug 20 (MENA) - The world’s highest-altitude aquarium opened to the public in Northwest China’s Qinghai province on the weekend, attracting more than 8,000 visitors, Xinhua news agency reported. At an altitude of 2,261 meters above sea ....
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US envoy urges biz efforts to mend ties with Japan
Date: 2019-08-20 06:53:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8069482
SEOUL, Aug 20 (MENA) - The top US diplomat in South Korea called on leading local businessmen Tuesday to help repair Seoul's strained ties with Tokyo due to a trade spat, Yonhap news agency reported. US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris ....
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Release of Iranian tanker 'unfortunate': Pompeo
Date: 2019-08-20 06:16:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8069433
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview on Monday that it was unfortunate an Iranian oil tanker detained off Gibraltar had been allowed to leave. “It’s unfortunate that that happened,” Pompeo ....
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Putin arrives in France for one-day visit
Date: 2019-08-19 16:50:26 GMT - France - World - SN:56 - ID:8068965
PARIS, Aug 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Monday in the French city of Marseille to meet his French counterpart Emanuel Macron. During his daylong trip, Putin is expected to attend a business session and a dinner banquet ....
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European Commission chief to miss G7 summit after emergency surgery
Date: 2019-08-19 13:37:12 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:37 - ID:8068836
BRUSSELS, Aug 19 (MENA) – The EU says European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has undergone a successful operation to remove his gallbladder but will not be able to attend this weekend’s Group of Seven meeting in Biarritz, France, VOA ....
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17 wounded in explosions in Jalalabad
Date: 2019-08-19 11:27:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8068463
KABUL, Aug 19 (MENA) - At least 17 people were injured in back to back explosions in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Khaama Press reported Monday. The Governor’s Office of Nangarhar said in a statement that ....
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UN urges protecting 250,000 women humanitarians
Date: 2019-08-19 11:14:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:8068419
GENEVA, Aug 19 (MENA) - The United Nations is honoring the contribution of tens of thousands of women humanitarian aid workers who provide life-saving support to vulnerable people caught up in crises in some of the world’s most dangerous ....
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Seized Iranian tanker leaves Gibraltar despite US pressure: paper
Date: 2019-08-19 11:00:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:8068372
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (MENA) - An Iranian oil tanker held for six weeks after being impounded left Gibraltar on Sunday, after the authorities in the British territory rejected a request from American officials to turn the vessel over to them, the latest ....
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Trump: US considering possibly buying Greenland, 'essentially it's a large real estate deal'
Date: 2019-08-19 06:14:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:8068046
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump spoke out Sunday on reports his administration has been looking into buying Greenland. Trump addressed the rumors with reporters outside Marine One after he'd landed in Morristown, N.J., ....
