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Japan decides to revoke South Korea's preferential trade status
Date: 2019-08-02 09:18:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:8048898
TOKYO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Japan decided Friday to revoke from later this month South Korea's preferential status as a trade partner for the purchase of goods that can be diverted for military use due to what it says are security concerns, igniting angry ....
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South Korea says it will remove Japan from its own "whitelist" of countries with preferential trade status
Date: 2019-08-02 09:04:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:8048872
SEOUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - South Korea says it will remove Japan from its own “whitelist” of countries with preferential trade status, ABC News reported on Friday. Earlier in the day, Japan's cabinet approved a plan to remove South Korea from a ....
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UN chief hails late Tunisian president Essebsi as "Great Statesman"
Date: 2019-08-01 22:56:49 GMT - Tunisia - World - SN:95 - ID:8048636
NEW YORK/TUNIS, August 1 (MENA) - UN General Assembly premises on Thursday held a remembrance ceremony for late Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi who died last week at the age of 92. Representatives of member countries at the UNGA observed a ....
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Migrants on Italian coast guard ship to go to 5 EU nations, Italian FM
Date: 2019-08-01 22:46:54 GMT - Italy - World - SN:94 - ID:8048635
ROME, August 1 (MENA) - Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said five nations agreed to take some of the rescued migrants waiting on an Italian coast guard ship, ABC News reported. The migrants were picked up on the Mediterranean Sea last ....
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French Foreign Ministry: All diplomatic channels with Iran should stay open
Date: 2019-08-01 22:39:20 GMT - France - World - SN:92 - ID:8048634
PARIS, August 1 (MENA) - France on Thursday has voiced concern over a U.S. move to impose sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister and said that along with Britain and Germany it disagreed with the decision, France 24 reported quoting a statement by the ....
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UN chief urges Russia, US to seek arms control deal, says INF treaty stabilizes Europe
Date: 2019-08-01 21:17:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:91 - ID:8048598
NEW YORK, Aug 1 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Moscow and Washington to urgently seek an arms control agreement ahead of the looming termination of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, saying the ....
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Oil prices nosedive 8% on Trump tariff threat -- worst day in more than 4 years
Date: 2019-08-01 20:46:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:8048594
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) - US oil prices collapsed Thursday after US President Donald Trump fired another shot in the US-China trade war, CNN reported. Trump's vow to impose a 10% tariff on another $300 billion of US imports from China is ....
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North Korea launches another projectile, US official says
Date: 2019-08-01 20:19:09 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:85 - ID:8048584
PYONGYANG, Aug 1 (MENA) - North Korea has fired at least one projectile into the Sea of Japan, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News. The official said that the projectile is similar to the two launched by North Korea earlier this week which were ....
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Trump says US to hit China with more tariffs
Date: 2019-08-01 19:36:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:8048538
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) – US President Trump escalated his trade war with China on Thursday, saying that Washington would impose a 10 percent tariff on an additional dlrs 300 billion worth of Chinese imports after China failed to keep its promise ....
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US envoy rebukes Germany on Hormuz patrol mission
Date: 2019-08-01 18:51:42 GMT - Germany - World - SN:81 - ID:8048480
BERLIN, August 1 (MENA) - The U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell chided Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government for its reluctance to join a U.S.-led maritime patrol mission in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Europe’s biggest economy must take on ....
