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Trump on Haley replacement: 'Ivanka would be incredible'
Date: 2018-10-09 21:19:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:7614331
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his daughter Ivanka Trump would be "incredible" as US ambassador to the United Nations, but said he would be "accused of nepotism" if he appointed her to succeed the out-going ....
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Trump to name Nikki Haley successor in 3 weeks
Date: 2018-10-09 17:42:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7614082
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would name a successor to outgoing UN Ambassador Nikki Haley within the next two or three weeks, or possibly sooner. Trump and Haley announced her exit plan just under a month ....
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China tries to boost its economy, as long trade fight looms with Trump -- report
Date: 2018-10-09 11:50:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7613243
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - China is redoubling efforts to protect its slowing economy from the effects of a trade war with the United States, providing fresh ammunition for President Trump’s claim that Washington enjoys the upper hand in the ....
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Thousands evacuated after explosions at Ukrainian ammo depot
Date: 2018-10-09 07:56:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:7612837
KIEV, Oct 9 (MENA) - Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defense ministry ammunition depot 176 km, east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, Euronews quoted officials as saying. There was no ....
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US envoy on Afghan peace takes his mission to Pakistan
Date: 2018-10-09 07:56:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7612845
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (MENA) - Washington's newly named point man tasked with finding a peaceful end to Afghanistan's 17-year war is in Pakistan to seek the help of the new government in Islamabad in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, ABC ....
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Blast at Ukrainian ammunitions depot forces closure of airspace
Date: 2018-10-09 06:08:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:1 - ID:7612751
MOSCOW, Oct 9 (MENA) - A major explosion hit a military warehouse 176 km (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev early on Tuesday morning, Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced. According to the local media reports, at around 3:30 ....
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Trial of Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif over high treason charge delayed
Date: 2018-10-08 22:03:13 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:103 - ID:7612658
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (MENA) - Pakistan's Lahore High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a high treason case against former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi till October 22, Geo News reported. The court ordered the attorney ....
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Several injured in explosion, fire at oil refinery in Canada
Date: 2018-10-08 20:44:30 GMT - Canada - World - SN:99 - ID:7612647
OTTAWA, Oct 8 (MENA) - A malfunction in a diesel-treating unit at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John is believed to be the source of an explosion and fire that sent several contractors to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, CBC quoted ....
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13 people killed in heavy rains in Central America
Date: 2018-10-08 20:15:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:7612559
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - At least 13 people have lost their lives in rains that inundated parts of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua over the weekend, ABC News reported on Monday. Disaster agencies in all three countries reported deaths as ....
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5 killed, injured in Puerto Rico shooting
Date: 2018-10-08 19:21:34 GMT - Puerto Rico - World - SN:90 - ID:7612587
SAN JUAN, Oct 8 (MENA) - One person has died and four others were injured following a shooting at a nightclub in Puerto Rico, police in the U.S. territory were quoted by ABC News as saying. Authorities said in a statement that the shooting ....
