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Voters in Malawi go to polls to elect president
Date: 2019-05-21 06:26:17 GMT - Malawi - World - SN:7 - ID:7949716
LILONGWE, May 21 (MENA) - Voting has started in Malawi to elect a new president and 193 members of parliament, ABC News reported Tuesday. Before dawn, hundreds of voters lined up Tuesday at polling centers to cast their ballots in the election in ....
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UK security bodies foiled 19 terror attacks over past 2 years - minister
Date: 2019-05-20 15:28:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:7949127
LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - UK security services have foiled 19 major terror attacks over the past two years, British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed. During a speech in which he confirmed plans to look at designating parts of Syria and ....
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Tajik conf. urges more cooperation against terrorism
Date: 2019-05-20 11:17:45 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:42 - ID:7948520
CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - With terrorism posing a serious challenge to the entire world, Tajikistan hosted the High-level Conference on “International and Regional Cooperation on Countering Terrorism and its Financing Through Illicit Drug Trafficking ....
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Snap elections on horizon as President Zelenskiy plans to dismiss Ukrainian parliament
Date: 2019-05-20 10:59:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:33 - ID:7948588
KIEV, May 20 (MENA) - Ukraine's president-elect who was sworn into office on Monday morning has vowed to dismiss his parliament, euronews reported. During a ceremony at the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, the new president listened to a traditional ....
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Airstrike kills six civilians in Helmand
Date: 2019-05-20 10:11:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7948498
KABUL, May 20 (MENA) - At least six civilians were killed in an airstrike on Nahre Saraj district in Helmand, Tolo news reported. Two women are among the victims, according to eyewitnesses. At least 10 other civilians were wounded in the ....
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Sweden requests detention order for WikiLeaks’ Assange
Date: 2019-05-20 10:09:49 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:29 - ID:7948496
STOCKHOLM, May 20 (MENA) - Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said. Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson said if the Swedish ....
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126 agreements inked at 3rd World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin
Date: 2019-05-20 09:38:57 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:7948495
BEIJING, May 20 (MENA) - A total of 126 agreements with an estimated investment of over 108 billion yuan (15.6 billion US dollars) were inked at the third World Intelligence Congress on Sunday, Xinhua quoted the organizer as saying. Yao Laiying, ....
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Trump vows China’s economy won’t surpass US on his watch
Date: 2019-05-20 09:13:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:7948453
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said he was “very happy” with the trade war and that China wouldn’t become the world’s top superpower under his watch, Bloomberg reported. “We’re taking in billions of dollars,” Trump told Fox ....
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US warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions
Date: 2019-05-20 09:04:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7948428
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - A US warship has sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two biggest economies, The Guardian ....
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Kazakhstan ready to discuss possible changes to OPEC-non-OPEC oil output deal - Ministry
Date: 2019-05-20 08:45:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:7948361
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - Kazakhstan is interested in further cooperation between member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-cartel producers on regulating oil market and is prepared to discuss possible ....
