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China hits back with tariffs on $60 billion in US goods
Date: 2019-05-13 15:38:37 GMT - China - World - SN:58 - ID:7940095
BEIJING, May 13 (MENA) - China announced Monday it would raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods, hitting back after the Trump administration pushed ahead with new punitive duties on Chinese goods last week, the Financial Times ....
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Trump warns China not to retaliate against new tariffs
Date: 2019-05-13 15:32:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:7939982
WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump threatened that the trade standoff with China will "get worse" if there is retaliation for US tariffs that go into effect on Chinese goods Monday, Bloomberg reported. "I say openly to ....
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4 apprehended in Malaysia on suspicion of plotting attacks in Ramadan
Date: 2019-05-13 12:23:14 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:41 - ID:7939646
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (MENA) - Malaysian police detained four men suspected of plotting a wave of killings and attacks in and around the capital during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said on Monday. The Southeast Asian nation has been on ....
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Judicial probe into Christchurch mosque shootings opens
Date: 2019-05-13 11:11:57 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:36 - ID:7939539
WELLINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - A judicial inquiry into whether New Zealand’s police and intelligence services could have prevented the Christchurch mosque attacks in which 51 worshipers died began taking evidence today, The Australian newspaper ....
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Britain warns of risk of accidental US-Iran war
Date: 2019-05-13 10:27:16 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:29 - ID:7939379
BRUSSELS, May 13 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told Sky News there is a risk the US and Iran could end up at war unintentionally. It comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled the Moscow leg of his trip to Russia ....
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White House expects China to retaliate over trade tariffs
Date: 2019-05-13 09:58:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:7939343
WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - The US is awaiting retaliation from China over increased tariffs, after talks in Washington ended without a deal on trade, the president's chief economic adviser said. "The expected countermeasures have not yet ....
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Putin-Trump meeting at G20 summit in Osaka could be discussed at talks with Pompeo - Ryabkov
Date: 2019-05-13 08:59:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:7939283
MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - The possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka in late June could be discussed at upcoming talks between US State Secretary ....
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Poland cancels visit of Israeli delegation over property restitution
Date: 2019-05-13 08:02:11 GMT - Poland - World - SN:13 - ID:7939215
WARSAW, April 13 (MENA) - Poland’s foreign ministry said it had cancelled a visit from an Israeli delegation, amid a smoldering row over the restitution of Jewish property lost, FT reported Monday. Poland’s foreign ministry said that it cancelled ....
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Sri Lanka again blocks social media platforms after violence in northwestern coastal town
Date: 2019-05-13 07:49:58 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:10 - ID:7939195
COLOMBO, May 13 (MENA) - Sri Lanka Government Information Department announced that certain social media platforms were blocked as a short term measure to prevent the spread of false information following a tense situation that erupted in the ....
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Niger oil tanker blast death toll climbs to 76
Date: 2019-05-13 06:14:50 GMT - Niger - World - SN:7 - ID:7939114
NIAMEY, May 13 (MENA ) - The death toll from a May 6 tanker truck explosion in Niger’s capital has risen to 76, state TV reported. An official report released on Tuesday had given 60 dead, including 55 people who died at the time of the blast a ....
