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Curfew lifted in Lanka's Negombo
Date: 2019-05-06 06:54:22 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:8 - ID:7930206
COLOMBO, May 6 (MENA) - Sri Lankan authorities on Monday lifted an overnight curfew in the western coastal town of Negombo where violence erupted between groups of people over the weekend, days after the Easter bombings by extremists that killed ....
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US deploying carrier, bomber task force in response to 'troubling' Iran actions
Date: 2019-05-06 05:56:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:7930164
WASHINGTON, May 6 (MENA) - The US is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region in the Middle East in response to "troubling" warnings from Iran, CNN reported Monday. A US ....
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Trump says tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase to 25%
Date: 2019-05-05 21:26:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:7930008
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) – President Donald Trump said Sunday that tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase to 25% on Friday, despite repeated claims by the administration in recent weeks that trade talks with Beijing were going well, ....
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13 dead, 6 injured in plane fire at Moscow airport
Date: 2019-05-05 20:26:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:7929923
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - At least 13 people, who were on board a burnt-out Aeroflot plane that crash-landed in the Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, have been confirmed dead, Russia Today reported Sunday. Seven more passengers were injured, three of ....
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UNICEF concerned about impact of climate change on children
Date: 2019-05-05 17:58:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:7929734
GENEVA, May 5 (MENA) - The cyclone currently hammering India and the back-to-back cyclones that tore through Mozambique in March and April have caused serious damage to the lives of thousands of children, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a ....
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Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week to start on Monday
Date: 2019-05-05 08:54:56 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:16 - ID:7928831
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - The Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week - due to start on Monday - acknowledges that strong leadership is needed to advance road safety in countries and communities and achieve related Sustainable Development Goal and other global ....
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Facebook bans US accounts for violating hate policy
Date: 2019-05-05 08:51:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:7928830
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - Facebook has banned Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and other "dangerous individuals" from its main service and Instagram, Sky News channel reported. The accounts of right-wing extremists Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, ....
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UK Household Cavalry recruits first woman
Date: 2019-05-05 08:39:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:14 - ID:7928804
LONDON, May 5 (MENA) - The UK Household Cavalry has recruited the first woman since 359 years, according to the Sunday Times. Trooper Nina Croker, 29, has made history to become the first woman to join the Household Cavalry, the 359-year-old ....
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Afghan Foreign Ministry summons Pakistani diplomat over cross-border attacks
Date: 2019-05-05 08:13:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7928803
KABUL, May 5 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has summoned a Pakistani diplomat in Kabul, condemning attacks on soldiers from the two neighboring countries, the Afghan news agency Pajhwok reported on Sunday. Explaining the ....
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Russia: No extra conditions set for sales of weapons
Date: 2019-05-05 07:36:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:7928718
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Russia said on Sunday it is the only country on the arms' market which does not set additional political, or economic conditions for sales of weapons. "In the dynamically developing countries of Asia and Latin America, the ....
