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Georgian police detain protesters outside parliament
Date: 2018-06-01 20:26:36 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:62 - ID:7426279
TBILISI, June 1 (MENA) - A large-scale protest was held outside the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, where police detained some protesters, according to Interfax. Several hundreds of protesters, who are backing the father of the senior ....
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Trump says Singapore summit with Kim is back on
Date: 2018-06-01 19:35:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:7426207
WASHINGTON, June 1 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Friday he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore, a summit he previously canceled in a letter, CNN reported. Trump received a top-level visitor from North Korea ....
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Visa network crash hits customers and retailers
Date: 2018-06-01 19:02:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:7426187
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - "Visa is currently experiencing a service disruption. This incident is preventing some Visa transactions in Europe from being processed," a Visa spokesperson told Sky News. "We are investigating the cause and working as ....
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Theresa May attacks Donald Trump's 'unjustified' steel tariffs
Date: 2018-06-01 18:53:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:7426175
LONDON, June 1 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s "unjustified" decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium producers, which has pushed the EU to the brink of a trade war with the US. In her ....
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US airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab kills 12 fighters
Date: 2018-06-01 18:44:23 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:55 - ID:7426180
MOGADISHU, June 1 (MENA) - The US military said it has carried out an airstrike outside Somalia's capital that killed 12 al-Shabab extremists, ABC news reported. The US Africa Command has carried out at least 15 such airstrikes this year against ....
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Venezuela pledges to release jailed activists
Date: 2018-06-01 18:22:55 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:50 - ID:7426158
CARACAS, June 1 (MENA) - Venezuelan officials moved Friday to release activists who government opponents consider to be political prisoners in a gesture aimed at uniting the fractured nation, ABC News reported. Communications Minister Jorge ....
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Petrobras CEO resigns, raising questions over Brazil economy
Date: 2018-06-01 16:45:16 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:48 - ID:7426094
BRASILIA, June 1 (MENA) - The president of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has resigned after a crippling truckers' strike demanding sharp cuts to diesel prices, Fox News reported. The 9-day strike ended earlier this week when the ....
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Italy's Conte sworn in as PM of anti-establishment government
Date: 2018-06-01 16:39:56 GMT - Italy - World - SN:47 - ID:7426067
ROME, June 1 (MENA) - Italy's president swore in Giuseppe Conte today as prime minister of western Europe's first anti-establishment government whose aim is to cut taxes, boost welfare spending and overhaul European Union rules on budgets and ....
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Czech parliament approves more troops in Afghanistan, Iraq
Date: 2018-06-01 15:31:03 GMT - Czech - World - SN:41 - ID:7426022
PRAGUE, June 1 (MENA) - Czech lawmakers have approved a government plan to increase the number of troops deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries, Fox News reported on Friday. The plan calls for the Czech Republic to deploy 390 soldiers ....
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Japan Coast Guard reinforces Sea of Japan fleet to ward off North Korean poachers
Date: 2018-06-01 15:29:04 GMT - Japan - World - SN:40 - ID:7425990
TOKYO, June 1 (MENA) - The Japan Coast Guard has beefed up its patrol fleet near the Yamato Bank in the Sea of Japan to counter increasing numbers of North Korean fishing boats in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, it announced Friday. The coast ....
