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  • Pelosi: Trump must reopen government

    Date: 2019-01-09 06:10:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:7748700

    WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - Democrats House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, and must reopen the government. She said "Sadly, much of what we have ....

  • Pence: Trump hasn't made decision on declaring national emergency

    Date: 2019-01-08 19:08:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7748423

    WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump has yet to decide whether he will declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border as the commander-in-chief prepares to address the nation from ....

  • 4 killed, hundreds injured in rush hour train crash in South Africa

    Date: 2019-01-08 14:41:57 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:52 - ID:7748024

    PRETORIA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Four people are dead and hundreds more were injured when two trains collided during the early morning rush hour commute in Pretoria, South Africa, ABC News reported. Hundreds of commuters remain trapped inside the ....

  • UNHCR’s new 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety campaign invites the public to act in solidarity with refugees

    Date: 2019-01-08 11:10:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:28 - ID:7747604

    GENEVA, Jan 8 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Tuesday announced a new global campaign calling on people all over the world to cover the distance travelled by refugees each year. The 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety campaign will encourage ....

  • 20 injured in Beijing school attack

    Date: 2019-01-08 10:51:18 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:7747578

    BEIJING, Jan 8 (MENA) - A man attacked and injured 20 students in a downtown Beijing primary school Tuesday morning, local authorities said as quoted by Xinhua. Twenty children were wounded and were taken to hospital, the Xicheng district ....

  • 2 killed, over 20 wounded in explosion in Khost province

    Date: 2019-01-08 10:45:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:7747576

    KABUL, Jan 8 (MENA) - At least two people lost their lives and more than 20 others sustained injuries in an explosion in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan, Khaama News reported. According to local officials, the incident took place at ....

  • Brexit minister rules out article 50 extension beyond 29 March

    Date: 2019-01-08 10:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:7747583

    LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, has discounted the possibility that the government might delay Britain’s exit from the European Union beyond 29 March, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. Following reports claiming that ....

  • Oil tanker fire in Hong Kong waters kills one, rescue going on

    Date: 2019-01-08 07:46:39 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:9 - ID:7747332

    HONG KONG, Jan 8 (MENA) - An oil tanker caught fire in Hong Kong's southern waters on Tuesday, killing one crew member while at least 21 were rescued, police said, with witnesses reporting a loud blast that shook windows several kilometres ....

  • Trump to visit US-Mexico border Thursday

    Date: 2019-01-07 19:08:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7747058

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will travel to the US border with Mexico on Thursday, the White House announced. "President Trump will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with those on the frontlines of the ....

  • Trump denies changes to Syria exit plan

    Date: 2019-01-07 18:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7746966

    WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against media reports that he had altered the timeline for removing US troops from Syria, denying his administration had issued a series of contradictory statements about ....

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