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Chinese vice premier calls US officials on trade issues
Date: 2018-12-11 06:40:12 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:7709091
BEIJING, Dec 11 (MENA) - Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Tuesday called US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on trade disputes between the two countries, Xinhua reported. According to a statement released ....
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4 killed as suicide bomber hit security personnel convoy in Kabul
Date: 2018-12-11 06:39:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7709099
KABUL, Dec 11 (MENA) - Four people were killed after a suicide bomber targeted security forces convoy in the Paghman district of Kabul province on Tuesday morning, Pajhow news agency reported quoting officials as saying. Najib Danish, spokesman ....
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5 missing Marines declared dead in warplanes crash off Japan
Date: 2018-12-11 06:08:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7709060
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (MENA) - The US military has declared five missing crew members dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan's southern coast, and halted search and recovery operations, according to news ....
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Japan decides to exclude Huawei, ZTE from gov't procurement
Date: 2018-12-10 09:21:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:7707650
TOKYO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Japan decided Monday to effectively exclude Chinese telecommunication equipment giants Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from public procurement from April next year, the government said. The decision comes amid ....
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US companies dominate the Top 100; Russian arms industry moves to second place
Date: 2018-12-10 08:45:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:7707587
MOSCOW, Dec 10 (MENA) - Sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies totaled $398.2 billion in 2017, according to new international arms industry data released Monday by the Stockholm ....
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President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on Venezuela tightens, warns of Trump threat
Date: 2018-12-10 07:57:53 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:11 - ID:7707545
CARACAS, Dec 10 (MENA) - Socialist President Nicolas Maduro further consolidated power in Venezuelan local elections Sunday, while accusing President Donald Trump of plotting to overthrow him, according to media reports. The majority of nearly ....
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Afghan forces foil rocket attack on Kabul city
Date: 2018-12-10 07:25:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7707521
KABUL, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Afghan security forces have thwarted militants bid to carry out a rocket attack on Kabl city, Khaama Press reported Monday. The Kabul Police Commandment confirmed that the police forces have foiled a rocket attack on ....
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Guterres: Human rights are under siege around the world
Date: 2018-12-09 20:17:24 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:98 - ID:7707261
CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that human rights are under siege around the world. Delivering a message on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Guterres ....
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Blast wounds 6 at religious gathering in Pakistan's Karachi
Date: 2018-12-09 17:28:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:84 - ID:7707079
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9 (MENA) - Pakistani police say a blast targeting a religious gathering of an ethnic party has wounded six people in the southern port city of Karachi. The blast took place as hundreds of supporters of a faction of the Muttahida ....
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Trump: White House chief of staff to resign by end of this year
Date: 2018-12-08 22:44:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:7705722
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his position at the end of the year -- after swirling rumors that Kelly's 17 month-long tenure in the Trump administration ....
