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EU to refuse to sign trade deals with countries that don't ratify Paris climate change accord
Date: 2018-02-13 10:27:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:7243111
LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The European Union will refuse to sign trade deals with countries that do not ratify the Paris climate change agreement and take steps to combat global warming, under a new Brussels policy, The Independent ....
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South Korea jails friend to former president to 20 years in jail for corruption
Date: 2018-02-13 09:03:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:7242967
SEOUL, Feb 13 (MENA) - A South Korean court has sentenced Choi Soon-sil, an old friend of former president Park Geun-hye, to 20 years in jail for corruption, influence-peddling and abuse of power, the BBC reported Tuesday. Choi was at the heart ....
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Six dead, scores injured in road accident in Wazirabad
Date: 2018-02-13 07:22:54 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7242774
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (MENA) - At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger bus and wagon collided in Wazirabad, Gujranwala on Tuesday, Geo News reported. According to rescue sources, the collision happened due to ....
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IOC president to visit North Korea after Games
Date: 2018-02-12 22:37:37 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:109 - ID:7242628
LAUSANNE, Feb 12 (MENA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Monday Olympics chief Thomas Bach will visit North Korea after the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Voice of America reported. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Bach had been ....
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Tillerson says it's 'up to North Korea' to engage in talks with US
Date: 2018-02-12 21:26:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:7242541
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday it will be "up to North Korea" to decide when it is ready to engage in serious and meaningful diplomatic talks with the US, CNN reported. Tillerson was reacting to Vice ....
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Pentagon unveils $686 billion military budget for FY19
Date: 2018-02-12 21:03:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:101 - ID:7242519
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget is requesting $686.1 billion in military funding, with a focus on great power competition with Russia and China, Defense News quoted the Pentagon as saying on Monday. The ....
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4 killed after truck rear-end cars in Germany
Date: 2018-02-12 20:58:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:99 - ID:7242517
BERLIN, Feb 12 (MENA) - Four people were killed after a truck struck two cars on a German highway, pushing the smaller vehicles under another tractor-trailer, ABC news reported. Mannheim police said the incident happened Monday afternoon on the ....
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Ukraine deports ex-Georgia president to Poland
Date: 2018-02-12 19:51:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:97 - ID:7242496
KIEV, Feb 12 (MENA) - Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been deported to Poland, Ukraine's border service said. An official in the Ukrainian ministry of interior said Saakashvili was detained in Kiev, the BBC News ....
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Drone shot down by Israel was Iranian copy of US craft -- paper
Date: 2018-02-12 19:45:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:7242482
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - The drone that Israel said it shot down this weekend appeared to have been developed by Iran from technology obtained when it captured a US stealth aircraft in 2011, according to aviation experts and Israeli ....
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Abbas asserts US no more sole mediator in Mideast talks
Date: 2018-02-12 19:42:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:94 - ID:7242466
MOSCOW, Feb 12 (MENA) - Palestine does not want the United States to be the sole mediator in the Middle East negotiations, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Monday. "In this current atmosphere created by the actions of the United States, we ....
