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Trump: Tillerson is not leaving role as secretary of state
Date: 2017-12-01 21:05:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7119075
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is not leaving the Trump administration despite recent speculation, Fox quoted US President Donald Trump as saying on Friday. "The media has been speculating that I fired Rex ....
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Men less likely to access HIV treatment -- UNAIDS
Date: 2017-12-01 19:24:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:7118970
GENEVA, Dec 1 (MENA) - On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS has released a new report showing that men are less likely to take an HIV test, less likely to access antiretroviral therapy and more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women. The report ....
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Donald Trump’s 'working visit' to UK dropped as tensions with Theresa May grow over president's far-Right retweets
Date: 2017-12-01 14:34:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:7118636
LONDON, Dec 1 (MENA) - US diplomats have dropped plans for US President Donald Trump to conduct a visit to Britain in January amid a war of words between the two countries’ leaders, The Telegraph reported. Trump had been penciled in for a ....
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UN appeals for record dlrs 22.5 billion in global aid for 2018
Date: 2017-12-01 14:04:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:7118437
Geneva, Dec 1 (MENA) - The United Nations appealed Friday for a record dlrs 22.5 billion to provide aid in 2018 to soaring numbers of people slammed by conflicts and disasters around the world, the Daily Mail reported. The global appeal by UN ....
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Istanbul airport attack mastermind killed in Georgia
Date: 2017-12-01 14:00:22 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:46 - ID:7118503
TBILISI, Dec 1 (MENA) - The Georgian security agency said Friday that the mastermind behind the 2016 terror attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport has been killed in a police operation, Sky News channel reported. The State Security Service ....
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Argentina's missing submarine: 'No one will be rescued'
Date: 2017-12-01 12:20:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:7118418
LONDON, Dec 1 (MENA) - Argentina has called off the rescue operation for its missing submarine 15 days after a reported explosion apparently sent it to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Patagonia, The Guardian reported. "No one ....
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Nine Afghan cities liberated from Daesh terrorist group
Date: 2017-12-01 11:24:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7118230
KABUL, Dec 1 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani announced Friday that the Afghan army has liberated nine cities from Daesh terrorist group. He said in statements that his country is implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism ....
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Moon, Trump agree to bring N. Korea to dialogue table via sanctions, pressure
Date: 2017-12-01 11:13:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:28 - ID:7118148
SEOUL, Dec 1 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed to continue strong pressure and sanctions against North Korea to bring the regime back to negotiations as they held their second phone talks in two ....
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11 people wounded in Taliban attack on Pakistani university
Date: 2017-12-01 10:59:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:26 - ID:7118096
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (MENA) - Pakistani Taliban gunmen disguised in all-enveloping burkas stormed the campus of an agriculture university in Pakistan on Friday, wounding at least 11 people, police said. The Peshawar police chief said that Pakistani ....
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Trump’s visit to UK delayed -- Daily Telegraph
Date: 2017-12-01 09:24:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:7118091
LONDON, Dec 1 (MENA) - US diplomats have dropped plans for Donald Trump to conduct a visit to Britain in January, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. Senior US officials said that delaying the visit has nothing to do with UK Prime Minister ....