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China says it hasn’t dropped its plan for Korean de-escalation, despite Trump
Date: 2017-11-17 14:26:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:7095465
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) - China said that it will stick by its “freeze-for-freeze” proposal to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, contradicting a suggestion by US President Trump that it had turned against the plan, The Washington Post ....
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UK secretary blames Germany, France for Brexit talks deadlock
Date: 2017-11-17 14:02:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:7095415
LONDON, Nov 17 (MENA) - Brexit Secretary David Davis has blamed Germany and France for the deadlock in the Brexit talks, suggesting the UK will fail to hit next week’s deadline to agree a bigger “divorce bill,” The Independent reported. The ....
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Turkey hunts 42 university staff in post-coup crackdown
Date: 2017-11-17 13:59:43 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:45 - ID:7095413
ANKARA, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Turkish police have launched operations to track down 42 university staff from Istanbul's Marmara University who are alleged to have links to last year's failed coup attempt, a police source was quoted by The New York ....
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Italian doctor says world's first human head transplant 'imminent'
Date: 2017-11-17 13:51:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:7095414
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) - An Italian doctor announced Friday that the world’s first human head transplant was "imminent" and that it would take place in China because his efforts to get backing for the project were being ignored by medical ....
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NATO general points to increasing strength of China, Russia
Date: 2017-11-17 12:01:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:7095181
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) - NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Denis Mercier said that the “risk for a major interstate conflict has increased” in recent years, pointing to a shift in military and economic power to countries like China and ....
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S. Korea, US vow peaceful solution to N.Korean issue
Date: 2017-11-17 09:53:52 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:7094891
SEOUL, Nov 17 (MENA) - The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States reaffirmed Friday that they are seeking a "peaceful" way to resolve North Korea's nuclear stalemate and vowed to keep their joint campaign of pressure to bring ....
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US welcomes Sudan's decision to cut trade, military ties to N. Korea
Date: 2017-11-17 06:27:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7094726
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) - The United States welcomed on Friday Sudan's approval to cut all military and trade ties to North Korea. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says Sudan is taking the step due to the "critical threat" posed by the ....
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Pentagon: All 3,000 US 'uplift' troops now on ground in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-11-17 06:27:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:7094725
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) - All 3,000 additional US troops that are part of President Donald Trump’s new surge strategy have made it to Afghanistan, the Russian news agency Sputnik quoted the US Defense Department press office as saying on ....
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US tells UN climate conference: ‘We continue to be a leader’ on clean energy
Date: 2017-11-16 20:29:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:7094597
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (MENA) - A State Department official on Thursday called the United States a “leader” on clean energy issues and told United Nations delegates the US is still committed to global climate work, despite US President Trump’s ....
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UK foreign secretary to visit Russia next month
Date: 2017-11-16 14:04:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:7093957
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will visit Russia med December, Sputnik news reported quoting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov. The exact date of the visit will be announced after holding consultations in ....
