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Trump calls for ‘new American moment,’ urges bipartisanship
Date: 2018-01-31 06:24:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7219464
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - President Donald Trump in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday called for unity and common ground, promising to extend “an open hand” to Democrats and Republicans in the name of a “new American moment,” Newsday ....
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Medvedev jokes that cabinet members not on US ‘Kremlin List’ should step down
Date: 2018-01-30 22:28:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:7219121
MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - Not being put on Washington’s ‘Kremlin List’ is reason enough for a cabinet member to step down, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said jokingly while talking to reporters after meeting with his Belgian counterpart ....
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Sochi congress final statement affirms full commitment to Syria’s territorial integrity
Date: 2018-01-30 20:21:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:7219119
MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - Participants in the Syrian National Dialogue Congress of Sochi stressed full commitment to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, SANA news agency reported Tuesday. The final statement of the ....
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Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate bishop
Date: 2018-01-30 16:02:52 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:63 - ID:7218846
VATICAN CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) - Pope Francis is sending the Vatican's most respected sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate a bishop accused by victims of covering up for the country's most notorious pedophile priest, ABC News reported. The ....
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The Latest: Putin says US list of Russians is ‘hostile step’
Date: 2018-01-30 14:50:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:7218607
MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Trump administration’s list of top officials and business people is a “hostile step” that harms relations between Russia and the United States, The Washington Post reported. Just ....
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Arab countries need to do more to create jobs, empower SMEs, IMF chief says
Date: 2018-01-30 14:31:34 GMT - Morocco - World - SN:52 - ID:7218311
MARRAKESH, Jan 30 (MENA) - IMF managing director said Arab countries need to do more to create jobs, empower small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and bolster inclusive growth as the region grapples with the highest youth unemployment rate in ....
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Sweden charges Uzbek man with terrorist crime last year in Stockholm
Date: 2018-01-30 13:11:48 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:37 - ID:7218213
STOCKHOLM, Jan 30 (MENA) - An Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck into a crowd in downtown Stockholm in April, killing five and injuring 14, was charged Tuesday with terrorism, attempts to carry out a terror act and causing others to be endangered, ....
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UNICEF seeks $3.6 billion in emergency assistance for 48 million children caught up in catastrophic humanitarian crises
Date: 2018-01-30 13:05:26 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:36 - ID:7218206
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (MENA) - UNICEF appealed on Tuesday for $3.6 billion to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 48 million children living through conflict, natural disasters and other emergencies in 51 countries in 2018. A statement ....
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Price of conflict is too high': hunger at crisis levels in eight countries
Date: 2018-01-30 10:07:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:18 - ID:7217851
LONDON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The number of hungry people living in conflict zones is rising, with eight countries recording crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in at least a quarter of their people, food agencies warned the United Nations ....
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Trump declines to implement new Russia sanctions
Date: 2018-01-30 10:04:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:7217806
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Trump administration told US Congress that bipartisan legislation passed last year authorizing new sanctions on Russia is already "serving as a deterrent," and there's no need to actually implement the penalties at ....
