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May accepts EU plan to postpone trade talks until March
Date: 2017-12-15 09:55:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:31 - ID:7141557
LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has implicitly accepted EU plans to postpone Brexit trade talks until March, amid concern that the British Government does not know what sort of trade deal it wants from the process, The ....
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US special envoy backs unconditional talks with N. Korea
Date: 2017-12-15 09:38:03 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:28 - ID:7141556
BANGKOK. Dec 15 (MENA) - The U.S. special envoy for North Korea on Friday expressed hope that Pyongyang would accept Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's diplomatic offer of unconditional talks, although the overture has already been contradicted by ....
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S. Korean leader urges joint efforts to denuclearize N. Korea
Date: 2017-12-15 09:27:31 GMT - south korea - World - SN:26 - ID:7141538
SEOUL, Dec 15 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for joint efforts between his country and China to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons, calling it a threat not only to South Korea but to China and its future development, Yonhap ....
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Moscow has dialogue channels with N.Korea
Date: 2017-12-15 09:05:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:7141433
MOSCOW, Dec 15 (MENA) - Russia has many dialogue channels with North Korea, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov was quoted as saying by Russia Today channel on Friday. Russia and North Korea have natural relations, as the dialogue ....
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Trump thanks Putin for hailing America's economy
Date: 2017-12-15 09:03:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:7141464
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (MENA) - President Donald Trump thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for praising America's economic performance. In a statement on Friday, the White House said "President Trump thanked President Putin for acknowledging ....
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Russia’s 2018 presidential election set for March 18
Date: 2017-12-15 08:16:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:7141422
MOSCOW, Dec 15 (MENA) - Russia’s Federation Council (upper house of parliament) on Friday has unanimously approved the chamber’s resolution setting the presidential election for March 18, 2018, Russia Today channel reported. The decision came few ....
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Peruvian president refuses to quit over corruption allegations
Date: 2017-12-15 07:34:59 GMT - Peru - World - SN:11 - ID:7141380
LIMA, Dec 15 (MENA) - Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said that he would not resign over a scandal involving payments Brazilian builder Odebrecht made about a decade ago to a company he controlled while holding public office. In a televised ....
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Russia accuses Pentagon of deceiving international community
Date: 2017-12-15 07:21:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:7141370
MOSCOW, Dec 15 (MENA) - The skepticism voiced by the Pentagon’s representatives over Russian forces’ withdrawal from Syria shows that the United States does not have information on the real situation, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor ....
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Japan imposes new sanctions on North Korea
Date: 2017-12-15 06:39:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:7141318
TOKYO, Dec 15 (MENA) - Japan has announced Friday that it is freezing the assets of 19 companies to step up pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons and missile development. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said that the companies deal in ....
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Two people killed, others injured in two stabbing attacks in Netherlands
Date: 2017-12-15 06:38:10 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:7 - ID:7141317
AMSTERDAM, Dec 15 (MENA) - At least two people have been killed and several others injured in two stabbing attacks in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht, police said. In a statement on Friday, the Dutch police noted that two stabbing attacks ....
