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Quake deep under sea in Philippines unlikely to cause damage
Date: 2017-05-20 07:58:31 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:11 - ID:6819058
MANILA, May 20 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near the center of the Philippine archipelago on Saturday, but the Philvolcs seismology agency said the tremor was too deep to raise fears of casualties or damage, the Daily Mail ....
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South Korea offers to open land route for N. Korea during 2018 winter Olympics
Date: 2017-05-20 07:06:35 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:6819002
SEOUL, May 20 (MENA) - The top organizer of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea has offered to open the land route for North Korean athletes if they decide to compete south of the tense border, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. In a ....
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Mattis: North Korea military solution would be 'tragic on an unbelievable scale'
Date: 2017-05-19 20:56:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:6818867
WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that any military solution to the North Korea crisis would be "tragic on an unbelievable scale" and said Washington was working internationally to find a diplomatic solution, ....
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The Guardian: Brexit negotiations set to start on June 19
Date: 2017-05-19 18:25:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:6818740
LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has penciled in 19 June for the first formal day of talks with Britain about its withdrawal from the European Union, in what are being billed as the most important negotiations in ....
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China calls on US, North Korea to end nuclear standoff
Date: 2017-05-19 18:02:02 GMT - China - World - SN:79 - ID:6818729
BEIJING, May 19 (MENA) - China urged the United States and North Korea to show commitment to a political decision to solve the "nuclear problem." Beijing's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remark on Friday in response to a ....
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Scientists to test Zika virus on brain tumours
Date: 2017-05-19 17:57:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:6818741
LONDON, May 19 (MENA) – Scientists at the University of Cambridge are to test whether the Zika virus can be used to destroy brain tumours, ITV reported on Friday. It's being funded by Cancer Research UK and could potentially lead to new ....
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Japan: China 'escalating' tensions over disputed islands
Date: 2017-05-19 16:12:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:66 - ID:6818560
TOKYO, May 19 (MENA) - Japan scrambled warplanes on Thursday after four Chinese coastguard ships and a drone aircraft entered territory it claims around disputed islands in the East China Sea, according to Defense Ministry officials. Tokyo said ....
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Two French military officers die during training
Date: 2017-05-19 16:07:30 GMT - France - World - SN:63 - ID:6818623
PARIS, May 19 (MENA) - Two French soldiers died Friday during a training in Marne river, east of Paris. Two soldiers from the second infantry regiment of Nimes lost their lives during their training, the military's Eastern Command said in a ....
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Roadside bomb kills 11 in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-05-19 14:26:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:54 - ID:6818337
KABUL, May 19 (MENA) - A roadside bombing killed 11 people in eastern Afghanistan on Friday as they were traveling to a wedding in the country's east, ABC News quoted a local official as saying Friday. Those killed by the roadside bomb in Logar ....
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Japan approves bill to allow first abdication of emperor in 200 years
Date: 2017-05-19 12:40:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:45 - ID:6818201
TOKYO, May 19 (MENA) - The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a bill to let Emperor Akihito hand over the Chrysanthemum Throne to Crown Prince Naruhito in what would be Japan’s first abdication in roughly 200 years, The Japan Times reported ....
