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Donald Trump and Imran Khan troll each other amid further decline in US-Pak ties

3 hours ago

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US President Trump and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan trolled each other on Twitter with snide remarks pointing to a continued dysfunction in ties between two countries stuck in a mutually recriminatory loop...

CNN says White House preparing to eject reporter again

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CNN said on Monday it asked for a new emergency hearing to allow its reporter Jim Acosta to remain at the White House, saying officials are threatening to again revoke his press pass. "The White House is continuing to violate the First and Fifth Amendments of the constitution," the network said in a statement on Sunday...

Sri Lanka Parliament speaker to get tough after lawmakers' brawl

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On November 16, Sri Lanka's Parliament witnessed unprecedented violence as lawmakers threw furniture and chilli powder at each other. The speaker refuted allegations that unauthorised persons had entered the public galleries on that day. Each parliamentarian had been allowed visitors and their details were provided to the House, he said...

Lanka parties agree to form select committee

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Sri Lankan political parties in decided to form a select committee to conduct parliamentary affairs. All-party meeting called by President Sirisena yesterday to resolve the crisis ended inconclusively. The House till now has passed two no-confidence motions against Rajapaksa and his government by a voice vote...

Sri Lanka parliament adjourned after just five minutes

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Rajapakse has lost two no-confidence votes and last week his supporters threw projectiles and chilli powder at their rivals and the speaker, deepening international concern. Monday's session was adjourned after five minutes as the 225-member assembly failed to agree on a committee to draw up the legislature's agenda. They were to meet again on Friday...

Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman praises judiciary amid Khashoggi fallout

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Maldives set to pull out of China free trade deal, says senior lawmaker

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"The trade imbalance between China and the Maldives is so huge that nobody would think of an FTA between such parties," said Mohamed Nasheed, the chief of the Maldivian Democratic Party, which leads the ruling federal alliance. "China is not buying anything from us. It is a one-way treaty."..

Cambodian PM says no China naval base being built

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Cambodia will not allow foreign military bases on its soil, strongman premier Hun Sen said Monday, swatting away US concerns about a possible Chinese naval site near hotly contested seas...

Iran hopeful that Europe can salvage nuclear deal

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"There are some ambiguities on implementation of the EU's mechanism to protect trade with Iran from America's sanctions ... But we remain hopeful that the Europeans can save the deal," Bahram Qasemi told a news conference broadcast live on state TV...

China approves $6 billion airport expansion in Xinjiang capital

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Construction will run through 2030 when the expanded airport is expected to handle 63 million passengers and 750,000 tonnes of cargo a year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement...

Sri Lanka president calls third vote on no-confidence motion against Rajapaksa

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"To decide on the no confidence motion presented against the government, president noted that he wanted a vote with a name call or electronically displayed," Sirisena's office said in a statement. With parliament scheduled to reconvene on Monday, Sirisena appears faced with the choice of either re-appointing Wickremesinghe, or allowing the crisis to fester...

China's youth embrace street dance amid hip-hop crackdown

16 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ China

In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dance classes. Though China's nascent street dance scene took root as early as the 2000s — thanks in part to Korean boy band H.O.T. — it wasn't until recently that the style exploded into mainstream culture...

Imran govt to refer 4 cases against Sharifs to graft panel

16 hours ago

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Khan’s adviser Shehzad Akbar and special assistant Iftikhar Durrani said the cases related to the alleged misuse of government resources by former Punjab CM and PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif and ousted PM Nawaz Sharif ’s daughter Maryam, the Express Tribune reported...

Lanka prez’s all-party meet fails to end political crisis

16 hours ago

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Sirisena on Sunday called an all-party meeting which ended without making breakthrough, Wickremsinghe’s United National Party (UNP) said. This was the first time that Sirisena, Wickremsinghe and Rajapaksa met face to face since the crisis erupted on October 26..

Israeli PM Netanyahu takes on defence post amid call for early polls

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Facebook to know who lives with you

17 hours ago

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FB wants to patent a software that would analyse tags, captions on images posted to FB or Instagram to ascertain whether people live in the same home. A common IP address of two or more people could indicate that they live in the same house. FB insists it might not use the software but confessed this info will be shared with third parties hence raising fears for ethnic profiling...

Stealth crackdown: Chinese censorship extends to Twitter

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Interpol meets to select new president after China's arrest

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British PM Theresa May heading for Brussels for talks on future ties

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Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar

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The Taliban have held three days of talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the Afghan insurgent group has a political office, a Taliban official and another individual close to the group said Sunday..

Pence-Xi showdown at APEC shows US-China divide only widening

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Death toll rises to 76 in California fire as Trump visits

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Several people who fled the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century clustered around a television set at an evacuation centre Saturday and watch President Donald Trump survey what remained of their Northern California community...

Xi likely to visit N Korea next year

2 days ago

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China is capable of disrupting the agreement reached between the US and North Korea under Donald Trump’s leadership. Beijing would move in this direction as it is bitter about the trade war caused by Washington’s sanctions. Amidst such speculations, Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit North Korea next year, said South Korea’s presidential office...

CIA report suggests Saudi crown prince behind Khashoggi killing

2 days ago

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China reports new outbreaks of African swine fever in Jiangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan and Shanghai

2 days ago

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Four new outbreaks of African swine fever were reported in China's Jiangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan provinces as well as the municipality of Shanghai. 10 pigs died from the disease and 10 others fell ill on a farm with 150 hogs in Jiangxi province. Another 348 pigs will be slaughtered in Yunnan province. A farm with 314 pigs in the Jinshan district of Shanghai was affected...

Trump asks reporters to behave after Acosta row

2 days ago

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President Donald Trump has played down a court decision that forced him to restore the press pass credentials of CNN's correspondent Jim Acosta and threatened to walk out of future press briefings if reporters do not act with "decorum"...

China begins reconstruction of Sino-Nepal friendship bridge damaged in 2015 quake

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One man's tireless search for brother in California fires

2 days ago

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More than 600 are still missing. Relatives of those classified as missing have been asked to provide DNA samples to help with identifying the remains recovered from the fire. But for Jhonathan Clark even that is not an option because the brother is trying to find is adopted. Clark's brother Maurice, his sister-in-law and their six-year-old son are among the missing lot...

Number of missing jumps to more than 1,000 in California fire

2 days ago

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The number of people missing in a devastating wildfire in northern California jumped to more than 1,000 on Friday, authorities said, as the remains of eight other victims were found by rescuers. The eight additional victims brings to 71 the number of people who have died in the so-called Camp Fire...

US President Donald Trump says he 'very easily' answered questions on Russia probe

2 days ago

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President Donald Trump said he had "very easily" answered written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller on collusion with Russia probe, though he speculated that the questions had been "tricked up" to try to catch him in a lie. 'You have to always be careful when you answer questions with people that probably have bad intentions,' he said...

Pushed to edge, May appeals directly to public on Brexit

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London HC rules Tihar prison poses no risk to extraditing PIO bookie accused of match-fixing

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EU won't make 'massive changes' to Brexit deal: Dutch PM

3 days ago

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India, UK vow to strengthen cooperation to deal with counter-terror challenges

3 days ago

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Both sides condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations at the meeting in which the Indian delegation was led by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter-Terrorism), MEA, while the UK delegation was headed by Jane Marriot, Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit...

Sacked Sri Lanka PM seeks job back after parliament riot

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ South Asia

The Indian Ocean nation has been paralysed since October 26 when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe as premier and replaced him with former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse. With a second no-trust vote against Rajapakse on Friday despite raucous scenes that involved his supporters throwing chilli powder at their opponents, Wickremesinghe demanded the restoration of status quo prior to October 26...

Pak got a "big" aid deal from China; not to reveal amount under instructions from Prez Xi: Imran Khan

3 days ago

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During an interaction with journalists at the PM House, Imran Khan said that Pakistan has received a "big" package of aid from China but will not reveal it, Geo News quoted him as saying. Khan said he did not want to reveal the quantum of aid from Beijing as other countries will start demanding more money from China, the report said...

China ups cash rewards for citizens who report porn

3 days ago

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Starting Dec 1, people can earn up to 600,000 yuan ($86,000) for reporting pornographic and illegal content, online or otherwise, double the 300,000 yuan under previous guidelines."Illegal" content in China is broadly defined by umbrella terms like "endangers national unity", "leaks state secrets", and "disturbs social order", that is also sometimes used to silence dissidents...

UK's May appeals to public on Brexit, braces for more blows

3 days ago

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British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed directly to voters to back her Brexit plan Friday as she waited to see whether rivals within her party have gained enough support to launch a leadership challenge...

UK PM Theresa May soldiers on amid ongoing Brexit rebellion

3 days ago

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A day after she was hit by a number of ministerial resignations, including Brexit secretary Dominic Raab who stepped down over "fatal flaws" in the divorcedeal with the EU, there are reports that his potential replacement may also be pondering stepping down from the Cabinet...

Sri Lanka president says won't suspend parliament, after Rajapaksa loses another confidence vote

3 days ago

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Sri Lanka's president said on Friday he won't suspend parliament "under any circumstances", after the prime minister he appointed late last month lost his second confidence vote in three days. Parliament passed a no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government by a voice vote after lawmakers supporting him tried to disrupt proceedings...

North Korea to deport US citizen held since October: Report

3 days ago

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An American man of the same name was deported from South Korea in November 2017 after being found wandering near the heavily fortified border with North Korea, but there was no immediate confirmation of the identity of the man held by North Korea...

Brexit deal thrusts UK PM May into biggest crisis of premiership

3 days ago

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Brexit will pitch the world's fifth largest economy into the unknown. Many fear it will divide the West as it grapples with both the unconventional U.S. presidency of Donald Trump and growing assertiveness from Russia and China...

Pence says South China Sea doesn't belong to any one nation

3 days ago

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The United States has conducted a series of “freedom of navigation” exercises in the contested South China Sea, angering Beijing, which says the moves threaten its sovereignty...

Trump Jr's business trip to India cost US taxpayers nearly $100,000: Report

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Smoke spreading from California fires sparks health concerns

3 days ago

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Increases in doctor visits or hospital treatment for respiratory infections, bronchitis and pneumonia in otherwise healthy people also have been found during and after wildfires...

UK's May battles to save her Brexit deal and her job

4 days ago

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The hard-won agreement has infuriated pro-Brexit members of her divided party.They say the agreement, which calls for close trade ties between the UK...

China protests to S Korea over varsity clubbing Tibet booth with India at intl fest

4 days ago

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'Toxic' declared Oxford Word of the Year

4 days ago

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The Oxford Word of the Year is a word or expression that is judged to have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance. The word toxic was selected from a shortlist that included contenders such as 'gaslighting,' 'incel' and 'techlash.' The events that played a role in this selection were #MeToo movement, poisoning of Russian official, hurricanes, air pollution etc...

Jamal Khashoggi: From Saudi royal insider to open critic

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Middle East

In his final column for The Washington Post, Khashoggi perhaps presciently pleaded for greater freedom of expression in the Middle East. "The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power," he wrote...

Bangladesh scraps plan to start repatriating Rohingya

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ South Asia

The refugees "are not willing to go back now," Refugee Commissioner Abul Kalam told The Associated Press, adding that officials "can't force them to go" but will continue to try to "motivate them so it happens."..

EU parliament chief satisfied with Brexit withdrawal deal details

4 days ago

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Facebook vied to conceal Russia meddling: Report

4 days ago

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In a lengthy investigative piece that is likely to trigger political repercussions in Washington, the Times argued that Facebook's way of dealing with crisis was to "delay, deny and deflect."..

Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman exonerated in Khashoggi murder: Saudi prosecutor

4 days ago

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A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office denied Prince Mohammed had any knowledge of the killing inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, in response to a journalist's question...

Five Saudi officials face death penalty for Jamal Khashoggi's murder

4 days ago

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Saudi Al-Mojeb told journalists in a rare press conference in Riyadh on Thursday that Khashoggi's killers had set in motion plans for the killing on Sept. 29, three days before he was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul...

Asia Bibi: Pakistani Christian woman in limbo after blasphemy verdict

4 days ago

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Since the Supreme Court overturned Asia Bibi's conviction last month, Pakistan has been rattled by violent protests from Islamists calling for her beheading, for mutiny in the armed forces and for the murder of the country's top judges...

China says foreign concerns over Muslim rights unwarranted

4 days ago

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China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a daily briefing that it would be "problematic" if the diplomats were attempting to put pressure on local authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where the detentions have taken place...

In rare coordinated move, Western envoys seek meeting on Xinjiang concerns

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ China

The move represents unusually broad, coordinated action by a group of countries over a human rights issue in China, and illustrates the mounting backlash Beijing is facing over its crackdown in the western region...

EU sets Nov 25 as summit day to endorse draft Brexit deal

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Missing Pakistani police officer's body found in Afghanistan

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Pakistan certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism: US

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Mattis compares border mission to one against Pancho Villa

4 days ago

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Mattis told reporters Wednesday that using troops along the border dates to the early 20th century. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson sent tens of thousands of National Guard and active duty troops to the border after a Mexican military raid into the US...

Stormy Daniels' lawyer arrested on domestic violence suspicions

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Stan Lee created one last hero before death

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Abusive passenger onboard AI flight released in London

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North California fires death toll now at 48; many still missing

5 days ago

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Authorities on Tuesday reported six more fatalities from the Northern California blaze, bringing the total number of dead so far to 48. They haven't disclosed the total number still missing, but earlier in the week that figure was more than 200...

Brexit protests outside Downing Street as UK ministers debate deal

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UK gambling shares rise as PM May says will set out betting machine changes

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Sri Lanka cricket star joins Rajapaksa's party

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North Korean delegation visits South to attend history forum

5 days ago

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A five-member North Korean delegation is visiting South Korea to attend an academic forum on Japan's wartime actions. The delegation's arrival Wednesday comes as the two Koreas continue reconciliation efforts despite stalemated U.S.-led nuclear diplomacy...

Mike Pence says Myanmar's handling of Rohingya 'without excuse'

5 days ago

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In a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Singapore, Pence told Suu Kyi that he was anxious to hear about progress in resolving the crisis, which stems from a violent military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing...

Luck runs out for Sri Lanka's Lord of the Rings

5 days ago

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Rajapakse comes from a well-connected political family in the southern district of Hambantota. His father, D.A. Rajapakse, was a prominent independence activist and cabinet minister. The younger Rajapakse studied law but at 24 -- before he had even qualified as an attorney -- he became an MP...

Prince Charles turns 70 with party, new family photos

5 days ago

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Charles is due to have tea on Wednesday with a group of people who are also turning 70 this year, before a Buckingham Palace party thrown by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II...

Beijing, northern China hit by worst pollution this year

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ China

Readings by the US Embassy's air quality monitor in Beijing showed PM 2.5, the fine particulate matter that causes smog, hit 376 micrograms per cubic meter which meant 'hazardous' levels of air pollution with potential to cause 'serious health' problems to everyone. This is the highest reading in Beijing so far this winter...

Iran executes 'Sultan of Coins' convicted of hoarding

5 days ago

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State TV reported that Vahid Mazloumin and his accomplice, Mohammad Ismail Ghasemi, were hanged early Wednesday. They were convicted of manipulating coin and hard currency markets through illegal and unauthorized deals as well as smuggling. An unspecified number of other accomplices went to prison...

Trump ally Kevin McCarthy tries lead shrunken House GOP

5 days ago

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The race for minority leader is McCarthy's to lose Wednesday. But the California Republican, who is an ally of President Donald Trump, must fend off a challenge from conservative Jim Jordan of Ohio. Jordan is a leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus...

Assad calls on Syria's Druze minority to do military service

5 days ago

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Sweida province is the heartland of Syria's Druze minority, who made up around three percent of the country's pre-war population -- or around 700,000 people. Since the conflict erupted in 2011, thousands of Druze, especially those in Sweida, have refused to be conscripted...

Net traffic ‘hijack’ via China, Russia impacts Google

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#MeToo: Lord repeatedly groped me, says PIO activist

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Donald Trump lights Diwali 'Diya' in White House

6 days ago

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Donald Trump, in a happy and relaxed mood despite the constant tumult in his administration, joked about being set up with a lamp that wouldn't light as it took awhile for the lamp to light. He ignored all political questions but warmly praised US-India ties and the contribution of Indian-Americans to the United States...

Trump to discuss trade war with Xi at G20 summit

6 days ago

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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss trade on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Argentina this month, a senior US official said Tuesday...

Brexit divorce deal text agreed by EU and UK

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UK cabinet at an emergency meeting Wednesday will examine the draft agreement that negotiating teams have reached in Brussels and will decide on next steps. A European source said a technical agreement had been struck but still needed political approval both on the British and European sides...

Days after visit, Trump blasts France's Macron as relations sour

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Pope Francis gives Vatican's sex abuse expert new role amid crisis

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Francis on Tuesday named Archbishop Charles Scicluna as a deputy, or adjunct secretary, at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that processes sex abuse cases globally...

IMF dissatisfied with Pakistan's fiscal policies: Reports

6 days ago

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Pakistan may ask the IMF for up to $6 billion, Geo News reported. If approved, it would be Pakistan's 13th rescue package from the multilateral lender since the late 1980s. Pakistan formally approached the IMF in October for loans...

Tayyip Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings 'appalling', shocked Saudi intelligence

6 days ago

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Khashoggi, a critic of de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate on Oct. 2 in a hit which Erdogan says was ordered at the "highest levels" of the Saudi government...

Israel, Palestinians battle in most serious Gaza violence since 2014 war

6 days ago

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The fighting - which has killed six Palestinians, five of them militants, and a Palestinian man in Israel since Monday -threatened to derail efforts by the United Nations, Egypt and Qatar to broker a long-term ceasefire and head off another major conflict in the impoverished, densely populated enclave...

Beijing wants South China Sea code finished in three years

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Li's comments appeared to be the first clear timeframe for finishing the code of conduct. Talks have dragged on for years, with China accused of delaying progress as it prefers to deal with less powerful countries on a one-on-one basis...

Report: Putin's friend set to win lucrative new contract

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NATO chief voices concern about Chinese missiles

6 days ago

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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday voiced concern about Chinese as well as Russian medium-range missiles and urged Beijing to join an international nuclear arms control treaty."We see that China is investing heavily in new, modern weapons, including new missiles," Stoltenberg said on German ZDF public television, according to the German translation...

Opposition chief Alexei Navalny says barred from leaving Russia

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he was prevented from flying out of Moscow for a European court ruling on whether his recent detentions have been politically motivated...

Indian-origin senator Kamala Harris among potential Democratic presidential aspirants

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Rene Magritte's 'Le principe du plaisir' painting fetches $26.8 million in NY

6 days ago

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A painting by Rene Magritte sold for $26.8 million Monday at a Sotheby's auction in New York, setting a record for a work by the Belgian surrealist. The painting entitled "Le principe du plaisir" topped the price fetched by "La corde sensible", which was sold in February 2017 in London for $17.9 million...

China postpones on allowing tiger bone, rhino horn trading

6 days ago

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"Relevant departments of the Chinese government will soon continue to organize special crackdown campaigns with focus on addressing the illegal trade of rhinos, tigers and their byproducts. Illegal acts will be dealt with severely,'' Ding, an executive deputy secretary-general of the State Council was quoted as saying...