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More than 40 million Americans living in poverty -- UN expert
Date: 2017-12-16 16:48:44 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:19 - ID:7143684
The number of Americans living in poverty and the already high income inequality could worsen further in the days to come, making the United States the most unequal society in the world, the United Nations expert on extreme poverty and human rights ....
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Irish PM warns from taking longer time in setting UK-EU ties after Brexit
Date: 2017-12-16 16:46:45 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:18 - ID:7143651
Irish premier Leo Varadkar has warned the shape of a post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the European Union is going to take a long time to agree upon, Daily Express reported. The Taoiseach said opinions on what future relations will look ....
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North Korea rejects dialogue with US: ambassador
Date: 2017-12-16 11:30:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7143007
North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations Ja Song Nam has ruled out the possibility of talks with the US in the current circumstances, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday. He was speaking to reporters after a ministerial meeting ....
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Peru launches impeachment process against president
Date: 2017-12-16 08:47:47 GMT - Peru - International - SN:5 - ID:7142762
Lawmakers in Peru initiated impeachment proceedings Friday against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is accused of failing to disclose decade-old payments from a Brazilian company embroiled in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal, ABC News ....
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Mattis underlines diplomacy in dealing with Iran
Date: 2017-12-16 08:31:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7142739
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he does not see the need for a stepped-up military posture against Iran, the Daily Mail newspaper reported. US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday presented missile fragments and other ....
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Dutch police shoot man with knife at Amsterdam airport
Date: 2017-12-15 19:16:01 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:31 - ID:7142459
a man has been shot by the Dutch military police after he threatened to use a knife at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on friday, FOX News reported. The Marechaussee police service added that, "The man was waving a knife threatening people at the ....
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EU leaders agree Brexit talks can move on to phase two
Date: 2017-12-15 14:55:12 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:25 - ID:7142148
EU leaders have ruled that sufficient progress has been made in the first phase of Brexit talks, allowing negotiations to move on to discussions about Britain’s future outside the bloc, The Guardian reported Friday. President of the European ....
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US Embassy constantly meddles in Russian elections — Lavrov
Date: 2017-12-15 14:52:02 GMT - Russia - International - SN:22 - ID:7142085
Meddling in Russian elections is seen on a regular basis, and the US Embassy engages in this, in particular, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, on Friday, TASS ....
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Kremlin: Russia wants better relations with EU despite possible extension of sanctions
Date: 2017-12-15 14:07:49 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:7142062
Russia will continue to work on building relations with the European Union (EU) in spite of the possibility of expanding the scope of sanctions on them, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying Friday. "We ....
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Russia does not seek confrontation with US; will respond to any hostile act--Lavrov
Date: 2017-12-15 11:13:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:7141757
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow does not seek confrontation with US President Donald Trump's administration but it will respond to any act of hostility. In his speech before the upper house of parliament, the ....
