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Africa Western Sahara settlement is possible: UN chief
Date: 2019-04-02 07:45:18 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:1 - ID:7877368
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a solution to the decades-old conflict over Western Sahara is possible, Russia Today reported. Guterres told the UN Security Council a settlement would require "strong political will, not just from ....
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MPs reject Theresa May's Brexit deal by 58 votes
Date: 2019-03-29 19:56:05 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:7872338
MPs have rejected UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time by 344 votes to 286, The Guardian reported on Friday. The rejection came despite May’s offer to her Tory colleagues that she would resign if it passed. A string of ....
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Mogherini vows EU's full support to Afghan peace
Date: 2019-03-26 08:30:51 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:7866303
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said the EU strongly supports an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process and that achievements of Afghanistan should be preserved in this process, according to Tolo News reported. Addressing a ....
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Jimmy Carter becomes oldest living former US president
Date: 2019-03-22 14:53:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7860713
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US from 1977 to 1981, became the country’s oldest living former president Thursday, surpassing the late President George H.W. Bush who died in November. As of Thursday, Carter is 94 years and 172 days old. ....
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Pompeo arrives in Israel to discuss regional issues
Date: 2019-03-20 23:33:17 GMT - Israel - International - SN:8 - ID:7858376
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Israel Wednesday as part of a Middle East tour that began in Kuwait. He is set to discuss "the Iranian threat, energy and regional issues," said Haaretz newspaper. The visit, which comes 21 days ....
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New Zealand premier Ardern vows mosque gunman will face 'full force of law'
Date: 2019-03-19 08:38:09 GMT - New Zealand - International - SN:4 - ID:7855107
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised on Tuesday that the man responsible for last week's deadly mosque massacres would face "the full force of the law", as she vowed never to utter his name, Channel News Asia reported. "He sought ....
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Facebook removes 1.5mn videos of Christchurch attacks within 24 hours
Date: 2019-03-17 19:51:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:7853016
Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch within 24 hours of the attack, The Washington Post reported Sunday. In a statement, Mia Garlick, spokeswoman for Facebook New ....
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Boeing 737-800 makes emergency landing in Northern Russia, reports of engine failure
Date: 2019-03-15 13:19:47 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:7849545
A Moscow-bound Boeing 737-800 was forced to make an emergency landing in northern Russia before continuing its journey. Engine failure is suspected to be the cause of the incident, Russia Today quoted officials as saying Friday. The aircraft was ....
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British lawmakers reject second referendum on Brexit
Date: 2019-03-14 22:16:41 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:7848785
UK lawmakers rejected a move to give the British public a second referendum on Brexit, dealing a blow to campaigners for a so-called People's Vote, the CNN reported Thursday. Members of Parliament voted 85 to 334 against a proposal to hold a new ....
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No-deal Brexit rejected in UK Parliament
Date: 2019-03-13 21:48:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:7847208
British lawmakers have voted against a no-deal Brexit, amid fears it could lead to economic turmoil and stoke long-simmering tensions in Northern Ireland, CNN reported on Wednesday. Lawmakers voted 321 votes to 278, backing an amended version of ....
