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CNN: White House chief of staff expected to resign soon
Date: 2018-12-07 16:02:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7704118
John Kelly is expected to resign as White House chief of staff in the coming days, two sources familiar with the situation unfolding in the West Wing tell CNN. Seventeen months in, Kelly and US President Donald Trump have reached a stalemate in ....
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WHO: Air pollution kills 7 million annually
Date: 2018-12-06 22:43:24 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:9 - ID:7703219
The World Health Organization (WHO) says exposure to air pollution causes 7 million deaths worldwide every year. The WHO issued a report on health and climate change on Wednesday to coincide with the ongoing United Nations climate change ....
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US conducts 'extraordinary' observation flight over Ukraine
Date: 2018-12-06 22:42:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7703218
The United States said Thursday it has carried out an "extraordinary" flight over Ukraine under an international military surveillance treaty, amid what it called a pattern of "increasingly provocative and threatening activity" by Russia. The ....
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Macron abandons fuel-tax hike amid concerns of new ‘yellow vest’ protests
Date: 2018-12-05 22:15:50 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:7701645
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced that he was abandoning a proposed fuel-tax hike amid fears of more unrest after weeks of nationwide protests that have already cost several lives and millions of euros in damages. The Elysee ....
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Trump has reportedly sent letter to Imran Khan regarding Afghan peace talks
Date: 2018-12-04 08:51:05 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:7698478
US President Donald Trump has reportedly sent a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to seek Islamabad’s cooperation in Afghan peace talks, Khaama Press reported. Pakistan’s information Fawad Chaudhry has confirmed that Prime Minister ....
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French PM preparing to suspend fuel tax increases
Date: 2018-12-04 08:48:46 GMT - France - International - SN:3 - ID:7698475
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe is preparing to suspend planned tax increases on fuel, according to a government source. A turnaround in the decision would follow a weekend of violent protests in Paris that led to hundreds of arrests and ....
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US, China agree to suspend new trade tariffs
Date: 2018-12-02 17:28:54 GMT - China - International - SN:2 - ID:7696342
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks. The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for their first talks since a trade war erupted this ....
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Russian military successfully tests new BMD system
Date: 2018-12-01 22:02:15 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:7695200
The Russian military successfully carried out the launch of an upgraded missile of a ballistic missile defense (DMB) system at the Sary-Shagan Range in Kazakhstan, TASS news agency reported on Saturday. "A combat unit of the Air Defense and ....
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Putin urges to do all possible to keep Iran nuclear deal in force
Date: 2018-11-30 20:51:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:7693897
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that keeping the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in force will help prevent a new wave of tension around the Iranian nuclear program and it is necessary to do everything possible for that, TASS ....
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Brazil to host 2019 BRICS summit
Date: 2018-11-30 20:50:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:7693896
The leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations have agreed to hold their next summit in Brazil in 2019, TASS quoted a statement passed after the group's informal meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty ....
