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7 Chinese defense firms in world’s top 20
Date: 2018-08-24 22:17:30 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:16 - ID:7546180
Chinese weapons makers are among the world’s biggest defense companies, accounting for seven of the top 20 by revenue, South China Morning Post quoted a report issued by a London-based think tank. In its first such survey, the International ....
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British jets intercept Russian aircraft over Black Sea
Date: 2018-08-24 22:15:53 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:15 - ID:7546179
Royal Air Force RAF Typhoons have responded to a Russian Be-12 heading south west over the Black Sea from Crimea, the UK Defense Ministry said on its website on Friday. It's the second time in a week that RAF jets, on NATO’s Air Policing mission, ....
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Late UN chief Annan to be buried in Ghana on Sept 13: President
Date: 2018-08-24 22:13:57 GMT - Ghana - International - SN:14 - ID:7546177
Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the New York Times quoted the West African nation's president as saying on Friday. Nana Akufo-Addo told a delegation of Annan's ....
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US imposes sanctions on 3 Daesh recruiters
Date: 2018-08-24 21:06:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:7546152
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on three men from Southeast Asia who it says were recruiters for Daesh terrorist group and appeared in a beheading video for the militant group, The Daily Mail reported. The action freezes their ....
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Trump says Pompeo won't go to North Korea
Date: 2018-08-24 20:31:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:7546134
US President Donald Trump on Friday nixed plans for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea to hold a next round of denuclearization talks, citing insufficient progress on the issue, CNN reported. "I have asked Secretary of ....
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Scott Morrison sworn in as Australia's new PM
Date: 2018-08-24 18:12:20 GMT - Australia - International - SN:11 - ID:7546065
Treasurer Scott Morrison has been sworn in as Australia's prime minister to replace Malcolm Turnbull after a Liberal Party coup. Sky News channel carried the news on Friday without giving further details. ....
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2 dead at Serbian National Library after gas leak
Date: 2018-08-24 18:09:18 GMT - Serbia - International - SN:10 - ID:7546062
A poisonous gas leak killed two men Friday at the National Library in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, police said, ABC news reported. An emergency team was sent to the building in central Belgrade after the leak was detected and sealed off the ....
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13 injured in typhoon western of Japan
Date: 2018-08-24 18:07:48 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:7546060
Typhoon "Cimaron" passed through western Japan to the Sea of Japan early Friday, leaving at least 13 people injured and disrupting traffic before being downgraded to an extratropical cyclone off northeastern Japan in the afternoon, Kyodo news agency ....
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Finnish PM mourns Kuopio's bus victims
Date: 2018-08-24 17:41:04 GMT - Finland - International - SN:7 - ID:7546042
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila offered on Friday his condolences to the families of victims who were killed in a traffic accident in the city of Kuopio. Sipila tweeted "sad news from Kuopio," and expressed his condolences to the victims, ABC ....
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Zimbabwe court upholds president's election win
Date: 2018-08-24 16:11:41 GMT - Zimbabwe - International - SN:4 - ID:7545974
Zimbabwe's constitutional court has upheld President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow victory in last month's historic election after the opposition alleged vote-rigging, ABC news reported on Friday. That means the inauguration will be held within 48 ....
