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Israeli PM vows not to shirk corruption trial after electionAP, Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday he will face corruption accusations against him...
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‘No commitment’ to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners: Ghani
Reuters, Kabul :Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with the Afghan government...
Biden revives White House hopes with big South Carolina win
AFP, Columbia :Former vice president Joe Biden notched up a resounding win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, reviving his campaign for the Democratic...
Trump says getting rid of ‘bad’ people made him successful
AP, Oxon Hill :President Donald Trump said Saturday that his “journey” in the nation’s highest office would have been a failure had he not be...
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Luxembourg becomes first country to provide free public transportAFP, LuxembourgLuxembourg will become the first country in the world on Saturday to offer a free public...
Democrats joust with Pompeo at hearing, the 1st since impeachment
AP, Washington :Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration’s response to the spreading coronavirus but also faced contentious questions Friday from Democrats about...
Biden looks for first 2020 victory in South Carolina primary
AP, Columbia :The Democrats’ 2020 nominating fight turned to South Carolina on Saturday for the first-in-the-South primary, with Joe Biden confident that his popularity with...
Turkey’s President asks Putin to step aside in Syria
Reuters, Istanbul :Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to step aside in Syria and leave...
Trump pushing for three-way arms control with Russia, China
AP, Washington :The Trump administration has informed Moscow that the U.S. is open to holding a summit with other permanent members of the United Nations...
As virus spreads, other countries can learn from China
AP, Beijing :As the new coronavirus spread rapidly in central China, the country’s authoritarian government took a very authoritarian step: It ordered the unprecedented lockdown...
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US professor charged with hiding link to China on NASA-funded projectAFP, WashingtonUS authorities on Thursday charged a professor at a university in Tennessee with fraud...
New moon temporarily orbiting earth discovered by astronomers
AP, New York :Astronomers have discovered that a car-sized second natural satellite, commonly called a mini-moon, is temporarily orbiting Earth for the past three years.“Earth...