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N.Korea says chance of talks with US ‘narrowing’AFP, SeoulThe possibility of talks between nuclear-armed North Korea and Washington is “narrowing”, Pyongyang said Tuesday after the...
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Iran to fuel centrifuges in new step away from nuclear deal
AP, Dubai :Iran announced Tuesday it would inject uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges that had previously been kept empty under its 2015 nuclear deal with...
Xi voices ‘trust’ in HK leader, concern over unrest
AFP, Shanghai :Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed a “high degree of trust” in Hong Kong’s unpopular leader Carrie Lam as the two met after...
Mali’s torn heart Despair, jihadism and revolt
AFP :Untroubled by time, the mighty Niger River glides through the Sahel city as women wash their clothes in its brackish waters and cows slumber...
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Vietnam arrests eight over UK truck deathsAP, Hanoi Police in Vietnam have arrested eight people in relation to the discovery of 39 dead Vietnamese in...
UK lawmakers electing new Speaker to replace John Bercow
AP, London :British lawmakers are electing a new House of Commons speaker on Monday to replace the influential but controversial John Bercow.Bercow retired last week...
Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
AFP, New Delhi :New Delhi banned half the Indian capital’s private cars from its roads on Monday as the megacity’s 20 million people spluttered with...
Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint
AP, Montreal :Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities...
Trump threatens to withhold emergency aid from fire-hit California
US President Donald Trump threatened once again Sunday to withhold federal aid from California after its Democratic governor criticized his environmental policies.Over the past two...
Iran marks embassy siege 40th anniversary with anti-US fervour
AFP, Tehran :With anti-American slogans and effigies mocking President Donald Trump, thousands rallied outside the former US embassy in Tehran on Monday to mark the...
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El Salvador expels Venezuelan diplomatsAFP, San SalvadorEl Salvador has ordered Venezuela’s diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, in line with President Nayib Bukele’s...
A year before 2020 election, a divided and ‘angry’ America
America on Sunday kicks off the one- year countdown to Election Day 2020, with President Donald Trump betting an “angry” Republican surge can deliver him...