Archive for the May 16, 2017
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Saudi King Salman on Monday expressed hope a "historic" summit to be held Sunday between Arab and Muslim nations and US President Donald Trump will enhance ties and promote tolerance. The summit will be one
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Venezuelans launched a seventh week of anti-government demonstrations by blocking roads on Monday, vowing not to budge all day in protest at a deadly political and economic crisis. Hundreds stood in the rain on a
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The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war and famine in South Sudan. "The suffering of
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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday downplayed differences with EU partners over the bloc's military ambitions, saying London supported their efforts to bolster defence cooperation. Reports on Friday put Brexit-bound Britain in the dock
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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The shallow tremor struck in waters near the sparsely populated New Britain island, 450
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British Prime Minister Theresa May was confronted by an angry voter over welfare cuts Monday as she made a rare public walkabout ahead of the June general election. The woman, who gave her name as
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Berlin on Monday slammed Ankara's refusal to allow German lawmakers to visit a Nato base near Syria and warned it could move its troops elsewhere. The German foreign ministry described as "absolutely unacceptable" Turkey's latest
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Former cricketers while acknowledging services of Misbah ul Haq and Younis Khan for Pakistan cricket have urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to utilize services of the duo for improvement of domestic cricket. Former Twenty20
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Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has congratulated the cricket team of Pakistan for winning Test series against West Indies on their home ground for the first time. In his felicitation message to the national
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Dale Steyn's quest to become South Africa's all-time leading Test wicket-taker has been put back until at least September after he ruled himself out of a Test series in England during July and August. Steyn,
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