Donald Trump's personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout resigned on Thursday after she shared information about the president's family with journalists, US media reported. Westerhout's unexpected departure came after Trump learned that she had talked about his

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that any attempt by MPs next week to stop Brexit or delay it beyond October 31 would do "lasting damage" to public trust in politics. Johnson said

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Georgia warned Friday of the risk of a "serious confrontation" with Russia-backed South Ossetia after the breakaway region demanded that Georgian authorities remove a checkpoint on its disputed boundary. The Georgian foreign ministry said it

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Six UN Security Council members on Wednesday blocked a move to include Somali jihadist group Al-Shabaab on a list of organizations such as Al-Qaeda that are under international sanctions, diplomatic sources said. Several NGOs and

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Lebanon dismissed Turkish claims Friday that it would receive the Adrian Darya, an Iranian tanker which has been bouncing around the Mediterranean amid US warnings over its valuable oil cargo. Every change of tack from

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ICE cotton futures inched down on Friday in thin volume, due to lack of clarity in the US-China trade negotiations, sending the natural fiber down for a fifth straight month. Cotton contracts for December settled

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Nickel prices soared to five-year highs on Friday after a government official at major producer Indonesia said the country would ban ore exports from December, fanning fears of shrinking supplies and deficits. Benchmark nickel on

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Oil futures fell on Friday, with US crude down nearly 3% ahead of a hurricane near the Florida coast that could dampen demand, but prices were still headed for the biggest weekly increase since early

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Brazil could see record corn and soya harvests in the 2019-20 season dependent on good weather, as farmers are expected to broaden plantings, Datagro Consultoria said on Wednesday. Brazil, which is the world's largest soya

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Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures rose on Friday after the United States and China showed willingness to resolve their trade dispute, but the soft commodity booked its third straight weekly loss. The benchmark TOCOM rubber

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