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UK to formulate Irish border proposals 'in a few days': Hunt
Britain will take a few days to formulate some proposals to put to the European Union in an attempt to resolve the issu…
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Miners BHP, Rio urge permanent voice for First Nations in Australia's parliament
Australia's two biggest miners on Thursday backed calls for an indigenous advisory body in parliament, saying Prime…
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Al-Mustaqbal publishes final issue, to go online Feb. 14
Daily newspaper Al-Mustaqbal published its final issue Thursday after almost 20 years of printing. from The Daily Sta…
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Germany, France, Britain to launch mechanism for trade with Iran
Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and ci…
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Venezuela detains Colombian, Spanish, French journalists
Venezuelan authorities detained three foreign journalists and a driver working for the Spanish news agency EFE on Wedne…
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Deep freeze expected to ease, but disruptions persist
The painfully cold weather system that put much of the Midwest into a historic deep freeze was expected to ease Thursda…
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Learning With: ‘A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest’
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Cost-conscious Chinese tourists staying closer to home for Lunar New Year
Trade tensions with the United States and a slowing economy are keeping Chinese tourists to budget-friendly destination…
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China's military-run space station in Argentina is a 'black box'
LAS LAJAS, Argentina - When China built a military-run space station in Argentina's Patagonian region it promised t…
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Russia, U.S. last-ditch talks to break nuclear pact deadlock fail: agencies
Russia and the United States failed to bridge their differences over a landmark Cold War-era arms treaty at last-ditch …
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Watchdog shows Afghan defense forces declining as peace talks edge forward
The strength of the embattled Afghan defense forces has declined to its lowest level in four years, a U.S. watchdog sai…
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African churches boom in London's backstreets
On a cold, grey Sunday morning, in a street lined with shuttered builders' yards and storage units, songs of prayer…
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Soft power: Australia uses hard game to tackle China in Pacific
Australia will direct more foreign aid to develop the sport of rugby league in the Pacific, officials say, bolstering a…
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Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters
A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of b…
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Don't deal in Venezuelan gold, White House says, in anti-Maduro push
The White House warned traders on Wednesday not to deal in Venezuelan gold or oil following its imposition of stiff san…
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Saudi Arabia winds down 15-month anti-corruption campaign
Saudi Arabia has ended a sweeping crackdown on corruption ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that it said had …
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Tug-of-war: U.S. refiner Citgo caught in Venezuela political upheaval
Citgo Petroleum Corp, the eighth largest U.S. refiner and Venezuela's top foreign asset, is in the middle of a tug-…
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Citgo expatriate workers in U.S. ordered to return to Venezuela: sources
Venezuela has told dozens of expatriate staff working for Citgo Petroleum Corp in the United States that they must retu…