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Trump to meet China envoy, lifting hopes for trade talks
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet with China's top trade envoy as the two sides pursue fraught negotiations that this week appeared headed for a dead end.
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Trump to meet China envoy, lifting hopes for trade talks
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet with China's top trade envoy as the two sides pursue fraught negotiations that this week appeared headed for a dead end.
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Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Literature Nobels
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk on Thursday won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said.
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Ebola virus now squeezed into 'corner' of DR Congo: WHO
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» GENEVA - Efforts to halt an Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo have made "significant progress", with the virus now contained to a far smaller and mainly rural area, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
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Syria Kurds battle Turkish invasion
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» QAMISHLI (SYRIA) - Syria's Kurds battled to hold off a Turkish invasion on Thursday after air strikes and shelling launched a long-threatened operation that could reshape the country and trigger a humanitarian crisis.
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Married priests question raises fears of Church split
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» VATICAN CITY - An idea to fill empty pulpits in remote locations by allowing married men to become priests is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church.
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Ecuador's Moreno seeks talks after week of fuel hike protests
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» QUITO - Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno will Thursday try to resume dialogue with the indigenous community after a week of protests against fuel price hikes which have escalated into violent clashes and disrupted the country's oil output.
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British, Irish PMs to lock horns over Brexit stalemate
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet his Irish counterpart for last-ditch Brexit talks on Thursday, with just days left to strike an EU divorce deal and both sides blaming each other for the impasse.
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Apple pulls Hong Kong app used by protesters after China warning
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» HONG KONG - Apple on Thursday removed an app criticised by China for allowing protestors in Hong Kong to track police, as Beijing steps up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement.
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Married priests question raises fears of Church split
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» VATICAN CITY - An idea to fill empty pulpits in remote locations by allowing married men to become priests is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church.
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