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Pressure mounts for Sri Lanka parliament recall amid 'bloodbath' warnings
AFP, Published on 29/10/2018
» COLOMBO - Ousted Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday demanded parliament be allowed to choose between the two rivals to run the country's government amid warnings that the constitutional crisis could become a "bloodbath".
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UK PM mulls longer transition as EU demands Brexit progress
AFP, Published on 18/10/2018
» BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed Thursday she was open to extending a Brexit transition period if it helped unblock negotiations, after EU leaders repeated that Britain must do more to avoid crashing out of the bloc without a deal.
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China rolls out PR push on Muslim internments
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» BEIJING: China on Tuesday issued an ardent defence of the alleged mass internment of minorities in its far west Xinjiang region, with a regional official insisting that authorities are preventing terrorism through "vocational education" centres.
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US needs answers on Saudi journalist: Washington Post
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States should "demand answers" from Saudi Arabia about the disappearance and alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post said late Sunday -- and punish the kingdom if cooperation is lacking.
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Erdogan, Merkel to meet amid tensions, protests
AFP, Published on 26/09/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a state visit to Germany this week as the two countries seek to rebuild ties after a series of sharp spats but the controversial trip is likely to be overshadowed by protests.
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S Korea seeks nuclear agreement with N Korean at summit
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North's leader Kim Jong Un opened a new round of talks at a summit in Pyongyang on Wednesday with the North Korean nuclear arsenal high on the agenda, but Seoul warned they may not reach an agreement.
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Whistleblower warns WADA of 'catastrophe' if Russia ban eased
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» LOS ANGELES - Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov said Tuesday the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) risked a "catastrophe for clean sport" if it lifts a suspension against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency later this week.
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Moon landing: S. Korean leader arrives in Pyongyang for summit
AFP, Published on 18/09/2018
» SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States.
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Moon flies to Pyongyang for third inter-Korean summit
AFP, Published on 18/09/2018
» SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in left for Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States.
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Vote on EU online copyright reform splits usual allies
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» STRASBOURG: The European Parliament votes on Wednesday on a highly complex online copyright law that has split natural political bedfellows and pitted music and news companies against Google and Facebook.
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