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Defiant Trump welcomes 'easy to win' trade war
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed the prospect of a trade war with other nations, remaining defiant in the face of the global uproar sparked by his sudden announcement of steel and aluminum tariffs.
49 dead in new flare-up of ethnic unrest in DR Congo's Ituri
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» BUNIA (DR CONGO) - At least 49 people were killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence overnight in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled Ituri province, a senior charity official said on Friday.
Six attackers killed in Burkina assault
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» OUAGADOUGOU - Six people were killed in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on Friday when they attacked the French embassy and the country's military headquarters, the government said, adding that members of the security forces had also been wounded.
Trump says 'trade wars are good and easy to win'
AFP and AP, Published on 02/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump spoke out defiantly on Friday against global criticism of his plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, seeming to welcome the idea of a trade war.
West ups heat on Damascus as Ghouta civilians await aid
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Western powers turned up the heat on Damascus on Friday as tens of thousands of civilians in Syria's battered rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta awaited desperately needed aid.
Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - Europe's deep freeze, which has cost some 60 lives over the past week, showed little sign of ending Friday as a shivering continent awaited a sliver of weekend respite from the chaos wrought by a brutal Siberian weather system.
25 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» BAKU - Twenty-five people perished in a fire which tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early Friday, with activists saying safety standards had not been met.
Attacks target French embassy, military HQ in Burkina capital
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» OUAGADOUGOU - The capital of Burkina Faso came under multiple attacks on Friday which targeted the French embassy, the French cultural centre and the country's military headquarters, an AFP reporter and witnesses said.
1.5 million penguins discovered on remote Antarctic islands
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - A thriving "hotspot" of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, surprised scientists said Friday.
Singapore sees 'strong political will' to finish RCEP talks
Reuters, Published on 02/03/2018
» SINGAPORE: Countries engaged in negotiations over a China-backed free trade pact have a "strong political will" to conclude the talks by the end of 2018, Singapore Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang said on Friday.