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Thousands flock to Venezuela aid concert on barricaded border
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» CúCUTA (COLOMBIA) - Thousands of people, many waving Venezuelan flags, streamed into a concert site on the Venezuela-Colombia border Friday for an international charity concert to push for humanitarian aid deliveries in defiance of a blockade by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump to greet China's trade negotiator as deadline presses
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is due to meet Friday afternoon with China's top trade negotiator, as talks continue to try to defuse the escalation of the tariff war between the world's economic superpowers.
Follow your dreams
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/02/2019
» Being blind doesn't stop Kru Ice from teaching
Fifa bans Chelsea from next 2 transfer windows
Published on 22/02/2019
» LONDON: The Premier League club Chelsea have been banned from signing new players in the next two transfer windows as punishment for breaking rules on registering underage players, Fifa said on Friday.
Syria force evacuates women, children from IS holdout
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» OMAR OIL FIELD (SYRIA) - US-backed fighters trucked out civilians from the last speck of the Islamic State group's dying "caliphate" in Syria on Friday, eager to press on with the dragging battle to crush the jihadists.
Saudi prince makes $10bn oil deal with Xi
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» BEIJING: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Friday with China's President Xi Jinping and bagged a $10 billion oil deal, pressing on with his diplomatic charm offensive in Asia following a global outcry over the Khashoggi killing.
BMW, Daimler team up on car sharing
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» BERLIN: German auto giants BMW and Daimler said Friday they would invest one billion euros ($1.1 billion) in combining and extending their carsharing schemes DriveNow and Car2Go, in future offering a slew of "mobility services", including for electric cars.
Prayut defends senators' selection
Online Reporters, Published on 22/02/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has defended the selection of 250 senators to be picked by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), saying they shouldn’t be judged even before they start to work.
Israel's first Moon mission blasts off from Florida
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» WASHINGTON - An unmanned rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, aiming to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon, and the first from the Jewish state.