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Putin hits back as Trump fuels G20 tensions
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - G20 leaders opened annual talks on Friday stalked by the deepest divisions since their first summit 10 years ago, with US President Donald Trump under fire for destroying the group's past consensus on trade and climate change.
Polluters in the room: big energy 'undermining' UN climate talks
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» PARIS - Oil and coal giants are exploiting a lack of conflict-of-interest protection at UN climate talks to push for continued fossil fuel use despite its contribution to harmful climate change, several sources have told AFP.
Trump claims win as US, Mexico, Canada sign new trade deal
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada on Friday signed a huge regional trade deal to replace the old NAFTA, denounced by President Donald Trump as a killer of US jobs.
Forget the snacks: Charity vending machines dish out goats as gifts for poor
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» NEW YORK - Buy a goat to donate to a poor family...from a vending machine?
ChemChina says gas leak at Hebei plant caused blast that killed 23
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2018
» BEIJING: A gas leak at a plant owned by a ChemChina subsidiary caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday.
Trump joins Canada, Mexico leaders to sign new trade pact
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: President Donald Trump joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico at a global meeting in Argentina on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact that he called "groundbreaking" and a benefit for "working people."
Ukraine bars Russian men from entry as tensions flare
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» KIEV - Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entry as tensions mounted between the two countries over Moscow's seizure of three Ukrainian ships last week.
Israel in first Syria strikes since air defence upgrade: monitor
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» BEIRUT - Israel struck several positions south of Damascus, a war monitor said Friday, in the first strikes since Syrian air defences were upgraded following the accidental downing of a Russian plane in September.
Local leader who cooperated gunned down in Yala
Published on 30/11/2018
» YALA: A local leader was shot dead by two gunmen on the way home after prayer at the village mosque, and one of the men was later killed in a shootout with police, in Bannang Sata district on Friday.
Indonesians sip 4,000 cups of colonial-era Java
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» BATUSANGKAR, Indonesia: Thousands of Indonesians lined up to get their mug of Java in the hopes of keeping alive a coffee tradition that dates back to Dutch colonial times.