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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.
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.
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.
US firm to stop selling China equipment for minority DNA database
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» NEW YORK - US biotechnology manufacturer Thermo Fisher on Thursday announced it would stop selling to China equipment used to create a DNA database of the country's Uighur minority.
Father of US-born woman who joined IS sues over citizenship
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» WASHINGTON - The father of an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria sued Thursday to bring her home after the Trump administration took the extraordinary step of declaring that she was not a US citizen.
Australia plays down reports of Chinese coal ban
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» SYDNEY: Canberra on Friday played down reports a major Chinese port had banned coal imports from Australia, as fears grow that worsening diplomatic tensions are damaging the nations' crucial trading relationship.
Barca, Real Madrid wrestle fatigue and form ahead of Clasico double-header
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» MADRID: Real Madrid and Barcelona face two Clasicos in four days next week but La Liga's greatest rivals are not so much revving up for the double-header but crawling reluctantly towards it.