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May, Corbyn haggle over broadcaster of their Brexit debate
British Prime Minister Theresa May is willing to debate her Brexit deal on television, but cannot agree with the opposition on a broadcaster and format. May and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition
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What to expect from the G20 summit in Buenos Aires
All eyes will be on Buenos Aires, Argentina on Thursday and Friday as leaders from 19 of the world's top economies, as well as representatives from the European Union gather for the 13th G20
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Yemen’s peace talks to start in Sweden next week, says British envoy
ADEN, DUBAI: UN-sponsored peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties are expected to start next week in Sweden, Britain’s envoy to Yemen said on Thursday. The UN is trying to reconvene talks between the Yemeni government
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Iran says it has added two mini submarines to its naval fleet
ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday lambasted an “unacceptable” decision by a British court to reject a request from Ankara to extradite a prominent businessman accused of providing financial support for the 2016 failed coup. British
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Turkey lambasts ‘unacceptable’ UK court extradition rejection
ASTANA: Russia, Turkey and Iran failed to make any tangible progress in setting up a Syrian constitutional committee at a meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana, the office of UN envoy Staffan de Mistura
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More than $175,000 raised for Syrian teen attacked at UK school
An attack on a Syrian refugee teenager in the United Kingdom, captured in a widely-shared video, has sparked global outrage and prompted a crowdfunding campaign that has raised more than $175,000 for the family.
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Saudi TV report, Houthi chief raise hopes for Yemen peace talks
Yemen's warring parties have suggested they will attend the United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Sweden next week as efforts aimed at ending a conflict that has pushed millions to the edge of starvation gather
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General Motors job cuts: A harbinger of the next crash
"What's good for General Motors..." once upon a time was "... good for the USA". That's a reasonable paraphrase of what Charlie Wilson, the then CEO of General Motors (GM), said back in 1953.
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Israel releases Palestinian boy jailed for ‘plotting attack’
Shadi Farrah, one of the youngest Palestinian children imprisoned in Israel has been released. Now 15, he spent almost three years in jail on the charge of plotting an attack, which he denies. The
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Thousands protest over Zimbabwe’s economic crisis
Concerned over Zimbabwe's economic collapse, people are taking the matter to the street. Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital city, Harare, on Thursday under close surveillance by armed police in the first


