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China cuts through mountains to expand high speed train network to more than 22,000 km
China on Wednesday inaugurated a 658-km high speed railway line cutting through a mountain range and connecting the terracotta warriors’ city of Xian […]
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Putin says will seek new six-year term as president in March polls
Russian President Vladimir Putin today said he would seek a new six-year term in the country’s March elections in a move that would […]
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UN envoy meets North Korean foreign minister
Pyongyang, A senior United Nations official on a rare high-level visit to North Korea held talks with the North’s foreign minister on Thursday. […]
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Trump’s eldest son questioned in US Congress about Russia
President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., declined to discuss with lawmakers on Wednesday a conversation he had with his father about […]
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You are wrong’: Secretary of State Tillerson says of reports he will be fired by Trump
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said there was no truth in reports that the White House had a plan to fire him […]
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Donald Trump shuns warnings, tells Arab leaders US embassy will move to Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump faced down warnings of widespread Middle East unrest and untold damage to the peace process Tuesday, telling anxious Arab leaders […]
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Saudi, allies snub Qatar at crisis-hit Gulf summit
Regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia snubbed its former ally Qatar at the annual summit on Tuesday of Gulf monarchies as King Salman stayed away […]
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At least 47 injured in Germany as trains collide, rescue ops on
At least 47 people were injured when a passenger train crashed into a freight train near the western German city of Duesseldorf on […]
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Plot to kill British PM Theresa May foiled: reports
The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that two men arrested last week had been charged with terrorism offenses and would appear in Westminster […]
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China urges India to join efforts to create ‘mega regional market’
China on Tuesday floated the idea of creating a “mega regional market” with India to mine existing advantages and create new ones within […]
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US B-1B bombers to fly over Korean peninsula: reports
US B-1B Lancer bombers will fly over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday as part of a large-scale joint aerial drill being staged with […]
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Obama talks at climate change summit as mayors sign charter
Chicago, Former President Barack Obama told a summit of mayors driven to act after President Donald Trump rejected the Paris climate accord that […]