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Saudi crown prince heads for Pakistan amid India tensions
Yahoo Daily News 17 Feb 2019
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit risks being overshadowed by escalating tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan ... Islamabad denies playing a role and has called for an investigation ... ....
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Jim Carrey Gives Trump Some Rough Fore-Play in Latest Political Artwork
The Wrap 16 Feb 2019
Jim Carrey came out swinging at Donald Trump with his latest political cartoon. Actor-artist Carrey took a shot at Trump Saturday, gifting fans with a cartoon reflecting on Trump’s recent decision to declare a national emergency in an effort to build a wall along the U.S. border, and the president’s fondness for hitting the links....
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Japan PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after US request: report
The News International 17 Feb 2019
Japan´s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after being requested to do so by Washington, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday ... The report came after Trump´s claim on Friday that Abe had nominated him for the prize ... "Many other people feel that way, too ... That´s okay." ... ....
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Top US officials considered removing Trump using 25th amendment, FBI lawyers confirm
The Independent 17 Feb 2019
An explosive claim that senior officials at the FBI and Justice Department discussed forcing Donald Trump out of office has been backed by two more witnesses in secret Congressional hearings ... Join Independent Minds. For exclusive articles, events and an advertising-free read for just £5.99 €6.99 $9.99 a month Start your free trial ... President Trump ... ....
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India's newly launched fast train hits cattle hurdle
Dawn 16 Feb 2019
India's first semi-high speed train broke down on Saturday after colliding with a cow on the tracks, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new passenger service ... “The train later experienced technical issues and was stranded on the way to Delhi,” Indian Railways spokeswoman Smita Vats Sharma told AFP ... Explore ... ....
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Trump tells Europe to take back ISIS fighters, warns they could be released
CNN 17 Feb 2019
(CNN)In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has said European countries should take back and put on trial hundreds of ISIS fighters who have been captured in Syria. "Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing," the US President tweeted late Saturday night ... Read More ... The Caliphate is ready to fall ... ....The U.S ... ....
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French Police Fire Tear Gas Amid More 'Yellow Vest' Violence
Voa News 16 Feb 2019
French police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who threw projectiles and set bins on fire in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux on Saturday, as the 14th straight weekend of "yellow vest" protests took a violent turn in the afternoon ... The ministry's estimate in Paris was 4,000 protesters, compared with 5,000 last week. ....
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Jussie Smollett's lawyers hit out at allegation that attack was staged
RTE 17 Feb 2019
Lawyers representing Empire star Jussie Smollett have said he is "angered and devastated" by claims that the alleged racist and homophobic attack on the actor in Chicago was staged, adding that "nothing is further from the truth" ... In a statement, Smollett's legal team later said ... ....
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Heather Nauert withdraws bid for US envoy to UN
The Siasat Daily 17 Feb 2019
Washington. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Saturday (local time) withdrew herself from consideration for the nomination of the US ambassador to the United Nations. US President Donald Trump will announce a new nominee for the post soon, according to the State Department. In a statement, Nauert said ... Ambassador to the United Nations ... ANI....
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In east Syria, IS in last stand to defend dying 'caliphate'
This is Money 17 Feb 2019
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces rest during an operation to expel Islamic State group jihadists from their last bastion in eastern Syria. Diehard jihadists have blocked roads out of the last scrap of their Islamic State group "caliphate" in Syria, US-backed forces fighting them said Sunday, preventing hundreds of civilians from fleeing ... ....
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Son of Mozambique's ex-president arrested in graft case
Gulf News 17 Feb 2019
Maputo. The son of Mozambique's former president Armando Guebuza was arrested on Saturday in a legal crackdown on suspects linked to a $2 billion (Dh7.3 billion) government debt scandal, local media and judiciary sources said. Ndabi Guebuza, the oldest of Guebuza's four children, was picked up from his home in the capital, Maputo ... Where's the cash? ... ....
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Trump’s emergency: the arbitrary action of an instinctive autocrat
Yahoo Daily News 16 Feb 2019
The phrase “national emergency” conjures up images of riots in the streets and burning cities, a disease pandemic killing millions, or an inter-planetary invasion by little green men from Mars. Donald Trump’s national emergency, over his thwarted plans to build a border wall with Mexico, is prompted by none of these horrors ... “It’s an invasion ... ....
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Rouhani says Iran ready to improve ties with Gulf states
The Times of India 17 Feb 2019
DUBAI. Iran is ready to work with all of its neighbours to secure peace in the Middle East in the face of US and Israeli aggression, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, in his latest attempt to weaken ties between regional rival Saudi Arabia and America ... Saudi Arabia welcomed the move ... Iran has never started any aggression in the region." ... ....
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Naomi Osaka hurt by rumour split with coach motivated by money as she prepares for Dubai Tennis Championships
The National 17 Feb 2019
World No 1 Naomi Osaka says she has been hurt by suggestions her surprise split with coach Sascha Bajin was motivated by money. The Japanese star made the shock announcement last week, coming only weeks after she sealed a second successive grand slam title by defeating Petra Kvitova in the Australian Open final ... Read More ... • Federer, Halep and Osaka ... ....
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Employee being fired fatally shoots 5 co-workers in Illinois
Hawaii Tribune-Herald 16 Feb 2019
AURORA, Ill. — A 15-year employee being fired from a suburban Chicago manufacturing company started shooting Friday, killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers before he was killed by police, authorities said ... — which makes valves for industrial purposes — in the city about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Chicago ... ....
