VIENNA (BLOOMBERG) – Nuclear scientists in Austria are closing in on coronavirus testing kits that could dramatically lower the cost and time it takes to…
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Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar dead at 100: Son
LIMA (AFP) – Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, who led the world body during the Iran-Iraq war and the civil war in El…
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Trump to nominate envoy for North Korea to United Nations job
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump plans to nominate the State Department’s deputy special representative for North Korea to a post at the United…
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Profile: Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban's political head in Qatar
Baradar was released from Pakistan jail last year after first meeting between Taliban and Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha. Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of Taliban’s cofounders,…
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Foreign powers back Libya ceasefire as commander's forces choke oil flows
BERLIN/BENGHAZI (REUTERS) – Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday (Jan 19) to strengthen an arms embargo on Libya and shore up…
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US accuses Russia, China of blocking UN statement on Baghdad embassy attack
UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) – The United States accused Russia and China on Monday (Jan 6) of blocking a United Nations Security Council statement “underscoring the…
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US confirms its envoy held talks with Taliban in Qatar
Zalmay Khalilzad, special envoy on Afghan reconciliation, met Taliban representatives in Doha, US State Department says. The United States has confirmed that its envoy met the…
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Kim Jong Un holds meeting of top North Korean officials
Is Kim Jong Un still planning his ‘Christmas gift’ for Washington? North Korean leader holds top party meeting ahead of deadline for Trump to back…
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Kim Jong Un holds military meeting amid debate to cut diplomacy with US
Kim Jong Un convened a meeting Sunday with members of a key ruling party to debate the best method to bolster the regime’s military capabilities,…
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U.N. to deliver food aid to 4.1 million in Zimbabwe, fears 'major crisis'
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday it was procuring food assistance for 4.1 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population in a…
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Crowd burns UN base and town hall over ‘inaction’
Protesters have torched a UN military base and the town hall in Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The protesters were furious that UN…
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U.N. official calls for new, competent Lebanese govt
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A top U.N. official in Lebanon called on Tuesday for the urgent formation of a new government made up of people known…
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General election: Farage’s ‘unilateral Leave alliance’ could prove pivotal
Boris Johnson will be rightly relieved by Nigel Farage’s announcement that he is not standing Brexit Party candidates in 317 seats where the Tories had…
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Iran claims it downed 'unknown' drone over Persian Gulf, Pentagon says all US devices accounted for
Iran’s supreme leader addresses tensions with US on eve of 40th anniversary of Iranian hostage crisis Ayatollah Khamenei doubles down on Iran’s commitment not to…
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