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US backs India’s right to defend itself after Kashmir attack
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:13am on February 17, 2019
The United States has told India it supports its right to defend itself against cross-border attacks, the government said on Saturday, as New Delhi considers...
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US-backed SDF nears victory over IS in Syria
Reuters . Near Baghouz | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will capture Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria ‘in a very short time’, the battle commander said on Saturday....
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Taliban likely to meet Saudi crown prince in Pakistan
Reuters . Peshawar | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is likely to meet Afghan Taliban representatives during his visit to Pakistan starting on Sunday, Pakistani government sources...
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US drafts WTO reform to halt handouts for big and rich states
Reuters . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
The United States proposed a reform of the World Trade Organisation on Friday that would slash the number of countries that are eligible for ‘special...
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India proposes more than $12b of pollution-reducing incentives
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
India has proposed incentives worth 885 billion rupees ($12.4 billion) to encourage power plants to install equipment to curb emissions and to develop infrastructure for...
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Automakers brace for US govt report on import tariffs
Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
A confidential Commerce Department report due to be sent to Donald Trump on Sunday is widely expected to clear the way for the US president...
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How Amazon scrapped its plans for a New York headquarters
Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
More than a year of work to bring Amazon.com Inc’s headquarters and tens of thousands of jobs to New York City ended on Thursday with...
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Iran asks Pakistan to move against militants who killed 27 Guards
Reuters . Dubai | Updated at 03:42pm on February 16, 2019
Iran urged neighbouring Pakistan on Saturday to crack down on militants who killed 27 of its Revolutionary Guards in an attack near the border or...
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Trump finally declares nat’l emergency for border wall
Reuters . Washington | Updated at 11:02am on February 16, 2019
The United States president Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the US-Mexico border without...
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Dismissed man guns down five colleagues in Illinois
Reuters . Aurora | Updated at 10:33am on February 16, 2019
A gunman opened fire at a manufacturing warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was slain,...
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