Turkey gave about 20 minutes notice before Syria strikes
In a rare rebuke to a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally, the US military charged that Turkish airstrikes against a valued USA -backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria came with little warning and could have endangered American advisers.
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China flags global naval role after new carrier launch
China also displayed its first nuclear-powered submarine and announced a tour of a fleet to than 20 countries in celebration, according to China Daily. Putting the carrier into water marks progress in China's efforts to design and build a domestic aircraft carrier . Experts saw the new carrier as a signal from Beijing that it was ahead of naval capabilities among all Asian countries.
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Crystal Palace fear Mamadou Sakho's season is over after serious knee injury
Those runs in the 1950-51 and 1960-61 seasons propelled Tottenham to the title. That is so important. "It was the flawless win". Keen to keep his players from getting ahead of themselves, Pochettino has told them to forget what Chelsea do and focus on their own performances.
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US Mulls Putting North Korea Back on State Sponsor of Terrorism List
US officials have warned that a conflict with North Korea could have a devastating effect on ally South Korea and USA troops based there, a point Pyongyang underscored by a big live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the foundation of its military.Harris conceded that North Korean retaliation to any USA strikes could cause many casualties, but added that there was the risk "of a lot more Koreans and Japanese and Americans dying if North Korea achieves its nuclear aims and does what (North Korean ...
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UK leader meets top EU officials for Brexit working dinner
Pressed on whether this could mean abandoning Britain's ability to cut non-EU trade deals, Sir Keir said: "We have to get the right deal with the EU. "If this predicted landslide happens, it would basically diminish democracy, it would just be an electoral dictatorship", Miller argued , lamenting a "very weak opposition" in the Labour Party .
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Trump Tells Canada And Mexico He Will Renegotiate, Not Withdraw From NAFTA
President Trump said, 'it is my privilege to bring NAFTA up to date through renegotiation. "Both conversations were pleasant and productive". Joe Schuele, U.S. The administration's talk of exiting NAFTA has run into opposition from several prominent Republican lawmakers, including border senators John McCain of Arizona and John Cornyn of Texas, Politico reported.
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French presidential foes take spin battle to tumble-drier factory
As Macron met elsewhere with the workers' union leaders, Le Pen displayed her political guile by grabbing the spotlight and popping up outside the factory itself. He accused Le Pen, who was shown smiling and taking pictures with the workers, of cynically trying to exploit the situation and lying to workers when she said she would put a end to US -based Whirlpool's plans to relocate production to Poland.
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Merkel wants dialogue before Brexit negotiations
Merkel added that she expected European Union members to be consistently united in the negotiations as there was "now a great deal of agreement" between the 27 member states and the European Union institutions about the bloc's joint Brexit negotiating stance.
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Not Justifiable To Keep Lokpal Act's Operation Pending, Says Supreme Court
The court also rejected the government's reasons to delay the appointment. Venugopal filed a privilege notice against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, accusing him of misguiding on the Lokpal bill that is pending with the standing committee in the Lok Sabha.
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'Silence of the Lambs' director Jonathan Demme dies at 73
He often turned what would be a genre film into a very personal expression. Through his father's intercession, he did publicity in NY for the film producer Joseph Levine, while also writing rock reviews and making experimental short films.
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When is a wall not a wall? GOP redefines Trump's border wall
The spending bill is expected to include several White House priorities like increases in border security and defense spending, including an unspecified amount to fix fencing and new surveillance technology to patrol the almost 2,000-mile border, the aides said .
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US sets up missile defense in South Korea as North shows power
Japan has issued a guide that details what citizens should do in the event of a nuclear attack, amid rising tensions with North Korea - and a rise of more than one million hits on a government website that provides information on nuclear attacks.






