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White House reveals additional Trump-Putin discussion

  • WASHINGTON, July 19 (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had an additional, previously undisclosed chat at this month’s G20 summit in Hamburg, the White House acknowledged on Tuesday. After a brief greeting at the start of the two-day summit and a two-hour bilateral meeting with their foreign ministers on July 7, Trump and Putin […]

  • Eighth person who attended Trump Jr meeting identified: CNN

    WASHINGTON, July 19 (APP/AFP) – An eighth person who attended a controversial meeting with President Donald Trump’s eldest son has been identified as a top official of a company founded by a Russian billionaire with links to the Trumps, CNN said Tuesday. The confirmation is the latest development in the burgeoning scandal over the Trump […]

  • Rare birth of endangered hairy-nosed wombat in Australia

    SYDNEY, July 19, (APP/AFP) – The population of one of the world’s rarest species has been boosted with the birth of a northern hairy-nosed wombat joey, Australian wildlife officials said Wednesday. The arrival of the furry marsupial comes as a conservation programme to save the animal — which numbers just 250 in the wild — […]

  • Sharks shrug shoulders at feeding study

    PARIS, July 19 (APP/AFP): How does a bamboo shark, which uses suction to latch on to its prey, swallow a wriggling, reluctant meal? With a shrug of its shoulders, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. That rates as Big News for specialists, who have long assumed […]

  • About 2,000 people evacuated from UN headquarters after fire alarm

    UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (APP): Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday from the United Nations headquarters complex in New York City after a fire alarm went off in one of the fan rooms in the second basement. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters that the evacuation has to carried out as a precaution […]

  • West African countries set date for work on key rail line

    OUAGADOUGOU, July 19 (APP/AFP) – Work to rehabilitate a 1,260-kilometre (782-mile) railway that is a vital link between the Sahel and Atlantic coast will begin on September 15, the governments of Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast said Tuesday. The two governments, along with the track’s operating company Sitarail, signed an agreement setting the date at […]