WASHINGTON, July 4 (APP/AFP) – President Donald Trump spoke Monday with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni about the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg, the White House said. Trump and Merkel “addressed climate issues, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Financing Initiative and trade, including global steel overcapacity,” the White House said in a […]
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Trump talks German, Italian leaders ahead of G20 summit: White House
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Boxing: Beaten Pacquiao to ‘think hard’ about retiring
MANILA, July 4, (APP/AFP) – Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has said he will “think hard” about retiring after his stunning and controversial defeat to unheralded Australian challenger Jeff Horn. Arriving home in the Philippines a day after losing his World Boxing Organization welterweight title in a major upset in Brisbane on Sunday, the […]
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US confirms N.Korea missile test, says was intermediate range
WASHINGTON, July 4, (APP/AFP) – The US Pacific Command confirmed late Monday that North Korea had tested another missile. It said the land-based, intermediate range missile was tracked for 37 minutes and landed in the Sea of Japan. It did not pose a threat to North America, the command said in a statement.
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Europe’s Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks
PARIS, July 4, (APP/AFP) – Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said Monday. For months, the European Space Agency — which runs the programme — has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 […]
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Ex-minister to Brazil’s Temer arrested in graft widening scandal
SAO PAULO, July 4, (APP/AFP) – A former cabinet minister in the government of Brazil’s President Michel Temer has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice, officials said on Monday. Geddel Vieira Lima, 58, Temer’s former government minister, was detained as part of an investigation into corruption at the publicly owned bank Caixa Economica […]
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Jordan’s king discusses with senior US officials Mideast developments
Washington, July 3 (APP/IINA): Jordanian King Abdullah II held a series of meetings with top US administration officials during his current visit to the United States, Jordan News Agency Petra reported. King Abdullah discussed developments in the Middle East and ways to further cement the strategic Jordanian-US partnership during talks with Vice President Mike Pence, […]