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Video: Trump predicts trade deal with China ahead of APEC meeting with Xi

Video: Trump predicts trade deal with China ahead of APEC meeting with Xi ## Trade Tensions Thaw? Trump Expresses Optimism for China Deal Ahead of Anticipated Xi Meeting **Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea** – President Donald Trump signaled a potential shift in the ongoing trade dispute between the... read more »

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Jailed 'drug mule' Bella Culley could be freed before giving birt...

Jailed 'drug mule' Bella Culley could be freed before giving birth despite plea deal **Georgian Court Considers Early Release for Imprisoned British National Amid Pregnancy** Tbilisi, Georgia – A British national, Isabella Culley, currently incarcerated in Georgia on drug trafficking... read more »

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Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: Foreign Office statement as Brits face deadly storm ## Jamaica Braces for Unprecedented Hurricane Melissa Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica is bracing for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm projected to make landfall early Tuesday morning.... read more »

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Turkey earthquake LIVE: Panic as buildings collapse in 6.1 magnitude tremor ## Significant Earthquake Shakes Western Turkey, Prompting Widespread Concern A substantial earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the Balikesir region of western Turkey earlier today, sending... read more »

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Maldives President Mohamed Waheed steps down

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed steps down

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed on Friday stepped down as president as the country prepared to hold the second round of the presidential election. In a farewell speech, Mr. Waheed said one of the... read more »

Don’t turn Commonwealth into ‘judgemental’ body: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Don’t turn Commonwealth into ‘judgemental’ body: M...

With some countries like Britain and Canada seeking to bring human rights violations in the Sri Lankan war against LTTE under the scanner during the... read more »

29 killed in attack on pilgrims in Iraq

29 killed in attack on pilgrims in Iraq

Baghdad – As many a! s 29 Shiite pilgrims were killed and some 60 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq’s Diyala province Thursday, Xinhua... read more »

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Washington – China has announced that it is setting up a National Security Council under President Xi Jinping with a wider focus, including domestic... read more »

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil is...

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa

Colombo – President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter to him  has not addressed the issue... read more »

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