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Bloomberg to sell his company if elected president: campaign
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg will sell Bloomberg LP, the financial information company that made him a billionaire, if he is elected to the White House in November, his campaign confirmed yesterday. Bloomberg has risen quickly in opinion polls
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Sanders, Bloomberg cross swords as Democratic White House race heats up
RICHMOND: Democratic White House contenders Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg stepped up their attacks on each other yesterday, with Sanders accusing the media mogul of trying to buy the election and Bloomberg saying the senator and his fervent supporters were
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Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
BEIRUT/AMMAN: The Syrian army said yesterday that it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe out militant groups “wherever they are found”. The advances were
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Khamenei loyalists may tighten grip at Iranian elections
DUBAI: Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran in a parliamentary election stacked in their favour, as the leadership closes ranks with Washington. Big gains by security hawks would confirm the political demise of the country’s pragmatist politicians, weakened
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Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, on eve of Turkey-Russia talks
AMMAN/BEIRUT/ANKARA: Syrian government forces made significant advances yesterday in the country’s northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the
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Israel hopes Germany, other ICC members will help stave off Palestinian probe
JERUSALEM/THE HAGUE: Israel’s prime minister yesterday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians. The court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in December there was
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Rouhani says Iran will never yield to US pressure for talks
DUBAI: Iran will never hold talks with the US under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday, adding that Tehran’s help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East. Relations between Tehran and Washington reached crisis point in 2018 after
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Americans disembark from virus-hit cruise
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: American passengers were taken off a cruise liner yesterday to fly home after being quarantined for two weeks off Japan, while China said the rate of new coronavirus cases had slowed, calling that proof its steps to fight the
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Former DOJ officials call on Attorney General Barr to resign
WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 former US Justice Department officials yesterday called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a longtime adviser of President Donald Trump. The former officials, who served under both Republican
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UK post-Brexit rules to ‘turn off tap’ of low-skilled foreign labour
LONDON: Britain will “turn off the tap” of foreign, low-skilled labour and require all skilled workers wishing to come to the country to have a job offer and meet salary and language requirements as it sets post-Brexit rules from next
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