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Oil rises on hopes for OPEC supply curbs, optimism on US-China trade deal
Oil prices posted early gains as OPEC’s outlook for oil demand next year fueled hopes that the producer group and its associates will keep a lid on supply when they meet to discuss policy on output next month. Optimism that
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Tenuous truce in Gaza as Islamic Jihad, Israel differ on terms
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad and Israel declared a halt to hostilities across the Gaza Strip border yesterday but a lasting ceasefire appeared tenuous as they differed on terms. Islamic Jihad said an Egyptian-mediated truce went into effect at
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Pelosi: Trump has admitted to bribery as impeachment probe intensifies
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under the US Constitution. “The bribe is
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills six civilians: medics, residents
GAZA: An Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip killed six members of a Palestinian family today, all of them civilians, medical officials and residents said, bringing the death toll in the territory from a 48-hour surge in fighting to
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Despite ‘wonderful’ meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday pushed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defence system, calling it a “very serious challenge” to bilateral ties, even though he described a meeting between
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Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat in Ukraine, testifying yesterday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked the president more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him
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Democrats vow to insulate impeachment inquiry from ‘sham investigations’
WASHINGTON: The impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump will not be allowed to become a venue for “sham investigations” into Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son, the head of a congressional committee leading the probe said yesterday.
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Trump-Erdogan ‘bromance’: A White House meeting to mend strained ties
At the 2012 opening of Trump Towers in Istanbul, real estate mogul Donald Trump sang the praises of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, telling a mostly Turkish audience that their leader, prime minister at the time, was “highly respected” around the world.
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New bush fires break out in Australia as millions brace for the worst
Australian officials warned soaring heat and high winds are already exceeding forecast “catastrophic” conditions today as millions of people across the country’s east coast braced for the worst bush fires in at least a decade. Several new fires broke out
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Democrats release new batch of testimony from Trump impeachment inquiry
A senior Pentagon official detailed confusion and concern in the US national security apparatus after the White House blocked aid to Ukraine without explanation, according to a testimony released yesterday by the congressional impeachment panel into US President Donald Trump.
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