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UK and US trade deal not likely after Brexit - Trump

Published On: July 13, 2018 09:49 AM NPT By: Agencies

Donald Trump has said the UK will "probably not" get a trade deal with the US, if the UK prime minister's Brexit plan goes ahead.

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BDS Victory: Irish Senate approves bill boycotting Israeli settlement goods

Published On: July 12, 2018 06:33 PM NPT By: Agencies

IRELAND, July 12: Ireland becomes the first country to ban trade with Israel's illegal settlements. Ireland is on its way to becoming the first country to prohibit "the import and sales of goods, services and natural resources originating in illegal settlements in occupied territories."

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Conspiracy of silence: Israeli government still covering up historic atrocities

Published On: July 12, 2018 05:56 PM NPT By: Agencies

TEL AVIV, July 12: In 1948, just prior to the foundation of Israel, six Polish Christians were executed without trial in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by the fledgling country's Jewish army, the Haganah. An investigative analysis on the killings - dubbed the Riftin Report - was compiled for future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, but has never been made public until now.

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Czech Communists enter gov't for first time since Soviet bloc

Published On: July 12, 2018 05:56 PM NPT By: Agencies

BOHEMIA, July 12: The Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia has signed a power-sharing agreement with Prime Minister Andrej Babis, meaning the party will hold a say in national political affairs for the first time since the fall of the Soviet bloc.

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Nepali Barsita jailed for four years for Melbourne rape

Published On: July 12, 2018 03:57 PM NPT By: Agencies

AUSTRALIA, July 12: A barista who raped a woman at her Melbourne home after they kissed in a park during a night out has been jailed for at least four years.

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Flood safety measures: What to do and what not to do?

Published On: July 12, 2018 12:40 PM NPT By: Agencies

Nobody can stop a force as fearsome as a flood. Floods damage or destroy more homes than any other natural disaster. You can protect yourself from flood hazards by taking measures to ensure the safety of life and property before, during, and after a flood occurs. If evacuation becomes necessary, be sure that you turn off all utility services at the main connection.

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Rattling NATO, Trump attacks another nation’s ties to Russia

Published On: July 12, 2018 11:32 AM NPT By: Agencies

BRUSSELS, July 12: President Donald Trump tore into this week’s NATO summit questioning the value of a military alliance that has defined decades of American foreign policy, torching an ally and proposing a massive increase in European defense spending.

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Japan flood toll nears 200, sun scorches thousands battling thirst

Published On: July 12, 2018 11:12 AM NPT By: Agencies

KURASHIKI, July 12: Intense heat and water shortages raised fears of disease outbreaks in flood-hit western Japan on Thursday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years neared 200.

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‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Roseanne’ among Emmy nomination hopefuls

Published On: July 12, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Agencies

LOS ANGELES, July 12: Blockbuster movies typically are snubbed by the Oscars, leaving fans grumbling. Television’s top prize takes a different approach.

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Producers plan movie about Thai cave rescue

Published On: July 12, 2018 09:56 AM NPT By: Agencies

NEW YORK, July 12: The boys are out of the cave. Now Hollywood wants in.

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Mandzukic sends irrepressible Croatia into first World Cup final

Published On: July 12, 2018 02:29 AM NPT By: Agencies

MOSCOW, July 12: Mario Mandzukic scored in the 109th minute as Croatia came from behind to beat England 2-1 after extra time on Wednesday and reach their first World Cup final, where they will face France on Sunday, and send the Balkan nation into raptures.

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Israeli forces seize anti-blockade humanitarian Gaza fleet

Published On: July 11, 2018 07:57 PM NPT By: Agencies

GAZA, July 11: This is the second attempt to go out of the blockade since Palestinians started to hold regular demonstrations along the security fence that is located between Israel and The Gaza, on March 30. The first fleet had tried to set out from The Gaza on May 29.

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New report finds no trace of nerve agent at site of suspected chemical attack in Syria

Published On: July 11, 2018 07:47 PM NPT By: Agencies

THE HAGUE, July 11: A newly published report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) found no traces of any nerve agent at the site of a suspected chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma. However, mixed messages are being spread as “mainstream” corporate media outlets report that chlorine has been found.

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German Bundestag committee: Russia's Syria campaign is legal, US should leave

Published On: July 11, 2018 07:37 PM NPT By: Agencies

BONN, July 11: The US-led coalition’s military intervention in Syria is under increasing levels of scrutiny, with critics arguing that the coalition has no mandate to conduct military operations in the Arab Republic as it doesn’t have Damascus’ approval to do so.

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NATO head Stoltenberg urges not to isolate Russia over reunification with Crimea

Published On: July 11, 2018 07:32 PM NPT By: Agencies

BRUSSELS, July 11: As NATO began its two-day summit, the alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed his view on relation with Russia, stressing that some problems existing between Moscow and NATO member-states cannot be a motive for the country's isolation.

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‘There were stories I knew wouldn’t be true’ – England boss Southgate on World Cup hosts Russia

Published On: July 11, 2018 07:26 PM NPT By: Agencies

RUSSIA, July 11: England manager Gareth Southgate says he knew that the negative press about Russia leading up to this summer’s World Cup would not turn out to be true.

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Contesting America? China pumps reconstruction money into Middle East amid US trade war

Published On: July 11, 2018 07:18 PM NPT By: Agencies

BEIJING, July 11: Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised a massive financial package of loans and aid to Middle Eastern nations, aimed at boosting the region's economy and stability, while US influence in the region is seemingly fading.

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UK's privacy watchdog wants to fine Facebook £500,000 over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Published On: July 11, 2018 06:35 PM NPT By: Agencies

CHESHIRE, July 11: The UK's Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has announced that she intends to fine Facebook up to £500,000 (US$664,000) over the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, in which the social media giant failed to safeguard user's information.

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Living in areas with less sun may increase your risk of OCD

Published On: July 11, 2018 12:45 PM NPT By: Agencies

July 11: Living at higher latitudes, where there is also less sunlight, could result in a higher prevalence rate of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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Baby killed, dozens hurt when tornado hits North Dakota city

Published On: July 11, 2018 12:38 PM NPT By: Agencies

WATFORD CITY, July 11: A newborn baby was killed and more than two dozen people were injured when a tornado whipped through a North Dakota oil patch city overnight, overturning recreational vehicles and demolishing more than 100 structures, officials said Tuesday.

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