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Volatility dominates talk ahead of South Carolina GOP primary

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, United States (Reuters) — With the Republican race for the party’s 2016 nomination descending deeper into squabbling, South Carolina voters are noticing the increasingly bitter battle now more than ever. The Palmetto State holds its Republican party primary contest on Saturday (February 20), just days after a televised Republican debate on Wednesday when the race erupted into a four-candidate crossfire over which party candidate has the proper experience and is the most […]

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Obama to make historic visit to Cuba in March

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama will next month become the first US president to visit Cuba in almost a century, championing engagement with the Communist-ruled island and burying one of the last vestiges of the Cold War. The White House hopes the trip will be a “Berlin Wall” moment, crowning a policy they see as being among Obama’s greatest foreign policy achievements. “Next month, I’ll travel to Cuba to advance our progress and […]

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EU and Turkey to hold ‘special meeting’ on migration early March: Tusk

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The EU and Turkey will hold a “special meeting” in early March to push forward an aid-for-cooperation deal to curb migrant flows to Europe, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday. “We agreed that our joint action plan with Turkey remains a priority and we must do all we can to succeed,” Tusk told a press conference after the first day of a European Union summit in Brussels. “This is why […]

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Turkey blames Syrian Kurdish fighters for Ankara attack

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Thursday blamed Kurdish militants based inside the country and in Syria for a car bombing targeting a military convoy in Ankara that killed 28 people and risked a new escalation of the Syrian conflict. The massive blast struck five buses carrying military service personnel when they stopped at a traffic light in the center of the capital on Wednesday evening. It was the latest in a string of deadly strikes that […]

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Teen critically injured in Hawaii tourist helicopter crash

PEARL HARBOR, HONOLULU, HAWAII, United States (Reuters) — A tourist helicopter crashed into waters off the Arizona Memorial visitors center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Thursday (February 18), critically injuring a 16-year-old boy. Hawaii News Now reported that the Bell-206B chopper was carrying five people on board when it crashed around 10 a.m. local time (2000 GMT) and that good Samaritans pulled the victims to shore. The teen was reportedly under water for several minutes […]

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Massive California gas leak permanently capped

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A gas well leak that spewed tons of methane into the environment and forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes has been permanently capped, state officials said Thursday. The announcement confirmed earlier reports by the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) that a leaking well at its facility in Porter Ranch had been plugged. The news put an end to a four-month-long drama that saw thousands of Porter […]

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Hundreds protest in Cairo over police shooting

CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) — Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Cairo security directorate on Thursday (February 18) night after a policeman shot dead a man in the street, in the latest outburst of anger over alleged police brutality in Egypt. A statement from the Cairo security directorate said the policeman had shot dead a driver after an argument and was forced to flee a mob of local people who attempted to catch and […]

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Push for safe zone for Syrian refugees near Israel frontier

JERUSALEM, Israel (Reuters) — A safe zone should be set up for displaced Syrians camping on the Syrian border with the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, the leader of a Syrian-focussed charity and a leading Syrian opposition figure said on Thursday (February 18). There is a growing encampment in the area where civilians fleeing the five-year Syrian conflict have been gathering. American-Israeli businessman and founder of the Amaliah charity, Moti Kahana, and Syrian politician, Kamal al-Labwani, told […]

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Unusual hailstorm in Dubai and parts of UAE

(Eagle News) — An unusual hailstorm was felt in Dubai and parts of the United Arab Emirates, such as Sharjah, where ice particles the size of marbles fell like rain on Wednesday. Feb. 17.  Residents said this is highly unusual.   These photos were sent by our correspondents from the UAE.  

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China’s missile defense system in West Philippine Sea under verification

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, it is still verifying international news reports that China is constructing military bases in the reclaimed area in the West Philippine Sea. On the other hand, Presidential Spokeman Edwin Lacierda said that President Benigno Aquino already received the news and has asked the Department of National Defense to verify said reports. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]

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South Korea reaffirms allegation Pyongyang took majority of Kaesong cash, defends THAAD

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo on Thursday (February 18) reaffirmed the allegation that 70 percent of U.S. dollars paid as wages and fees for the suspended Kaesong industrial project, run jointly with the North, had been diverted for use in Pyongyang’s weapons program. Last week, South Korea suspended the project as punishment for the North’s rocket launch on February 7 saying it would no longer allow the funds paid […]

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Japan swings back to trade deficit as China exports plunge

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan swung back to a trade deficit in January as exports to China plunged, official data showed Thursday, underscoring the impact of a slowdown in one of Tokyo’s biggest trade partners. The disappointing figures come after Japan’s economy shrank 0.4 percent in the October-December quarter — or an annualised 1.4 percent drop — owing to weak demand for big-ticket items like cars and home appliances. That was Japan’s second quarterly contraction […]

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