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February 23, 2019 2:44 PM

Gunfire heard in cities as Nigerians finally go to polls

Gunfire opened Nigeria's delayed election day today as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term in Africa's most populous nation. Police said, the blasts in Borno state capital, Maiduguri, shortly before the polls opened were for security purposes in a show of force to deter the Boko...

February 23, 2019 1:34 PM

US, China extend trade talks as Donald Trump, Xi Jinping express optimism

US President Donald Trump has said, he may host his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at his personal Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida next month to discuss the final terms of a trade deal being negotiated by the two countries.<br />''<br />''Mr Trump said th...

February 23, 2019 9:15 AM

EU stands firm beside India in fighting terrorism: EU envoy

European Union (EU) has affirmed that it is strongly beside India on combating terrorism and there were no differences between them on the issue. <br />''<br />''EU Ambassador Tomasz Kozlowski said in Kolkata that the EU stood by India in ...

February 23, 2019 8:52 AM

FATF keeps Pak on grey list for failing to curb terror funding

<span style="color: #222222;">International terror financing watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Pakistan on its grey list at the end of its week-long plenary meeting in Paris. </span><br />&apo...

February 22, 2019 2:51 PM

Twitter CEO won't appear before Parliamentary panel on Feb 25

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will not appear before the Parliamentary panel on IT<b> </b>on February 25, and instead the company is sending its Head of Public Policy Colin Crowell. The Parliamentary panel on Information Technology had summoned Twitter...

February 22, 2019 2:20 PM

US, China top officials begin fresh round of negotiations to reach trade deal

Top trade officials from the US and China have started their latest, and possibly the last round of talks in Washington to negotiate a comprehensive trade deal before their self-imposed deadline of 1st March. The Chinese delegation is led by Vice- Premier Liu He, while US T...

February 22, 2019 2:19 PM

Russia warns US against deploying new missiles in Europe

<span style="color: #222222;">Russia has warned the US against deploying new missiles in Europe, threatening to retaliate in kind by targeting Western capitals with his own new weaponry.</span><br />'' <br />'&a...

February 22, 2019 12:00 PM

US to keep 200 troops in Syria as 'peacekeeping group'

The Trump administration will keep 200 US troops in Syria to act as a small peacekeeping group. This was announced by the White House yesterday that the decision was taken after Trump spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the phone.<br />''<br /&gt...

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