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Former Trump adviser Flynn offers testimony for immunity: report

by Margaret Donaldson Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ousted United States national security adviser Michael Flynn has “a story to tell,” his lawyer said Thursday amid reports that in exchange for immunity, Flynn has offered to testify about potential ties between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. Flynn proposed his deal to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the House and Senate intelligence committees, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night. Flynn, […]

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China says it has no policy to devalue currency as Xi prepares to meet Trump

BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China does not have any policy to devalue its currency to promote exports, Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang said on Friday (March 31), ahead of President Xi Jinping’s first meeting with United States President Donald Trump amid tensions over trade. In a briefing, Zheng said China does not seek a trade surplus with the US and that it was willing to work to promote more balanced trade, although he said Washington should […]

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EBC London Bureau visits new Philippine Ambassador in London

  By Vee Sison EBC London Bureau LONDON, United Kingdom (Eagle News Service) – Ambassador Antonio Lagdameo and Consul General Senen Mangalile of the Philippine Embassy’ met representatives of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s in London on Thursday March 2nd 2017 for a courtesy call with the new Philippine Ambassador. The aim of the meeting is to reach out to the wider Filipino community in the United Kingdom and to foster collaborative relationships with the Philippine Embassy […]

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Russia’s Putin says Kremlin never interfered in US elections

ARKHANGELSK, Russia (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (March 30) denied that Russia had interfered in last year’s U.S. presidential election. Attempting to quote a U.S. president, Putin said: “At one time (Ronald) Reagan debating, I think about taxes and addressing the Americans, said ‘Read my lips! No!” U.S. media were quick to point out the original quote was actually said by George H.W. Bush in 1988. Putin was speaking at an Arctic […]

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US says Assad’s overthrow no longer a priority

by Dave Clark Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States admitted Thursday that it is no longer focused on ousting Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy to end Syria’s civil war. American officials have been shifting away from their former insistence that he must go for some time, but now they have made it explicit. In New York, the US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemned […]

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Putin says climate change not manmade

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday said climate change was not caused by human activity, as the White House announced that United States President Donald Trump would decide by May on continued US participation in the landmark Paris Agreement limiting global carbon emissions. One day after visiting the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic, Putin claimed that icebergs had been melting for decades and suggested that global warming was not […]

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Trump predicts ‘very difficult’ China summit

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump predicted an upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be “very difficult” Thursday, laying out an adversarial tone ahead of a high-profile summit. “The meeting next week with China will be a very difficult one,” Trump tweeted, in apparent reference to the Mar-a-Lago meeting “We can no longer have massive trade deficits… and job losses. American companies must be prepared to look at other […]

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South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-Hye arrested

by Hwang SUNGHEE Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye was arrested early Friday over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to arrest Park on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion, and leaking government secrets, after a marathon court hearing the previous day. “It is justifiable and necessary to arrest (Park) as key charges were justified […]

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US astronaut breaks record for most spacewalks by a woman

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States – American astronaut Peggy Whitson made history when she floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday, breaking the record for the most spacewalks by a woman. Whitson, 57, is making her eighth career spacewalk, surpassing the record of seven previously held by American Suni Williams. The spacewalk formally began at 7:29 am (1129 GMT) when Whitson and her NASA colleague Shane Kimbrough switched their spacesuits to […]

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Kim body to be sent to N. Korea; Malaysians freed

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – The body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea’s leader will be sent to Pyongyang and nine Malaysians freed, Malaysia’s prime minister said Thursday, ending a bitter feud between the two countries. Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned with the lethal nerve agent VX in a brazen Cold War-style assassination  on February 13 in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The murder triggered a diplomatic dispute between Malaysia and North Korea, which expelled each other’s […]

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Australian PM surveys cyclone damage as floods threaten southeast Queensland

NORTH QUEENSLAND (Reuters) –Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull praised the resilience of residents in Queensland state as he surveyed the damage caused by Cyclone Debbie in Bowen on Thursday (March 30). Cyclone Debbie struck as a category four storm on Tuesday (March 28), smashing tourist resorts, ripping off roofs, bringing down power lines, flattening canefields and flooding coastal regions. Tens of thousands more people were still without power on Thursday in north Queensland, where officials […]

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Security tight as South Korea’s ousted leader Park set to attend court hearing on her arrest

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — Security was tight in front of the house of South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye and the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday (March 30) morning as she is set to attend a court hearing to review a warrant seeking her arrest. Police said it mobilized about 2,000 police officers near the court and about 1,200 officers near Park’s house. A South Korean court is set to hold a hearing at 10:30 […]

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