News Archives for World - 2020-01-21

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US urges China to join nuclear arms talks

The United States and Russia have held two rounds of talks aimed at reducing misunderstandings about critical secur

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:30pm

World

Canada to start ratification of N.America trade deal

USMCA, first signed in 2018, was bogged down in multiple political complications, but its amended terms were finali

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:24pm

World

Putin keeps key ministers in new Russian government

Putin, who said there was a "demand for change" in his announcements last week, kept on key allies including the fo

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:22pm

World

Hillary Clinton says 'nobody likes' Bernie Sanders

Clinton also refused to say whether she would endorse and campaign for Sanders if he becomes the Democrats' choice

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:14pm

World

Russian air strikes in Syria kill 23 civilians: monitor

Retaliatory rocket attacks blamed on rebels and jihadists killed three more civilians in the nearby government-held

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:12pm

World

Pompeo acknowledges Colombian 'sacrifices' in drug trafficking fight

Two weeks ago, Colombia announced it had manually destroyed a record amount of coca leaf plantations in 2019.

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:10pm

World

Budget battle hampers EU in space

The rise in geopolitical tensions we see on Earth is being extended and projected into space, EU diplomatic chief J

Published 21 Jan, 2020 07:05pm

Europe

North Korea says won't be bound by nuclear testing pledge

United States had ignored its year-end deadline for nuclear talks, says North Korea. Speaking as the envoy fro

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:50pm

Europe

Facebook to boost site safety with 1,000 more UK staff

The new roles will increase the number of staff at the company's largest engineering hub outside the United States

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:32pm

World

Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner

Iran had for days denied Western claims based on US intelligence reports that the Boeing 737 had been shot down.

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:28pm

Europe

Kremlin insists Putin-Johnson meeting was 'constructive'

Downing Street said that while meeting Putin, Johnson "was clear there had been no change in the UK's position on S

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:19pm

Middle East

Russian air strikes in Syria kill 12 civilians: monitor

Two of the victims were killed in a southeastern area of Idlib province while the other 10 died in a western region

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:15pm

Europe

France, US agree to extend digital tax row talks

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, speaking before a Brussels meeting with EU counterparts. The dispute b

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:12pm

Asia

Bangladesh factories ordered shut to save key river

The Buriganga connects the capital with the southern coastal districts through a network of rivers. Howlader s

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:09pm

World

Trump says warnings of climate crisis "foolish"

Trump ticked off what he said were previous predictions that had been proved wrong. He rattled off numbers ind

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:01pm

World

Iran seeks help reading downed plane's black boxes in new standoff

The U.S.-built Boeing 737 flown by Ukraine International Airlines was shot down in error on January 8. An Iran

Published 21 Jan, 2020 10:20am

World

Global tourism growth slowed in 2019: UN

Global tourism slowed in 2019 due to a cooling world economy, especially in Europe and Asia where uncertainties linked to Brexit and protests in Hong Kong also weighed, the United Nation's tourism agency said Monday. The number of international tourist ar