Trump, Putin to meet in Alaska Aug 15
NEW YORK, Aug 09 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, Trump said on Friday.Trump made the highly anticipated announcement on social media after he said that the parties, including Ukraine...
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Mexico 'will not accept' US military action on its soil
MEXICO CITY, Aug 09 (AFP): Mexico said Friday that it "would not accept" the deployment of US military forces on its soil to combat drug cartels."Mexico would not accept the participation of US military forces on our territory," the foreign ministry said after the US embassy in Mexico released a...
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North Korea removing border loudspeakers
SEOUL, Aug 09 (AFP): North Korean troops have started removing propaganda loudspeakers used to blare unsettling noises along the border, South Korea's military said Saturday, days after Seoul's new administration dismantled ones on its side of the frontier.The two countries had already halted propaganda broadcasts along the demilitarised zone, Seoul's...
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Kenya eliminates sleeping sickness, says WHO
GENEVA, Aug 09 (AFP): Kenya has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem, the World Health Organization announced on Friday, making it the 10th country to do so.The vector-borne disease, formally called human African trypanosomiasis, is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Without treatment, HAT is generally fatal, the WHO says.Sleeping...
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