Who has been invited to be on Trump's Gaza boards?
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (AFP): US President Donald Trump is starting to flesh out his so-called "Board of Peace" and related entities for postwar Gaza, with multiple world leaders saying Saturday they have been asked to join.The White House said that under Trump's plan, there would be a main board, chaired...
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May blast off as early as Feb 6
FLORIDA, Jan 18 (AFP): NASA on Saturday rolled out its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as it began preparations for its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.The maneuver, which takes up to 12 hours, will allow the US space agency to begin a string...
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Portugal presidential vote wide open
LISBON, Jan 18 (AFP): Portugal votes on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate could for the first time make it to a run-off ballot, but with the final result hard to predict.Polls predict Andre Ventura, leader of the far-right Chega ("Enough") party,...
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Verified deaths in Iran protests hit 5,000
TEHRAN, Jan 18 (Reuters): An Iranian official in the region said on Sunday the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, blaming "terrorists and armed rioters" for killing "innocent Iranians".The official, who declined to be named due to...
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