Pyongyang makes ‘agreement’ with Seoul after historic meet
PYONGYANG, Mar 06 (Agencies): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he wants to 'vigorously advance' closer ties with South Korea.Kim Jong Un met senior South Korean government officials for the first time and said it is his 'firm will to vigorously advance' inter-Korean ties and pursue reunification, the state...
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Russian plane crash kills 32 in Syria
MOSCOW, Mar 06 (AFP): A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at Russia's Hmeimim airbase in Syria, killing all 32 on board.There were 26 passengers and 6 crew, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by RIA Novosti."The reason for the crash according to preliminary information could have been...
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Johnson warns Kremlin over Salisbury incident
LONDON, Mar 06 (BBC): The UK would respond "robustly" to any evidence of Russian involvement in the collapse of former spy Sergei Skripal, Boris Johnson has said.Mr Skripal (66) and his daughter Yulia, in her 30s, are critically ill in hospital after being found unconscious in Salisbury, Wiltshire.The foreign secretary...
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Long March rocket ready for first sea launch
BEIJING, Mar 06: China is planning its first sea-launch of satellites by the Long March-11 rocket in 2018. The rocket, a solid propellant carrier developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), succeeded in lifting six small satellites into orbit in January.For missions with a low inclination orbit, a...
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Putin, Macron agree to facilitate peace in war-torn Syria
MOSCOW, Mar 06 (TASS): Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday on the situation in Syria in the context of the ongoing international efforts to eliminate the hotbeds of terrorism there."The two sides stressed the importance of persistent implementation of the UN...
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25 die as wedding party truck overturns in India
AHMEDABAD, Mar 06 (AFP): A truck carrying a wedding party plunged off a bridge early Tuesday in western India killing at least 25 people, most of them women and children, officials said.Initial investigations indicated the driver lost control causing the truck to swerve off the bridge and fall eight metres...
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News in Brief(07-03-2018)
Florida senate votes against arming teachersFLORIDA, Mar 06: Florida's Republican-controlled Senate voted on Monday to generally exclude classroom teachers from a plan to allow school staff to carry firearms as part of a package of measures in response to a school shooting that took 17 lives last month. The amendment...
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