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Trump says ‘no rush’ on DPRK denuclearisation

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he expected to see the ultimate denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula while pointing out that he had no pressing schedule for that objective.Trump told the press on Tuesday that he was looking forward to meeting Kim Jong Un,...

Seven Syrian refugee children perish in Canada house fire

OTTAWA, Feb 20 (Reuters): Seven children from a family of Syrian refugees have died in a house fire in Canada's eastern port city of Halifax, authorities have said."There are seven fatalities resulting from the incident," police in the Atlantic seaboard city said on Tuesday."All deceased are believed to be young...

Lorries evacuate civilians from last Syria IS enclave

DAMASCUS, Feb 20 (Agencies): Lorries have begun evacuating people from the last area in Syria still held by the Islamic State (IS) group.Journalists on the frontline saw at least 10 vehicles leaving the village of Baghuz, near the border with Iraq.A spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance,...

Venezuelan defence chief slams Trump

CARACAS, Feb 20 (Xinhua): Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's speech on the South American country as "arrogant and rude."Trump "completely disregards the eminently Bolivarian (revolutionary), anti-imperialist and professional character of our institution," Padrino said in a statement issued on behalf of the...

Three Tory MPs quit party to join new group

LONDON, Feb 20 (Al Jazeera): Three Conservative MPs have quit the party to join an independent group in the British parliament.Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston resigned from the ruling party on Wednesday over the government's handling of Brexit.The pro-EU legislators have been long-standing critics of May's strategy to...

Pakistan inmate dies in Indian jail attack

JAIPUR, Feb 20 (AFP): Indian prisoners stoned to death a Pakistani inmate in a jail Wednesday amid mounting tensions over a suicide bombing that Delhi has blamed on its arch-rival neighbour, an official said.The Pakistani had been eight years into a life term at Jaipur Central Jail in the western...

News in Brief -(21-2-2019)

Putin promises Russians betterliving conditions 'within this yr'MOSCOW, Feb 20: President Vladimir Putin promised Russians rapid improvements in their living conditions as he kicked off his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday. "We cannot wait, the situation must change for the better now," Putin said. "Within this year...