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U.S. slaps sanctions on Russia, expels 35 diplomats
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Dec.30 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's alleged interference in the November 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and em
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S. Korean special prosecutor team raids home of former presidential chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec. 26 (ANI): A South Korean special prosecutor's team on Monday raided the home of former presidential chief of staff, Kim Ki-choon, to find evidence on his suspected involvement in the political scandal surrounding impeached president Park Geun-hye.
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Trump says his supporters were 'violent' and 'vicious'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Orlando [United States], Dec. 17 (ANI): U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has admitted that said his supporters were violent and vicious during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Team Trump rejects CIA claims of Russia's help in presidential poll v
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec. 10 (ANI): U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has totally rejected the validity of a report by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that says Russia tried to help Trump win the U.S. presidency.
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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka gives up green card post Trump poll win
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 7 (ANI): Africa's first Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Wole Soyinka, has given up his green card after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential elections.
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French Interior Minister Cazeneuve appointed PM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec. 6 (ANI): French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the nation's Prime Minister on Tuesday after incumbent Manuel Valls stepped down from the role to launch a presidential bid.
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Far-right candidate Hofer concedes defeat in Austria's presidential e
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.5 (ANI): Austria's far-right Freedom Party's presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has conceded his defeat to the Green Party-backed independent Alexander Van der Bellen in the country's presidential election after exit polls showed an clear win f
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Explosion in Philippines's Marawi wounds seven of Presidential Securi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila (Philippines), Nov. 29 (ANI): Seven members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) and two military troops were injured in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Marawi City on Tuesday, which has been seen by experts as a "possible diversionary tactic by the Mau
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Francois Fillon wins France's conservative presidential primary
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov. 28 (ANI): Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has won the conservative presidential primary, beating rival and also former Prime Minister Alain Juppe.
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U.S.-India Business Council concludes eighth Annual Legal Service Conferen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 24 (ANI): The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) concluded its eighth Annual Legal Services Conference entitled "Legal Implications of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election on United States and Indian Corporates" here.
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South Korea President's office admits to buying 360 Viagra pills
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Nov. 23 (ANI): South Korea President's office has confirmed that it bought 360 Viagra pills to treat altitude sickness of presidential aides and employees during President Park Geun-hye trips to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, as these nations were thousands of metr
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Robert De Niro comforts Ellen DeGeneres as she tears up receiving 'Pr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov. 23 (ANI): Looks like Robert De Niro just lent an emotional hand to Ellen DeGeneres, who could not stop tears from welling up as President Barack Obama presented her with the 'Presidential Medal Of Freedom' at the White House recently.
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