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Ex-US Homeland Security official says Trump wanted to trade Puerto Rico fo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump wanted to exchange Puerto Rico for Danish-owned island of Greenland, Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, said in an interview on Wednesday.
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UK records another 812 COVID-19 cases, 16 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom has increased by 812 over the last 24 hours, reaching 321,098, the Department of Health and Social Care reported on Wednesday (local time).
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Security forces kill Taliban commander in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan security forces on Tuesday repelled a Taliban attack, killed one of the terror group's commanders, and injured several other terrorists in the eastern Nangarhar province, the press office of the provincial government said on Wednesday.
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European Council shouldn't recognise Belarus election results, says opposi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya called on the European Council not to recognise the results of the presidential election in her country, which saw incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko re-elected to his sixth term in office.
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Democrats officially nominate Biden for president at convention, attack Tr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday officially won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after a virtual roll call vote at the party's national convention, during which a lineup of speakers hammered President Donald Trump on leader
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Trudeau requests Parliament shutdown, releases WE Charity scandal document
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that he has asked Governor General Julie Payette to prorogue parliament until September 23.
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Trump believes Oracle can handle TikTok deal
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump told reporters that he thinks the US software company Oracle would be able to handle the acquisition of the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok.
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US House to proceed with Saturday vote on Postal Service Bill: Pelosi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Saturday on a bill to provide multi-billion financial support to the Postal Service and deter it from any operational changes ahead of the November presidential election despite the Postmaster General's
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Trump postpones talks with China, says 'what they did to world was unthink
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Arizona [US], Aug 19 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that he is not ready to hold talks with China as "What China did to this country and the world was unthinkable", Sputnik reported.
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Iraq registers 4,576 daily new COVID-19 cases, 184,709 in total
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Iraqi medics have registered a record rise in the number of daily registered cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - 4,576, and the confirmed case tally has topped 184,000, the country's Health Ministry said.
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EU condemns attempted coup in Mali: Foreign Policy Chief
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union condemns attempted coup in Mali, calling for a solution to controversial issues via dialogue, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
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Indian Embassy in Mali monitors developments in country: Ambassador
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Indian Embassy in Mali is monitoring the station in the country and its personnel are not in danger, Ambassador Anjani Kumar Sahay told Sputnik on Tuesday following an army mutiny in the Sahel country.
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