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Richest Russian, Part Of New York Power Circles, Now Shown The Door
A month ago, Vladimir Potanin sat alongside the world's financial and business elite on the advisory board of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations and among the trustees of the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.
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My Mother, A Judge, Wasn't Allowed To Sit On The Bench In India, Says Nikki Haley
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has claimed that her mother was not allowed to be a judge in India because she was a woman. "When you didn't have a lot of education in India, my mother actually was able to go to a law school. And she was actually put up to be one of the first female judges in India, but because of the situation with women she ...
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Donald Trump Recommits To US Allies But Says Must Pay 'Fair Share'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reaffirmed support for the United States' longstanding security alliances around the world but insisted that friends and partners from Europe to the Middle East to the Pacific must "pay their fair share of the cost."
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US Needs To 'Wage War' To Block Off South China Sea Islands: Chinese Media
Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to "wage war", an influential Chinese state-run tabloid said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson suggested the strategy on Wednesday.
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Donald Trump's TPP Withdrawal Gives China Chance To Redraw Trade Map
China will be handed the opportunity to reshape the rules for global trade and profit from a more isolated US if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his pledge to abandon the landmark TPP pact, observers say.
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Barack Obama Urges European Leaders To Work With Donald Trump
President Barack Obama used a meeting with key European leaders Friday to urge them to work with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and to discuss steps necessary to resolve the conflicts in Syria and eastern Ukraine, the White House said.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Confident In Donald Trump's Diplomacy Debut
Japan's leader voiced confidence about Donald Trump as he became the first foreign leader to meet the US president-elect, who was narrowing in on cabinet choices.
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Worried European Leaders Look To Barack Obama For Donald Trump Clues
European leaders were to seek assurances from US President Barack Obama on Friday on the course Donald Trump might take, given the populist mogul's pledges to shake up the world order.
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Donald Trump Questions US Financial Backing For NATO
The United States should significantly cut spending on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Monday, questioning a policy that has underpinned US foreign relations for nearly 70 years.
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Duplicity By Pakistan In War On Terror: US Senators
Two top Republican lawmakers have accused Pakistan of "duplicity" when it comes to fighting terrorism as they criticised the Obama administration for giving away US taxpayers' money to Islamabad.
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US Approves Sale Of 8 Lockheed F-16 Fighter Jets To Pakistan: Pentagon
The US government said on Friday that it had approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The deal includes up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment valued at $699 million.
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World Unites After Islamic State Terror But Strikes May Backfire: Experts
The spate of Islamic State terror attacks has brought France and Russia together and raised hopes of a united political effort to resolve the Syria conflict, but experts question the logic of more air strikes.
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Uzbekistan Frees Jailed Dissident After John Kerry Visit
Uzbekistan today freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, a local human rights group said, shortly after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the country.
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John Kerry Says Israeli Action Against Iran Would be 'Huge Mistake': NBC
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it would be a huge mistake if Israel decided to take unilateral military action against Iran over its nuclear program in the future.
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Barack Obama Administration Takes Iran Nuclear Deal Fight Public
US lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing today as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement.
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Richest Russian, Part Of New York Power Circles, Now Shown The Door
A month ago, Vladimir Potanin sat alongside the world's financial and business elite on the advisory board of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations and among the trustees of the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.
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My Mother, A Judge, Wasn't Allowed To Sit On The Bench In India, Says Nikki Haley
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has claimed that her mother was not allowed to be a judge in India because she was a woman. "When you didn't have a lot of education in India, my mother actually was able to go to a law school. And she was actually put up to be one of the first female judges in India, but because of the situation with women she ...
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Donald Trump Recommits To US Allies But Says Must Pay 'Fair Share'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reaffirmed support for the United States' longstanding security alliances around the world but insisted that friends and partners from Europe to the Middle East to the Pacific must "pay their fair share of the cost."
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US Needs To 'Wage War' To Block Off South China Sea Islands: Chinese Media
Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to "wage war", an influential Chinese state-run tabloid said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson suggested the strategy on Wednesday.
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Donald Trump's TPP Withdrawal Gives China Chance To Redraw Trade Map
China will be handed the opportunity to reshape the rules for global trade and profit from a more isolated US if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his pledge to abandon the landmark TPP pact, observers say.
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Barack Obama Urges European Leaders To Work With Donald Trump
President Barack Obama used a meeting with key European leaders Friday to urge them to work with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and to discuss steps necessary to resolve the conflicts in Syria and eastern Ukraine, the White House said.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Confident In Donald Trump's Diplomacy Debut
Japan's leader voiced confidence about Donald Trump as he became the first foreign leader to meet the US president-elect, who was narrowing in on cabinet choices.
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Worried European Leaders Look To Barack Obama For Donald Trump Clues
European leaders were to seek assurances from US President Barack Obama on Friday on the course Donald Trump might take, given the populist mogul's pledges to shake up the world order.
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Donald Trump Questions US Financial Backing For NATO
The United States should significantly cut spending on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Monday, questioning a policy that has underpinned US foreign relations for nearly 70 years.
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Duplicity By Pakistan In War On Terror: US Senators
Two top Republican lawmakers have accused Pakistan of "duplicity" when it comes to fighting terrorism as they criticised the Obama administration for giving away US taxpayers' money to Islamabad.
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US Approves Sale Of 8 Lockheed F-16 Fighter Jets To Pakistan: Pentagon
The US government said on Friday that it had approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The deal includes up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment valued at $699 million.
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World Unites After Islamic State Terror But Strikes May Backfire: Experts
The spate of Islamic State terror attacks has brought France and Russia together and raised hopes of a united political effort to resolve the Syria conflict, but experts question the logic of more air strikes.
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Uzbekistan Frees Jailed Dissident After John Kerry Visit
Uzbekistan today freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, a local human rights group said, shortly after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the country.
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John Kerry Says Israeli Action Against Iran Would be 'Huge Mistake': NBC
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it would be a huge mistake if Israel decided to take unilateral military action against Iran over its nuclear program in the future.
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Barack Obama Administration Takes Iran Nuclear Deal Fight Public
US lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing today as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement.
