Trump proposes $1 billion fee for permanent seats on his peace board
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Local unions, community groups gear up for US Minnesota shutdown on Jan. 23
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Massive fire engulfs dozens of shops at a shopping mall in southern Pakistan, killing 3 people
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Philippine landfill landslide death toll reaches 36 as last missing worker found
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Austria avalanche kills 3, bringing toll to 8
An avalanche killed three Czech skiers in central Austria, police said, bringing the total to eight killed in the country's Alps on Saturday.
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Trump says US to impose tariffs on 8 European nations over Greenland
The United States will impose 10-percent tariffs on all goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Finland over Greenland starting on Feb. 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
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5.5-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands-- GFZ
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted South Sandwich Islands at 1800 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 55.76 degrees south latitude and 28.54 degrees west longitude.
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Israel opposes line-up of US-formed Gaza executive board
JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel expressed dissatisfaction with the United States on Saturday for forming an executive board to oversee Gaza's transitional administration without coordinating with it.The Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that the U.S. announcement regarding the composition of the Gaza executive board was not coordinated with Israel and runs contrary to its policy.The statement didn't specify the points of disagreement. Israeli media pointed to the government's objection to the presence of Turkish and Qatari officials on the list.The executive board, unveiled by the White House on Friday, will operate under a U.S.-led Board of Peace.The Israeli statement said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar to raise the issue with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.On Wednesday, Washington announced the commencement of the second phase of its Gaza peace plan, including forming a Palestinian technocratic committee to temporarily administer the post-war Gaza Strip.Hamas stated on Thursday it is ready to hand over administrative control to the committee and to facilitate its work. The 15-member Palestinian committee began its work in Cairo on Friday, prioritizing Gaza's humanitarian file.
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German gov't says to decide on appropriate responses to Trump's tariff measure
The German government said on Saturday that it is in close coordination with its European partners regarding recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump concerning tariffs over Greenland.
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Egypt pledges support for Gaza administration committee
Egypt's General Intelligence Service Chief Hassan Rashad pledged support on Saturday for the newly-formed Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with administering the Gaza Strip, state-run Al-Qahera News reported.
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EU parliament trade chief urges anti-coercion response after Trump Greenland tariff threat
Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, on Saturday urged the European Commission to trigger the EU's anti-coercion instrument after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on a group of European countries over Greenland.
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Mercosur, EU sign free trade agreement in Asuncion
The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) on Saturday signed a free trade agreement in Paraguay's capital city of Asuncion, marking the conclusion of 25 years of negotiations toward one of the world's largest trade accords.
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British PM calls US threat to impose tariffs on allies 'completely wrong'
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on allies was "completely wrong."
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EU leaders warn Trump's Greenland tariffs to undermine transatlantic ties
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa warned on Saturday that U.S. tariff threats linked to Greenland would undermine transatlantic ties and risk a "dangerous downward spiral."
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Macron rejects US tariff threats over Greenland as 'unacceptable'
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday slammed U.S. tariff threats over Greenland as "unacceptable," stressing that Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed.
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Iran's supreme leader says US-backed 'sedition' defeated as schools set to reopen
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country had defeated the United States and Israel "once again" and had "extinguished the sedition" he described as being incited by Washington and Tel Aviv.
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Chinese-built VIP guesthouse opens at Tanzania airport
The VIP guesthouse at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam has been officially completed and inaugurated, marking its handover and the start of operations.
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Mamady Doumbouya sworn in as president of Guinea
Mamady Doumbouya was officially sworn in as president of the Republic of Guinea for a seven-year term on Saturday, in accordance with the provisions of the country's new Constitution.
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