Australia government says it won’t break tax cut pledge

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:12:01 +0000

Australia government says it won't break tax cut pledge

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s newly reelected government said Tuesday that its promise to slash income taxes might be delivered late but would not be broken as it seeks to stimulate consumer spending, revive a flagging economy and repair relations with China, its most important trading partner.

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Alitalia cancels more than 300 flights due to strike

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 10:03:01 +0000

Alitalia cancels more than 300 flights due to strike

MILAN – Italy’s struggling airline Alitalia has canceled over 300 flights because of a 24-hour strike called to protest deteriorating conditions in the sector, including the government’s failure to relaunch the carrier.

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Iran president seeks wartime executive powers

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 07:55:50 +0000

Iran president seeks wartime executive powers

Iran’s president has told a group of clerics that he is seeking expanded, wartime executive powers to better deal with an “economic war” triggered by the Trump administration’s pullout from the nuclear deal and escalating U.S. sanctions.

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Japan wrestling with Trump going to sumo during state visit

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 06:46:12 +0000

Japan wrestling with Trump going to sumo during state visit

TOKYO – Plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to check out the ancient Japanese sport of sumo wrestling during a state visit are raising security issues for organizers.

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Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could ‘burn’ Iraq

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 12:02:04 +0000

Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could 'burn' Iraq

Leading Iraqi Shiite figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the United States and Iran.

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UN health chief warns of ‘very high’ risk of Ebola spread

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 11:48:57 +0000

The head of the United Nations health agency said the risk that the Ebola virus will spread remains “very high.”

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Egypt says after bus attack, 12 militants killed in Cairo

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:06:23 +0000

Egypt says after bus attack, 12 militants killed in Cairo

CAIRO – Egypt says security forces killed 12 members of a militant group with suspected links to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in shootouts in Cairo, just hours after a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17.

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Iran’s top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 12:45:12 +0000

Iran's top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an intense sanctions campaign from the U.S. as tensions across the Persian Gulf remain high.

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Japan, China agree to boost relations ahead of Xi visit

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 11:25:03 +0000

Japan, China agree to boost relations ahead of Xi visit

TOKYO – Japan and China have agreed to boost their relations ahead of a planned visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Japan in June, his first since coming to power in 2013.

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