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World mayors urge G20 leaders to 'save the planet'

Dozensofcitymayorsfromaroundtheworld--includingWashington,Berlin,Paris,TokyoandSydney--onMondaycalledonG20leaderstosticktotheircommitmentsontacklingclimatechang

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Putin lays flowers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, in commemoration of those who lost their lives in the Second World War.

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Putin lays flowers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow

RussianPresidentVladimirPutinhaslaidawreathattheTomboftheUnknownSoldierinMoscow,incommemorationofthosewholosttheirlivesintheSecondWorldWar.HewasaccompaniedbyPri

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Five ways for Europe to set a course towards progress and growth

WithsomegoodeconomicnewsandadistractedDonaldTrump,Europeanleadershaveararewindowtodeliveroneconomicreforms.WhenDonaldTrumptooktheoathofofficeinJanuary,Europeloo

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Spotlight: NATO leaders agree to step up burden sharing under Trump pressure

BRUSSELS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- NATO leaders have agreed to step up NATO's role in the fight against terrorism and fairer burden sharing under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Brussels visit gives Trump a chance to reset ties with EU

Startingwithhistightly-scheduledmeetingswithEuropeanUnionleadersonThursdayinBrussels,USPresidentDonaldTrumpandEUleadersareexpectedtostartswirlsofbargainsonhowto

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China, US top diplomats hold phone call on Korean Peninsula

ChineseStateCouncilorYangJiechiandUSSecretaryofStateRexTillersonexchangedviewsonbilateraltiesandthesituationontheKoreanPeninsulaviaphoneonSaturday.Thephoneconve

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Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia for first foreign trip as president

USPresidentDonaldTrumponSaturdayarrivedintheSaudicapitalofRiyadh,thefirstlegofhisfirstinternationaltripsincetakingofficeinJanuary.SaudiKingSalmanbinAbdulazizAlS

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Indonesian leaders to end social friction after Basuki's imprisonment

JAKARTA,May17(APD)–IndonesianleadersinitiatedstepsinabidtoendsocialfrictionandtensionamongthesocietyfollowingtheimprisonmentofChristianex-JakartagovernorBasukiT

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U.S., German leaders reaffirm importance of NATO

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday agreed on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) fundamental importance to the broader transatlantic relationship.

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‘Priests should take shabu to understand’: Rodrigo Duterte dismisses Catholic objections to drug war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday taunted the country’s Catholic priests and bishops to take highly addictive crystal methamphetamine, as he accused them of “hypocrisy” for criticising his deadly drug war.

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Indonesia keen to sign cooperation on megaprojects with Japan

​Indonesia expected to further boost its cooperation with Japan on several megaprojects during the upcoming visit of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Indonesia scheduled on Jan. 15.

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EU leaders pledge to ensure Britain does not cherry pick sweet deal on Brexit

European Union leaders agreed their plan for Brexit negotiations on Thursday (Dec 15), pledging to move swiftly and stick together to ensure Britain does not cherry pick a sweet deal that might inspire others to unstitch the bloc.

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EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017 in a signal to Trump

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until mid-2017, though some wanted a longer timespan over fear U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would ease pressure on

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British PM not invited to Brexit dinner at EU summit

British Prime Minister Theresa May will be left out in the cold when her European counterparts have dinner without her to push for a quick Brexit.

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Cambodian court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders

​Cambodia’s UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, delivering a blow to their hopes of release as they face a second trial for genocide.

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Transition is going so smoothly’: Trump takes to Twitter to attack New York Times again

President-elect Donald Trump listed several countries whose leaders he had spoken with since winning the US presidential election and used his Twitter account to attack a media report that he has been hard to reach.