PARIS -- French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Thursday the triggering of a plan linked to a no-deal Brexit, following a Brexit preparatory meeting.

"The assumption of a Brexit without agreement is less and less improbable. Our responsibility is to ensure that our country is ready and to protect the interests of our fellow citizens: so I decided to trigger the plan related to #Brexit without agreement prepared since April 2018," he tweeted.

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TEHRAN -- The chief commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that Iran will keep its military advisers and hardware in Syria despite Israel's threats, Press TV reported on Thursday.

"We will protect all of the military advisers as well as weapons and equipment that we have deployed in Syria in order to reinforce the Islamic resistance fighters and support the people of this Islamic country," IRGC chief commander Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted as saying.

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Thursday to foster a so-called "hydrogen economy" as new growth engine.

"Our government's determination is firm toward a hydrogen economy. It is a golden opportunity to fundamentally change our national energy system and foster new growth engine," Moon said during an occasion with businessmen from hydrogen-related companies, including Hyundai Motor.

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NEW DELHI -- India's National Green Tribunal Thursday slammed German auto maker Volkswagen for not depositing 14.07 million U.S. dollars' penalty and directed it to pay the fine within 24 hours, officials said.

The German company was imposed with the penalty for causing "serious environmental damage."

"A bench headed by NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel today while coming down heavily on Volkswagen for its non-compliance of Nov. 16, 2018 order asked it to give an undertaking that it will submit the amount by 5:00 p.m. local time tomorrow (Friday)," an official said. Enditem

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