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WASHINGTON -- U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday night passed a legislation on spending and border security to avert another government shutdown, hours after the bill was approved by the Senate.
The bill now goes to the desk of President Donald Trump. White House said earlier in the day that the president will sign the bill and declare a national emergency at the same time so as to get money for funding the U.S.-Mexico border wall, his major campaign promise. (U.S.-Politics)
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MOSCOW -- U.S. lawmakers' attempt to impose sanctions on Russian energy projects and banks was "racketeering," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
"This policy sometimes borders on racketeering. I mean various provisions of the draft law aimed at disrupting various energy projects of Russian companies, undermining the activities of Russian banks with state participation," Peskov was quoted by Russian news agency TASS as saying. (Russia-U.S.-Sanctions)
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YANGON -- One police officer has been killed in clashes between Myanmar security forces and the ethnic insurgent groups of Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in Maungtaw, Rakhine state, Myanmar News Agency reported Friday.
A section of the government's border security force, which was on security duty on Thursday at a bridge over Yebaukcha creek near Kalar Dayvad village close to a highway in Maungtaw, spotted a group of 30 AA and ARSA approaching from the west of the highway at 02:30 a.m. local time. (Myanmar-Officer)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department said Thursday that U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo has held talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha in Warsaw to discuss their ongoing efforts to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
During a meeting on the sidelines of the Middle East security conference in Warsaw, Pompeo and Kang discussed the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, updated each other's engagements with Pyongyang, reaffirmed the alliance of the two countries, and expressed their commitment to the U.S.-South Korea-Japan trilateral cooperation, according to the State Department. (U.S.-S.Korea-DPRK) Enditem
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