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- Gold hits 10-month high amid hopes for successful outcome of US-China talks
Prices for gold reached their highest level since April 2018 lifted by investor optimism over trade talks between Beijing and Washington and expectations of a possible rate hike later in the year.Feb 21, 2019 09:59Business News - First Venezuela, now Nicaragua? Bolton says Ortega’s days ‘numbered’ & people ‘will soon be free’US President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy advisor John Bolton appears dead set on resuming his decades-long stand-off with Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, hinting that Washington-backed regime change may be in the offing.Feb 20, 2019 21:36World News
- Iran slams US ‘hypocrisy’ over potential sale of nuclear secrets to Saudi ArabiaIran’s Twitter-savvy FM Javid Zarif took to his favored medium to call out US hypocrisy, noting how Washington’s ostensible concerns over human rights and nuclear proliferation disappear when it comes to Saudi Arabia.Feb 20, 2019 11:47World News
- US will sell you out, no one can protect you but Syria – Assad to groups ‘betting on America’The militia groups relying on US support in Syria will be sold out by Washington, which sees them as a token chip in a political bargain, President Bashar Assad said, while apparently referencing the Syrian-Turkish border.Feb 17, 2019 18:05World News
- Munich brawl: Pence clashes with Merkel and Mogherini over Iran deal, Russian pipelineUS Vice President Mike Pence went full throttle in Munich as he rolled out a list of Washington's demands to the EU, clashing with Germany's Angela Merkel and Brussels' Federica Mogherini on Iran and Russia.Feb 16, 2019 14:55World News
- US military planes with ‘humanitarian aid’ bound for Venezuela after new sanctionsWaving both the carrot and the stick at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Washington hit Caracas with fresh sanctions and said it will use the military to send humanitarian aid to the crisis-stricken country.Feb 16, 2019 01:51World News
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