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Palestinians say they will not meet with Pence during visit
He is also expected to visit Bethlehem in the West Bank. Pence is set to travel to Israel from December 17 to 19, where he is expected to address the country's parliament. Palestinian leaders had previously warned the move would threaten a two-state solution. The decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital could complicate future peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. [Full Article...]
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
MA's may be used to identify uptrends or downtrends, and they can be a prominent indicator for detecting a shift in momentum for a particular stock. Shifting gears to the Relative Strength Index, the 14-day RSI is now sitting at 49.30, the 7-day is 50.21, and the 3-day is now at 70.03 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Mkts All Cap ETF (VEE.TO). [Full Article...]
British PM voices confidence on Brexit deal
Businesses in the Republic of Ireland would suffer if no agreement was reached on the border, he warned. Prime Minister May has come under increasing pressure from several directions after an apparent agreement earlier this week on the thorny issue of Northern Ireland's border was rebuffed by the DUP over the proposed "regulatory alignment" with the south. [Full Article...]
Respect 'Status Quo' of Jerusalem, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis has urged members of the National Council of Churches of Taiwan to continue in their work to educate young generations "in the art of dialogue, so that they can become protagonists of a much-needed culture of harmony and reconciliation". [Full Article...]
Naga pact won't affect States: Rajnath Singh
Union Home minister Rajnath Singh , on Thursday after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and representatives of other states which share their borders with Bangladesh, failed to provide any solution to the setting up of 89 additional border outposts (BOPs) of the Border Security Force (BSF). [Full Article...]
Who is Homai Vyarawalla, today's Google Doodle
She has photographed political and national leaders including Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru , Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indira Gandhi during the period of independence and subsequent partition. Vyarawalla may have caught some of the 20th century's most prominent figures in her lens, but from the 1940s through the 1960s in New Delhi , she was a familiar sight herself, Google said. [Full Article...]
Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma book hotel for reception, said sources
The photos of Anushka's family, accompanied by a priest and Virat's family and friends at the Mumbai and New Delhi airport have added more fuel to the story. Revealing more about the wedding, the source went on "Everything was decided nearly 3-4 months ago. Both the families sat together and laid down the plan of how they want to do it", the source revealed. [Full Article...]
China border standoff escalates after drone crash
The Chinese military's western theatre command jurisdiction covers nearly all of the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC), including Tibet's border region with India and the Ladakh region. "The exact cause of the incident is under investigation". The trips by Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councillor Yang Jiechi - more than three months after the worst border row between the two countries i... [Full Article...]