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Greece, France to sign $2.8 billion fighter jet deal
Plans for resuming talks foundered previous year over Turkey's deployment of a seismic survey vessel in contested waters and disagreements over which topics they would cover. The agenda for Monday's talks, which lasted more than three hours, was not disclosed. Despite the technical disagreements, both sides voiced guarded optimism, though they were still trading barbs in the days leading up to... [Full Article...]
N. Korean diplomat defects to S. Korea
North Korea's former deputy ambassador to Britain, Tae Yong-ho, said that Ryu secretly defected in September 2019 and resettled in South Korea with his family, where he's been ever since. He was serving as a charge d'affaires after a North Korean ambassador was expelled from Kuwait following a 2017 U.N. Security Council resolution over North Korea's missile activities, according to the media. [Full Article...]
US Supreme Court ends anti-corruption lawsuits against Trump
The Supreme Court declared emoluments cases against former President Trump moot on Monday, closing the door for now to the long-running and unresolved question of whether it was constitutional for the former President to reap profits from his businesses while in office. [Full Article...]
"Gave Best Offer To Farmers, Hope They Take It": Agriculture Minister
Buta Singh (35) with six acres of land in village Kanankwal said that their leaders had told them clearly that they will come back only after getting the demands accepted and this was the reason that farmers supported the movement overwhelmingly. [Full Article...]
Saudi-led forces thwart air attack on Riyadh
The new Treasury Department license issued on Monday allows all transactions involving the Houthi group or any entity in which it owns 50% per cent or more - though not its blacklisted leaders - until February 26, 2021. The war has been mired in a stalemate for years. A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Houthis in a war wide... [Full Article...]
Portland metro Sunday weather: Rainy conditions expected; snow sticking in Coast Range
Little to no accumulation is expected. PUEBLO: Low: 21; High: 35. Current projections show that on Monday up to four inches of snow could fall in Harrisburg, up to three inches of snow could fall in York, and up to three inches could fall in Lancaster. [Full Article...]
Teen arrested in Indiana killings of five, including pregnant woman
An arrest has been made in Indianapolis after the killings of five people , including a pregnant woman. At a news conference Sunday afternoon, Taylor said the mass shooting did not appear to be a random act. IMPD police officers responded to a report of a person shot just before 4 a.m. Following further investigation into the juvenile's shooting, police were dispatched to the Adams Street... [Full Article...]
More pressure on the UK's PM to reopen schools?
He is not expected to put a precise date on schools reopening, but education leaders expect it will not be until April or May. He told reporters the government were "looking at the potential of relaxing some measures" before the end of next month. [Full Article...]