North Korea accepts offer from South to meet for peace talks
North Korea has accepted South Korea’s proposal for official talks, in what will be the first high-level contact to take place between the two countries in more than two years.
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FCC Rules Out Delaying Net Neutrality Repeal Over Fake Comments
The Federal Communications Commission rejected calls to delay ending net neutrality rules over a flawed public comment system, saying it hadn’t relied on thousands of identical or suspicious submissions in its decision making.
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Finnish President Nears Re-Election With 72% Backing, Poll Says
Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto is likely to win re-election for his second six-year term in the first round of the election on Jan. 28, according to a poll published by YLE.
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Bannon's Clout in Question After Donor Drops Him
Steve Bannon’s populist revolution lost its most powerful weapon in his dramatic split with President Donald Trump. Now, it’s losing its biggest financier.
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Pakistani minister decries U.S. as 'friend who always betrays'
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said the United States was behaving towards Pakistan as “a friend who always betrays” after Washington suspended aid and President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of lies and deceit over many years.
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Republicans ask DOJ for criminal probe of ex-British spy Steele who penned ‘Trump dossier’
Leading members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) have sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice for former UK spy Christopher Steele.
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Clinton Foundation investigated by Justice Department
The US Justice Department has opened a new inquiry into the Clinton family's non-profit organisation, the Clinton Foundation, US media report.
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'Leak' in world's biggest database worries Indians
Indian officials in charge of a controversial biometric identity scheme have filed a police complaint after a report that citizens' personal details were being sold for as little as 500 rupees ($7.8;£5.8) online.
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Baltimore parents, teachers outraged as kids taught in near-freezing classrooms
Amidst severe snowstorms, Baltimore City closed its public schools this week following national outrage after children were shown freezing in classrooms, and long-running heating issues flared up again.
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Michael Wolff Says Trump's Associates Question His Fitness
The author of a new book about Donald Trump’s White House said Friday that “100 percent of the people around” the president question his intelligence and fitness for office.
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