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Saudi energy minister says premature to discuss changes in OPEC-led pact

Saudi Arabia's oil minister Khalid al-Falih addresses a news conference after an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/Files  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia?s energy minister said it is premature to discuss any changes to the supply cut pact ? led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ? as market rebalancing is unlikely to happen until the second half of 2018 even with the current outage of the North Sea Forties pipeline. Any potential e
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Swiss government urges voters to reject call for national ban on face veils

Protestors demonstrate against the ban on Muslim women wearing the burqa in public in The Hague, Netherlands, November 30, 2006. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters/Files ZURICH: The Swiss government urged voters on Wednesday to reject a campaign for a nationwide ban on face veils, saying any decision on facial coverings was a matter for Switzerland?s cantons individually. However, in a counter move to a referendum to be held by 2020, the government said it would propose to voters a ban on face veils b
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Chipotle restaurant under investigation after illness scare

Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc fell as much as 3.3 percent after a report that public health officials are investigating a possible illness outbreak in one of the company?s restaurants in Los Angeles. An email from the Los Angeles Health Department?s Acute Communicable Disease Control unit says the agency ?is aware of reports of illness and is investigating? according to the Business Insider report. Chipotle said the company is aware of a few online reports, but there is no clinical val
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Burst tire may have caused deadly tourist bus crash in Mexico, says police

MEXICO CITY: The driver of a tour bus that crashed on Tuesday on a quiet road in Mexico?s Yucatan Peninsula, killing 12 people, may have lost control after one of the front tires exploded, the local police chief said. The bus was carrying 31 passengers, including citizens of the United States, Brazil, Canada and Sweden, on a trip to Mayan ruins when it crashed and flipped over, authorities said. Most of those aboard were travellers on Royal Caribbean cruise ships. ?It seems a front tire of the
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Arab coalition says will keep Yemen port open; air raids kill at least nine

A view of cranes, damaged by air strikes, at the container terminal of the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad/Files  ADEN: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Wednesday it would keep the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port ? vital for aid ? open for a month despite a fresh missile attack against Riyadh, but it kept up air raids that killed at least nine people. The Western-backed coalition ? which controls Yemen?s airspace and port access ? sa
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Last piece of Amtrak train wreckage removed from Washington state highway

Workers had cleared all the wrecked train cars blocking a major West Coast highway by Wednesday morning, two days after the Amtrak train derailed in Washington state while speeding onto a bridge, state transportation officials said. It took about a day longer than hoped, but crews had carted off the biggest chunk by the afternoon: the 270,000-pound (122,470-kg) locomotive involved in the Monday morning rush-hour crash in the city of Dupont, which killed three train passengers and sent about 100
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Barca edge Real Madrid on income but Liga growth key to usurping Man United

Barcelona head into Saturday?s ?Clasico? against Real Madrid with a whopping 11-point gap over their bitter rivals in the Liga title race -- and they also have the advantage in financial terms, albeit by smaller margins. The two teams are separated by a hair?s breadth in the latest edition of the Deloitte Money League, with Barcelona generating 620.2 million euros ($736.74 million) in revenue in 2015/16 compared with Real?s 620.1 million. Barca also sit above Real in the 2017 Forbes Sports M
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Man United knocked out by Bristol City in League Cup shock

Bristol City, from English football?s second-tier, pulled off a sensation in the League Cup quarter-finals as they knocked out the holders Manchester United 2-1 amid late and wholly improbable drama at their Ashton Gate home on Wednesday. On one of the great nights in the Championship club?s 123-year history, City despatched the Premier League giants amid ecstatic scenes with a winner three minutes into stoppage time from Korey Smith. English champions Chelsea also defeated Bournemouth 2-1 in
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Uber appoints Barney Harford as chief operating officer

Uber Technologies Inc said said on Wednesday that the ride-hailing firm has appointed Barney Harford as chief operating officer, as the company looks to fill positions left vacant after key staff quit in recent months. Harford, a former chief executive officer of online travel website Orbitz, will join Uber on Jan.2, Uber said in a statement. Uber is facing a host of problems, including allegations of sexual harassment, data privacy violations, and a criminal investigation over alleged trade-s
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Saudi sovereign fund chief says outlook for Uber is positive

RIYADH: The head of Saudi Arabia?s Public Investment Fund, its top sovereign wealth fund, said on Wednesday that the outlook for ride-hailing firm Uber was positive and the company?s revenues had doubled since the PIF invested in it. Yasir al-Rumayyan, speaking at a news conference, also said Uber?s new board and management were excellent. The PIF, which has assets totaling over $220 billion, paid $3.5 billion for a stake in Uber in mid-2016, part of a financing round that valued the company a
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Germany's conservatives, SPD start talks early January on new 'grand coalition'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a candle as she attends the inauguration of a memorial at the site of last year's truck attack in a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz square in Berlin. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch  German Chancellor Angela Merkel?s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to exploratory talks on forming a new government starting on January 7, both parties said on Wednesday after informal discussions. The decision ? 87 days after a national election that ret
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Turkey says US isolated on Jerusalem, issuing threats

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/Files ANKARA: Turkey said Wednesday the United States has isolated itself by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel?s capital and accused it of threatening countries that might vote against it on the matter at an emergency UN General Assembly (UNGA) session. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ? whose country has led Muslim opposition to Washington?s stance on Jerusalem ? was spe
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BoE to spare EU banks from costly new rules, if Brexit goes well

A statue is silhouetted against the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/Files LONDON: The Bank of England (BoE) said Wednesday it planned to spare European banks from costly extra capital requirements once Britain leaves the European Union (EU) but that could change if Brexit talks turn sour. Setting out its position for a possible tussle with Brussels over London?s position as a top global financial hub, the BoE said it wanted to ensure
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Former Arsenal midfielder 'Little Mozart' Rosicky ends professional career

Former Arsenal midfielder and Czech national side playmaker Tomas Rosicky -- dubbed ?Little Mozart? for his vision and pinpoint passing -- ended his professional career on Wednesday after years of injuries often kept him off the pitch. Rosicky, 37, retired at Sparta Prague where he began his career before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2001 and to Arsenal in 2006 where he played for a decade. He returned to Sparta in 2016 but only appeared 12 times due to injury. ?My body was telling me for a
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Tax overhaul may add fresh fuel to red-hot tech rally

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files SAN FRANCISCO: The biggest overhaul of the US tax system in more than 30 years ? set to win final approval by lawmakers on Wednesday ? may add fuel to a rally in technology stocks that has powered Wall Street to record highs this year. A lower corporate tax rate across the board and a one-time single-digit rate on profits repatriated from overseas looks set to bene
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UN freedom of speech expert concerned about net neutrality

BACKGROUND: Supporters of Net Neutrality protest the FCC's recent decision to repeal the program in Los Angeles, California, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot/Files; SUPERIMPOSED: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks ahead of the vote on the repeal of the so-called Net Neutrality rules at the Commission in Washington, US, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files GENEVA: The UN?s freedom of speech expert said Wednesday he was concerned about the ramifications of a decision in the Uni
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Malta triggerman listened to blogger blast over phone, police say

Daphne Caruana Galizia ? a Maltese anti-corruption blogger who was assassinated back in October this year ? poses in front of the Libyan Embassy in Valletta, Malta, April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files  VALLETTA: A man suspected of triggering the car bomb that killed Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia is believed to have listened to the explosion live down the phone of a spotter, a court heard on Wednesday. Police allege that George Degiorgio was sitting on a boa
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Tehran

File Photo LONDON: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck Iran?s capital Tehran on Wednesday, the state television said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. According to the Washington Post, "the quake hit Meshkindasht, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Tehran, at 23:28 Wednesday local time". The quake was felt in several cities in Iran?s north, including Tehran. Rescue teams were sent to site.
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FIFA halves doping sanction for Peru footballer to 6 months

LIMA: FIFA has cut its doping-related sanction of Peru's football captain Paolo Guerrero to a six-month suspension, half its previous year-long ban that would have kept him from playing in the country's first return to the World Cup in more than three decades, Guerrero's lawyer said on Wednesday. Speaking in a broadcast interview on local TV channel Canal N, attorney Pedro Fida said his legal team would continue to work to absolve him. Earlier this month, FIFA banned Guerrero for one year for f
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World Bank approves $825m loan for Pakistan infrastructure

A currency trader counts Pakistani rupee notes while preparing an exchange of US dollars in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files KARACHI: The World Bank has granted Pakistan an $825-million loan to upgrade the energy and public finance sectors in a country that has long struggled with chronic power shortages and poor fiscal management. Just over half the loan ? approximately $425 million ? would be used to modernise the national grid, the World Bank said on Wednes
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Trump threatens to cut aid to UN members over Jerusalem vote

US President Donald Trump excuses reporters after his remarks to them at the start of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, US, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst  WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft United Nations resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel?s capital. ?They take hundreds of millions of dollar
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Birmingham to be named 2022 Commonwealth Games hosts

Birmingham is set to be announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Durban was stripped of the event in March, according to reports Wednesday. The Games were originally awarded to Durban in 2015 but the South African city had the event taken away for financial reasons. That led to a shortened bidding contest that came down to a race for British government funding between Birmingham and Liverpool, which was won by the central English city in September. Despite being the only cit
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Army chief observes winter exercise of mechanised formation in Bahawalpur

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday visited Bahawalpur to observe winter collective training exercises of the mechanised formation based in the area, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  The army chief appreciated the high standards of training and professional skills displayed by the Army formation. During the visit, he said that while the Army is committed to the war on terror, no complacency can be shown regarding prep
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Citizens of FATA want to maintain separate identity, says tribal council after meeting PM

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/c1d86dcf4b940d204bcafd8f0a96a043.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTIvMjAvMjAxNyA2OjEwOjM3IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9MVV0NVJqdTlrRGRIVnFualVvRHlZZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) supreme council on Wednesday held a meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaq
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Divided Catalans face moment of truth on independence bid

Yellow ribbons, used as symbols of the demand for the release of jailed Catalan politicians, are tied to the railings of a bridge in Girona. -AFP  BARCELONA: Catalans were anxiously preparing Wednesday for a decisive regional vote, hoping it will help settle the bitter dispute over independence from Spain that has divided their region and rattled Europe. The election pits leaders of the wealthy northeastern region's separatist movement against candidates who want to stay part of Spain. Recor
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