WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration had informed Congress of a potential arms sale to update Greece's F-16 aircrafts."This agreement to strengthen the Hellenic Air Force is worth up to $2.4 billion and would generate thousands of American jobs," Trump said during his joint press conference with visiting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.According to a statement by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Greek government had requested a possible purchase of an upgrade of its existing F-16 fleet to an F-16 Block V configuration."The...
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BRASILIA - The Commission of Constitution and Justice (CCJ) of Brazil's Chmaber of Deputies approved on Wednesday, by 39 votes to 26, a report that recommends the Chamber reject new charges against President Michel Temer for obstruction of justice and criminal association.The recommendation also stated the charges of criminal association against the government's chief of staff, Eliseu Padilha, and the secretary-general of the presidency, Moreira Franco, be rejected.The report, favorable to Temer and his ministers, was written by deputy Bonifacio de Andrada, who stated that there was no...
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A group of international students graduated Friday from an agricultural training program sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and received graduation certificates from Yuan Longping, China's renowned rice scientist, Xinhua reports.The 45-day program, hosted by Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Company, taught advanced breeding and cultivating techniques of "super rice" to 21 students from countries including Thailand, Indian, Pakistan and Ethiopia. The program also brought them to hybrid rice test fields in Huaihua and Zhangjiajie in Central China's Hunan province.Yuan, du...
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China's naval hospital ship made its first visit to Angola on Thursday to provide free medical services and humanitarian aid, the Defense Ministry said.The CNS Daishandao, also known as Peace Ark, is making the eight-day goodwill visit to the southwestern African country during its first voyage around the continent, codenamed Harmonious Mission 2017.The ship has visited other African countries, include Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Gabon and Republic of Congo. It will visit Mozambique and Tanzania. It will also visit the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia during its 155-day mis...
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WELLINGTON - New Zealand will get its youngest prime minister in more than 150 years after the small, nationalist New Zealand First Party agreed to form a new government with Labor Party leader Jacinda Ardern, ending the National Party's decade in power. The outcome caps a remarkable rise for Ardern, 37, who only took over the party's top job in August, and marks another victory for a youthful global leader promising change, with big implications for the world's 11th most traded currency, the central bank, immigration and foreign investment. Labor had an even chance as National to ...
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