UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The attacker took three people hostage in the center of veterans in the US state of California. This is reported by the Associated Press, referring to the representative of the local fire service. According to...
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SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - A number of militants have left the eastern Ghouta through the camp of the expatriates, state media announced Friday evening. The army of Islam, one of the main opposition factions in the eastern Gauta, said earlier...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Saudi Arabia plans to buy 48 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets in a multi-billion dollar deal, a statement said on Friday after a three-day visit to Britain by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This was...
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TURKEY / SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkish troops could enter the town of Afrin, the stronghold of the US-backed Kurdish factions in northwestern Syria, almost two months after an...
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CHINA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to "talk as quickly as possible" with North Korea during a telephone conversation, the official Xinhua news agency reported. "I hope that the United...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday expressed concern that the level of attacks on medical facilities in Syria has risen to a "serious" level, reaching half of the total in 2017 in January...
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GERMANY (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Social Democratic Party (SPD) officially announced on Friday the names of its ministers in the new government headed by Angela Merkel, including the two prominent financial and foreign portfolios, completing the formation of the...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - A Palestinian was shot dead by the Israeli army during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said. Mohammed Zein al-Jaabari, 24, was shot dead by the Israeli army during...
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SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The conditions faced by civilians in Syria are "worse than ever" as the conflict enters its eighth year in days, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Friday. "The conditions faced by civilians inside...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - British police have asked for help from the military in investigating a nerve gas attack on a Russian spy, as speculation mounted on Friday about London's response if a country was found to be...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The US urges Russia to send financial and trade representatives of the DPRK, said Deputy Minister of Finance for Combating Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker. "We urge Russia to send North Korean financial and...
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UNITED STATES (CNBC) - U.S. stocks traded higher on Friday after the release of stronger-than-expected employment data. The Nasdaq composite advanced 1.8 percent to 7,560.81 and hit intraday and closing records, erasing the losses from last month's correction. The Nasdaq 100,...
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SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Thirteen militants left the suburbs of Damascus for East Gutu, using the humanitarian corridor in the Muhayam Al-Wafedin settlement, Major-General Yury Yevtushenko, head of the Center for reconciliation of the warring parties, told reporters. "As a...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - A US court sentenced businessman Martin Shkreli for fraud on Friday to seven years in prison, the NY Daily News reported. According to the newspaper, the 34-year-old Shkreli before the verdict "cried like a child."...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding investors. The self-promoting “Pharma Bro” vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug has been sentenced to prison for securities...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Goldman Sachs CEO to leave company by end of 2018. Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Group Lloyd Blankfein is planning to resign by the end of 2018, ending his 36-years-long career at...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The high content of vitamin D in the human body can prevent the occurrence of cancer, reports Eurekalert. This conclusion was made by an international group of researchers, having studied blood samples and personal data...
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UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The NASA space agency has developed a plan to protect against asteroids, which can pose a threat to the Earth. In the situation, if the celestial bodies will fly on a distance from the Earth,...
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UNITED KINGDOM (VOP TODAY NEWS) - British scientists have learned how the current of sleep affects a person's ability to absorb and remember new information. Researchers have long known that it is sleep that plays an important role in preserving...
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CHINA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Chinese authorities are going to continue the course of the gradual internationalization of the yuan, said the head of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, adding that one of the steps in this...
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