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White House chief of staff will leave the office at the end of 2018, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday. Full Story »
The United States President Donald Trump announced, on Friday, that he is nominating State Department spokesperson and former Fox News Channel anchor, Heather Nauert, to be the US Ambassador to the United Nations. Full Story »
Protesters staged another sit-in on Friday at the Fourth Circle, near the Prime Ministry, demanding deep changes to economic policies and combating corruption, among others. Full Story »
Seven officials including a regional governor died in a plane crash in eastern Sudan on Sunday, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday. Full Story »
BUSINESS
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The Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Thursday signed a loan and grant agreement worth 100 million euros with the French government, the German Construction Bank and the EU to provide technical support to the Yarmouk Water Company (YWC).
THE LOOP
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A video of a female French protester yelling at the French police in Paris during the “Yellow Vests” protests has been widely circulating on social media. However, it was shared with different translations and all contradictory.
ENTERTAINMENT
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Festive fun throughout the city
SPORTS
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The 25 year-old has been heavily linked with a move away from Lyon in January after a touted switch to Liverpool in the summer failed to materialize
