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Belgium said on Thursday it had chosen Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth jets over the Eurofighter Typhoon to replace its ageing F-16s in a 4 billion euro ($4.55 billion) deal. After months of deliberation, the decision to buy 34 of the planes was announced at a government news conference. Belgium became the 12th country to choose the U.S. plane. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qbhPjj

French "Spiderman" climber Alain Robert scaled one of London's tallest buildings on Thursday without ropes. The 56-year-old took an hour to clamber up the 230 meters (755 ft) Heron Tower in the city's financial district. "What I'm doing may seem crazy but I'm not that crazy," he told Sky News before the climb. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OONMfV

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Pakistan's first space mission has been planned for 2022 and the federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Khan approved the plan on Thursday, he was quoted as saying by The News. Earlier this year, Pakistan launched two indigenously built satellites into orbit, using a Chinese launch vehicle. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RfviC2

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The plea was made by Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) appointed by Libya's internationally recognised government, to Britain's Junior Foreign Minister Alistair Burt. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2SkHRNA

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The AU force in a series of tweets on Thursday says the commander, the head of tax collection in Lower Shabelle region, was killed after an ambush on Monday on an al-Shabab meeting in Bariire. The extremists bring in funding by taxing the communities they control. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JghHaF

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The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a Maharashtra government's plea against a High Court order disallowing more probe time to the state police to investigate five activists accused of being linked tobanned Maoist outfit. The Bombay High Court in its October 24 order had set-aside the Special Court's order permitting another 90 days time to the Maharashtra Police from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ShUw4c

India made a strong pitch to expand its steadily growing market for black tea in China by organising a tea promotion campaign that officials say would help in scaling up the tea trade between the two countries. People in China, where tea originated, mainly consumes green teas without milk unlike black Indian tea. The Indian Embassy here in association with the Tea Board of India and China Tea Marketing Association held the Indian tea promotion event here from October 23-25. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2q9ELiL

Promising that all corrupt leaders will go to jail, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that no politicians and officials who have put Pakistan into the debt trap through their corrupt practices will get protection from any legislation like the defunct National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RfzMsy

Japan's Shinzo Abe arrived in China Thursday, the first visit to the Asian giant by a Japanese prime minister since relations between the two countries soured six years ago over a territorial row.Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss how to improve economic cooperation as the world's second and third largest economies prepare to weather a US onslaught of trade measures. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Arc3zS

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Store owner Didier asked the two would-be robbers to come in the evening when there will be more cash. He managed to convince them that afternoon hours is not a good time to rob a store. They came back in the evening but Didier again requested them to come at a later time to which they obliged. The third time police was already waiting for them in plain clothes. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OQDBHX

Beijing has been infuriated by recent US sanctions on its military, one of a growing number of flashpoints in ties with Washington that include a bitter trade war, Taiwan and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O5Q19g

A gunman walked into a Kentucky supermarket on Wednesday and shot a man dead then left the store and killed a woman in the parking lot, police said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O5kNPI

The European Commission, the 28-nation EU's executive arm, proposed banning such items that it said account for 70 perc ent of the waste in the oceans and beaches. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ELnnv3

The European Commission, the 28-nation EU's executive arm, proposed banning such items that it said account for 70 perc ent of the waste in the oceans and beaches. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ELnnv3