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Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May was met with sympathy but firm refusals on a desperate tour of European capitals on Tuesday, with EU leaders ruling out any renegotiation of the Brexit deal. A day after she postponed a crucial vote on the deal in the British parliament, May said she was meeting EU counterparts in an attempt to receive "reassurances". from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Pu5OQ8

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The US military said on Tuesday it successfully tested a key missile defence system, a milestone that demonstrated US capability to knock down an incoming, intermediate-range missile from countries like North Korea. The Aegis Ashore system used in the latest test was fitted with a Standard Missile 3 Block IIA (SM-3 IIA) interceptor being developed in a joint venture between Raytheon Co and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2B9j0Vs

US intelligence warned that Chinese cyber activity in the US had risen in recent months, and the targeting of critical infrastructure in such operations suggested an attempt to lay the groundwork for future disruptive attacks. Critical infrastructure is a term the US government uses to describe industries from energy and chemicals to financial services and manufacturing from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UEsnFJ

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President Donald Trump says the military will build his promised border wall "if Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country." Trump tweeted the threat hours before Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi were to meet with Trump at the White House in an effort to avert a possible partial government shutdown on Dec. 21. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QrDSBQ

The magazine also honoured Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — currently imprisoned in Myanmar — and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2rELbHD

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Security chief Viktor Zolotov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, is seeking one million rubles (USD 15,000) in damages in a suit to "defend his honour, his dignity and his professional reputation", his lawyer said. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LagqmC

Google's CEO faces a grilling from US lawmakers on how the web search giant handled an alarming data breach and whether it may bend to Chinese government censorship demands. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Eq52CD

Google's CEO faces a grilling from US lawmakers on how the web search giant handled an alarming data breach and whether it may bend to Chinese government censorship demands. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Eq52CD

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Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecommunications behemoth Huawei, was on December 1 arrested in Vancouver on US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, infuriating China. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QMq83V

One of the military's first acts after seizing power in May 2014 was to outlaw political activity of all kinds as it headed off opposition in a country notorious for its rowdy -- and often deadly -- street politics. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QmuBuK

Impeachment talks have ratcheted up in recent days following a blockbuster filing from prosecutors in the Southern District of New York in which they directly alleged for the first time that Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen was being directed by the president when he broke the law during the 2016 presidential campaign, CNN said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2C2NEBF

Trump has expressed concern that he could be impeached when Democrats take over the House, CNN quoted a source close to the president as saying. Trump is facing off against a series of accusations put together by a team of investigators. Special counsel Robert Mueller has launched an 18-month investigation into the legitimacy of Donald Trump's 2016 election win. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2C2NEBF

A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Atlantic Ocean, close to the South Sandwich Islands north of Antarctica, the U.S. Geological Survey said from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2G7XHcw

Claudia Sheinbaum, a 56-year-old scientist and environmentalist, rode to victory in the July elections on the same anti-establishment wave that brought her ally and mentor to power, Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2rx19Ds

Mark Lowcock, who recently returned from Yemen, told reporters there has been "a significant, dramatic deterioration" of the humanitarian situation in the country and "it's alarming.". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2rv0PF6

It may also signal more direct involvement of Donald Trump's White House, they said, in the nitty-gritty of the troubled negotiations, which depend on painstaking consensus building. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ep3FE6

It may also signal more direct involvement of Donald Trump's White House, they said, in the nitty-gritty of the troubled negotiations, which depend on painstaking consensus building. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ep3FE6

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