| U.S peace envoy visits Kabul to consult president on talks with Taliban Posted: 27 Jan 2019 07:01 AM PST  With Khalilzad and his boss U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as well Taliban officials, hailing progress toward ending America's longest war, he must now win over President Ashraf Ghani -- whose government the Taliban have so far kept out of the process. Six days of talks ended in Qatar on Saturday with key parts of a draft pact mapped out, including an 18-month timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops after the completion of a deal, according to Taliban officials. The draft also includes assurances from the hardline Islamic group that it will not allow Afghanistan to be used by al-Qaeda and Islamic State to attack the U.S. and its allies - a core U.S. demand.
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| U.S. calls on world to 'pick a side' on Venezuela; Europeans set to recognize Guaido Posted: 27 Jan 2019 04:02 AM PST  In heated back-and-forth exchanges at a United Nations Security Council meeting, the opposing camp led by Venezuela and Russia, which has invested heavily in Venezuela's oil industry, accused Washington of attempting a coup, and lambasted Europeans' demand that elections be called within eight days. Guaido, who took the helm of the National Assembly on Jan. 5, proclaimed himself interim president on Wednesday. The United States, Canada and a string of Latin American countries recognized the young leader in quick succession.
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| Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst Posted: 26 Jan 2019 10:02 PM PST ![Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst]( "Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst") The dam ruptured on Friday, releasing a torrent of mining waste that slammed into Vale's facilities and cut through a nearby community, leaving a roughly 150-meter-wide (500-foot-wide) wake of destruction stretching for miles (km). The Minas Gerais state fire department, which gave the latest confirmed death toll, also said 23 people had been sent to hospitals. Some 250 people remained missing, according to a list released by Vale.
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