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Post-Brexit Britain starts search for new global role

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Britain will begin trying to define the new role it wants to play in global politics, the government said on Tuesday, launching a review of foreign policy, defense, security and international aid. Britain technically completed its protracted exit from the European Union on Jan. 31, ending more than four decades ...

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Russia says ‘no’ to Syria ceasefire, top UN diplomats say

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Russia opposed the UN Security Council’s declaration for a ceasefire in north-west Syria, top UN diplomats said, after a tense closed-door meeting in New York, AFP reported. “Basically, Russia said no, which is very painful,” Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, president of the United Nations Council for February, told reporters. “There ...

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