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Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, March 29

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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed the Article 50 notification letter which will officially begin Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), local media said.

Nine months after the divisive Brexit referendum last June, May will officially trigger Article 50 in the letter that will be hand delivered on Wednesday to European Council President Donald Tusk. (UK-EU-Brexit)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at reversing his predecessor Barack Obama's climate policies.

Trump, who once called climate change a "hoax," signed the Energy Independence Executive Order, during his first visit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (US-Climate change)

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LONDON -- Scotland has made one step further towards a second referendum on independence after winning the permission from the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

Members of the Scottish Parliament voted by 69 to 59 in favor of seeking permission for a referendum before Britain leaves the European Union. (UK-Scotland-Independence)

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MOSCOW -- Russia and Iran signed Tuesday a string of cooperation agreements in various fields including the energy sector as President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani for his official visit to Moscow.

The two leaders discussed during the meeting prospects for expanding bilateral trade, economic and investment ties and agreed to deepen Russian-Iranian cooperation in various areas, primarily the economy. (Russia-Iran-Cooperation)

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UNITED NATIONS -- Some seven million of people in Yemen could be put at risk by famine in 2017, Jamie McGoldrick, UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen warned on Tuesday.

McGoldrick said that an alarming 18.8 million of Yemeni people -- almost two thirds of the population -- need some kind of humanitarian or protection support, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told a daily briefing. (UN-Yemen-Famine) Endi