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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 24

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UNITED NATIONS -- The Security Council has postponed a vote on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across Syria, till 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) on Saturday, said Kuwaiti ambassador to the United Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi.

Al-Otaibi, who is president of the Security Council for the month of February, said the council members failed to reach consensus on Friday after rounds of closed-door consultations. (UN-Syria-Vote)

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BRUSSELS -- European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday urged leaders of European Union member states to speed up their work on agreeing post-Brexit multiannual budget in order to avoid losses on money and jobs.

"Time is money. Delays in agreeing EU budget would cost 5000 research jobs for every single month that we do not agree and up to 600,000 Erasmus places in 2021 alone. And would jeopardize crucial infrastructure projects," Juncker told a press conference after a summit meeting of 27 EU leaders excluding Britain's prime minister. (EU-Brexit-Budget)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department said on Friday that the United States is planning to open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move that has reversed longtime U.S. policy and triggered global objection.

The embassy will initially be located in the Arnona neighborhood in a building that now houses consular operations of U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem, said the State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert in a statement. (US-Jerusalem)

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MOGADISHU -- At least 18 people have been confirmed dead and 20 others injured in twin bombing attacks in Mogadishu on Friday.

Aamin Ambulance Director Abdukadir Abdirahman said 18 people died in the double bombings, one of which targeting the presidential palace. (Somalia-Bombing Attack)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States would launch the heaviest set of sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

"We imposed today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before," Trump said in an address to a conservative activist group in the state of Maryland. (US-DPRK-Sanctions) Enditem

 

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