| Qatar Buys Mexican Oil Stakes From Eni -  Eni and the government-owned energy company in Qatar, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, will produce about 90,000 barrels of oil a day from the Amoca, Mizton and Tecoalli fields in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of 2021, Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, Qatar’s energy minister, said in Doha. The fields hold 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, he said at a press conference with Eni Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi.
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| Top Democrat Schiff Adds Call for Probe of Trump, Deutsche Bank Links -  Representative Adam Schiff of California said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that any type of compromise needs to be investigated. Schiff’s comments came three days after Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and fellow Senate Democrat Chris Van Hollen called for a Banking Committee investigation of Deutsche Bank’s compliance with U.S. money-laundering regulations.
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 15:25:20 -0500
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| Any decision on Brexit deal will happen in New Year - British trade minister - ![Any decision on Brexit deal will happen in New Year - British trade minister]( "Any decision on Brexit deal will happen in New Year - British trade minister") British trade minister Liam Fox said on Sunday talks with the European Union to secure "assurances" for parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal will take time, with a decision expected in the New Year. "The prime minister is giving an update tomorrow, she will be talking to the cabinet on Tuesday, it is very clear that the EU understand what the problem is.
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 11:20:25 -0500
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| Restaurant explosion injures dozens in Sapporo, Japan - ![Restaurant explosion injures dozens in Sapporo, Japan]( "Restaurant explosion injures dozens in Sapporo, Japan") More than 40 people were injured in an explosion Sunday night at a restaurant in northern Japan, police said. The cause of the explosion, which occurred at a two-story restaurant in Sapporo’s Toyohira district, is under investigation, police said, adding that they had no further details.
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:47:26 -0500
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| Iraq lays cornerstone to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque -  Iraqis on Sunday laid the cornerstone in rebuilding Mosul's Al-Nuri mosque and leaning minaret, national emblems destroyed last year in the ferocious battle against the Islamic State group. The famed 12th century mosque and minaret, dubbed Al-Hadba or "the hunchback," hosted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's only public appearance as IS chief, when he declared a self-styled "caliphate" after the jihadists swept into Mosul in 2014. The structures were ravaged three years later in the final, most brutal stages of the months-long fight to rid Iraq's second city of IS.
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