October2017
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Cisco Systems Inc to buy BroadSoft Inc in a deal valued at $1.9 billion
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Cisco Systems Inc, the world’s largest networking gear manufacturer, said it will buy U.S. telecommunications software company BroadSoft Inc in a deal valued at about $1.9 billion, including debt. Cisco said it would offer... -
Tesla reached an agreement with Shanghai authorities to build its own plant in China
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Tesla has reached an agreement with Shanghai authorities that would make it the first foreign automaker to build its own plant in China, putting it in the driver’s seat in the world’s biggest electric-vehicle... -
Russia says Iraqi Kurds must act in concert with Baghdad
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Russia respects the desire of Iraqi Kurdistan to assert its identity but this must be done in dialogue with the Iraqi government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday at talks with his... -
Catalonia warns of civil disobedience as Madrid readies direct rule
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Catalonia said on Monday it was confident all officials including police would defy attempts by Madrid to enforce direct rule on the region, in an escalating dispute that has raised fears of unrest among... -
Rahul Gandhi says, Modi trying to silence protesting voices, but angry youth can’t be silenced or bought
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Continuing his attack against the Centre, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said Modi government’s Make in India project has failed and every section of the society is protesting against government. “Modi government is trying... -
Trump’s tougher stance could backfire by boosting Iran’s Guards
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a military force with political clout and an industrial empire, stands to benefit from heightened tension between Washington and Tehran, officials and analysts said. President Donald Trump broke... -
Iraq dismisses U.S. call for Iranian-backed militias to ‘go home’
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: The Iraqi government has dismissed a call from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped Baghdad defeat Islamic State to end operations in Iraq. Speaking after a meeting on... -
Japan’s Abe to push pacifist constitution reform after strong election win
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a huge election win for lawmakers who favor revising Japan’s post-war, pacifist constitution, signaled a push towards his long-held goal on Monday but will need to convince a... -
May, Juncker aides in Twitter spat over dinner leaks
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Another unflattering account of Theresa May at dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker has appeared in a German newspaper and sparked a Twitter spat between aides past and present to the British prime minister and EU... -
Rohingya arrivals ‘untenable’ as thousands arrive daily: Bangladesh
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar, an “untenable situation” for neighbor Bangladesh, the country’s U.N. envoy said on Monday, calling on Myanmar to let them return. Some 600,000 people have...
