| Japan's Biggest Bank CEO Joins Exodus From Saudi Business Forum -  MUFG Bank Ltd. CEO Kanetsugu Mike won’t attend the Future Investment Initiative conference that begins Tuesday, spokesman Kazunobu Takahara said Sunday by phone, without giving a reason for his withdrawal. Eiichi Yoshikawa, deputy president of the unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., will go instead, Takahara said.
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| Mnuchin says premature to comment on sanctions against Saudi Arabia - ![Mnuchin says premature to comment on sanctions against Saudi Arabia]( "Mnuchin says premature to comment on sanctions against Saudi Arabia") Mnuchin said information so far on the investigation was "a good first step but not enough" as Riyadh faced international pressure to disclose what happened to Khashoggi, who disappeared after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized on Saturday that he was not satisfied with the Saudis' handling of the case, further raising questions over whether he would act to impose sanctions on Saudi officials believed to be behind Khashoggi's death. "It would be premature to comment on sanctions and premature to comment on really any issues until we get further down the investigation and get to the bottom of what occurred," Mnuchin told reporters in Jerusalem at the start of a Middle East visit.
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| Twitter Agog At Trump Whopper That Californians Are 'Rioting' Over Sanctuary Cities -  President Donald Trump insisted Saturday at a Nevada campaign rally that
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| The Latest: 2 suspects charged in Georgia officer's slaying -  SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer (all times local):
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:59:50 -0400
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| Israel reopens people, goods crossings to Gaza after lull -  Israel ordered the country's goods and people border crossings with Gaza to be opened on Sunday, just four days after shuttering them following a Palestinian rocket attack that sparked retaliatory air strikes. The move followed efforts to prevent an escalation in violence that has raised fears of a new war between Israel and the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers Hamas. "The decision comes after a decrease in the violent events in Gaza over the weekend and efforts Hamas made to restrain" demonstrators, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman's office said in a statement.
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