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Polls are open in Kuwait<\/strong>, where citizens are voting for new lawmakers as efforts to rescue an economy reeling from an oil slump have been delayed by disagreements between the government and parliament, Bloomberg<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Israelis are heading back to the polls by next summer for the fourth election in under two<\/strong> years<\/strong>, after parliament backed a preliminary vote to dissolve itself after Netanyahu\u2019s fragile coalition with rival Benny Gantz couldn\u2019t agree on the budget, the Times of Israel<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

ACROSS THE POND- <\/strong>White House officials are under scrutiny for allegedly accepting bribes <\/strong>in exchange for brokering presidential pardon<\/strong>, according to Reuters<\/a>. And don\u2019t expect Biden to be a China dove<\/strong> \u2014 the president-elect told New York Times<\/a> columnist Thomas Friedman he will slowly peel back the tariffs his predecessor imposed on 50% of Chinese exports to the US.<\/p>\n

IN DIPLOMACY- President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed developments in the<\/strong> Eastern Mediterranean with Greek defense minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos<\/strong> on Thursday, an Ittihadiya statement<\/a> said. Panagiotopoulos\u2019 three-day visit<\/a> to Egypt last week coincided with the Medusa 10 military drills<\/a> between Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, France and the UAE.<\/p>\n

El Sisi also talked to outgoing US president Donald Trump on the phone on Thursday.<\/strong> The two discussed \u201ca number of regional issues,\u201d Ittihadiya said<\/a>, giving little away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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