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As the fallout from Donald Trump Jr.’s communiques continues to land, late night has found plenty more material to mine from the scandal.
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As the fallout from Donald Trump Jr.’s communiques continues to land, late night has found plenty more material to mine from the scandal.
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The joint communique covering the entire summit — which the U.S. joined after heated negotiations — addresses many different issues including climate change.
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Previous G20 statements called for world leaders to denounce protectionism, and while the communique is mostly symbolic, this phrase has taken a more important role after the global financial crisis.
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Venezuela's government said in a communique the helicopter was stolen by investigative police pilot Oscar Perez, who declared himself in rebellion against Maduro.
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Panama's Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi drink a toast after signing a joint communique on establishing diplomatic relations during a press briefing on June 13, 2017.
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The GCC is the Gulf Cooperation Council, whose six members - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar - signed a communique with Trump pledging to continue their joint fight against terrorism.
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The Islamic State group, in a quick communique, took responsibility for the attack.
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Origin and Etymology of communiqué
French, from past participle of communiquer to communicate, from Latin communicare
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: an official announcement about a usually very important piece of news
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