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Monday, June 4, 2018

Rains fail to quench western U.S. wildfires

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: U.S. Leave a Comment

(Reuters) - Rains fell on two massive wildfires in the U.S. southwest but it was not enough to quench the fires that were burning through thousands of acres in New Mexico and Colorado early Monday, officials said.

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Woman armed with pellet gun prompts brief shutdown of San Diego marathon

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: U.S. Leave a Comment

(Reuters) - A woman wielding a pellet gun prompted police to briefly shut down San Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon on Sunday and halt thousands of runners before she was taken into custody, officials said.

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North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit - U.S. official

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior U.S. official said, a move analysts said on Monday could support efforts by the North's young leader to jump-start economic development and engage with the world.

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Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruption kills 25, injures hundreds

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano in more than four decades, officials said.

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U.S. urges China to come clean on Tiananmen anniversary

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States urges China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

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Iran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

LONDON (Reuters) - The world should stand up to Washington's bullying behavior, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday by state media in a letter to counterparts, as the top diplomat intensifies efforts to save a nuclear deal after a U.S. exit.

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At least 48 migrants dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

TUNIS (Reuters) - At least 48 migrants were killed when their boat sank off Tunisia's coast and 67 others were rescued by the coast guard, officials said on Sunday, one of the worst migrant boat accidents in recent years.

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Hong Kong former lawmakers sentenced to one month in jail

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced two former lawmakers to four weeks in jail for unlawful assembly inside the legislature while they were still lawmakers, further sapping the energy of political activists in the Chinese-ruled territory.

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Police clear out two more migrant camps in Paris

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

PARIS (Reuters) - French police began on Monday to clear out two illegal refugee camp sites in Paris, following a similar operation last week, in the government's latest attempt to deal with a migrant influx that France has been facing for the past three years.

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Anti-immigration party wins Slovenia elections

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - An anti-immigration opposition party won Slovenia's parliamentary election on Sunday, taking 25 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results.

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Five dead in Indonesian illegal gold mine accident

By Umair Ahmed June 04, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Five illegal gold miners in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi died after the mine they were working in collapsed and buried them during heavy rain on Sunday afternoon, Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said.