Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Mexico vows to identify thousands of remains, 'worst legacy' of violence

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Mexico's government vowed on Monday to identify thousands of human remains that have accumulated in morgues and mass graves during more than a decade of gang violence and stirred anger among bereaved families.


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Japan economy minister Motegi says to meet USTR Lighthizer this week

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Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday he would meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer timed with the U.S. official's visit to Japan for the Group of 20 leaders' summit later this week.


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Trump 'comfortable with any outcome' from pivotal Xi talks - official

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U.S. President Donald Trump views this week's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as a chance to see where Beijing stands on the countries' trade war, and is "comfortable with any outcome" from the talks, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.


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Drones disrupt flights at Singapore airport for second time in a week

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Unauthorized drone flying caused the second spate of delays and flight diversions in less than a week at Singapore's Changi airport on Monday night, the city-state's aviation authority said.


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China Vice Premier Liu holds call with Lighthizer, Mnuchin

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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a phone conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Tuesday.


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Trump's 'deal of the century' falls flat in West Bank

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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank say Donald Trump's economic master plan does not help them.

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Monday, June 24, 2019

Dopey: ‘We needed somewhere to tell wild drug stories’

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Listeners came for the wild anecdotes, but have stuck around to form an informal support network.

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Chatty cockroach gets Greeks talking on Athens streets

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How two female artists reignited debate on the streets of Greece by imitating an insect.

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Five murders, six men and 16 years of stolen lives

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How a miscarriage of justice destroyed six men and their families in India.

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Ethiopia mosque ban: 'Our sacred city of Aksum must be protected'

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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian leaders say they would rather die than see a mosque in their ancient city of Aksum.

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What's happening in the news this week?

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In which the gestation period of a white rhino is used to explain this week's news.

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Quake of magnitude 7.5 shakes East Timor, Australia; no tsunami feared

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A powerful, deep 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coasts of East Timor and Indonesia on Monday, and was felt as far away as Australia, but authorities said it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.


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State minister for financial affairs to lead UAE delegation to Bahrain meeting

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The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it's delegation to a U.S.-led Bahrain meeting on Palestine would be led by its minister of state for financial affairs.


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U.S. cyber attacks on Iranian targets not successful, Iran minister says

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U.S. cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran's telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon launched a long-planned cyber attack to disable the country's rocket launch systems.


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Quake of magnitude 7.5 shakes East Timor, Indonesia; no tsunami feared

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A deep earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off the coasts of East Timor and Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, and Pacific monitoring authorities ruled out the chance of tsunami.


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'Sex and shopping' author Judith Krantz dies at 91

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Her steamy bestselling novels feature young, beautiful heroines meeting rich, handsome men.

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'Flying Wallendas' cross Times Square on high wire

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A brother and sister tightrope act crossed Times Square on a high wire 25 floors above the New York landmark on Sunday night.


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Earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits remote area of Indonesia: USGS

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An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck in a remote area of Indonesia in the Banda Sea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no initial tsunami warnings.


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China says will not allow Hong Kong issue to be discussed at G20 summit

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China's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Jun said on Monday that China will not allow the Group of 20 nations to discuss the Hong Kong issue at its summit this week.


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Rajasthan tent collapse kills 14 at religious event

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Officials say some were electrocuted when storms caused a tent to collapse at a religious event.

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China will not allow Hong Kong issue to be discussed at G20 summit

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China's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Jun said on Monday that China will not allow the Group of 20 to discuss the Hong Kong issue at its upcoming summit.


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