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A battle to save Indonesia's orangutans |
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Jakarta | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| A deep peatland forest in Indonesian Borneo is home to one of the world's largest remaining populations of endangered orangutans, but the habitat is under threat despite changes in law designed to protect it.
Borneo is one of the most bio-diverse places ... read.. |
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Migrant children cry for separated parents |
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New York | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| An audio recording in which migrant children in the US can be heard crying for their parents has been released as US President Donald Trump remains defiant over his immigration policy, a BBC News report has said.
Some 2,000 migrant children have been sepa ... read.. |
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Puan, oldest known Sumatran orangutan, dies in Australia |
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Jakarta | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62, leaving behind 54 descendants, according to a BBC News report.
Puan, described as the "grand old lady" of Perth Zoo, was euthanised on Monday due to age-related complicatio ... read.. |
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Dozens feared dead as overloaded Sumatra ferry sinks |
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Jakarta | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Indonesian rescuers are searching for more than 100 people missing after a ferry sank on a lake in Sumatra., a BBC report said on Tuesday.
Eighteen survivors have been pulled from rough waters on Lake Toba, a popular tourist destination and one of the dee ... read.. |
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Confusion as Tunisian wrestling goes unpunished by VAR |
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LONDON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The sight of Tunisia defenders wrestling England's Harry Kane to the ground in the penalty area without punishment during Monday's World Cup Group G match has raised more questions about the worth of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Ferjani Sassi wrappe ... read.. |
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No plans to legalise or decriminalise cannabis - May's spokesman |
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LONDON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| British Prime Minister Theresa May has no plans to legalise or decriminalise cannabis, her spokesman said on Tuesday after a former leader of her Conservative Party urged her to consider the drug's legalisation.
Earlier, William Hague, a member of parliam ... read.. |
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British PM May hopes lawmakers will back Brexit plan - spokesman |
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LONDON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| British Prime Minister Theresa May hopes lawmakers will back her proposal to offer them a say over a Brexit deal, her spokesman said on Tuesday, before a showdown in parliament over her plans to leave the European Union.
May cannot accept a competing prop ... read.. |
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U.S. Senate passes defense bill, battle looms with Trump over China's ZTE |
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By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone
WASHINGTON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The U.S. Senate passed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump's call for a bigger, stronger military but setting up a potential battle with the White House over Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corp.
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Ancient city found in China |
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Beijing | Tuesday, 2018 4:15:07 PM IST |
| Archaeologists have discovered a city dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1384-1644) in China's Jiangxi province. ... read.. |
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India, EU committed to respecting Paris Agreement |
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Athens [Greece] | June 19, 2018 4:11:36 PM IST |
| Emphasising on the need for clean energy and climate change, President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said India and the European Union (EU) are united in their commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement. ... read.. |
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Nothing to fear from China, says Malaysian PM |
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Kuala Lumpur | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Malaysia wants to strengthen its "good relations" with Beijing, says Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, but he is urging Chinese companies investing in his country to refrain from relying only on material, capital and labour from back home and denying his c ... read.. |
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Nepal: PM Oli leaves for China |
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Kathmandu | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday left for an official visit to China at the invitation of Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang.
According to Assistant Spokesperson and Information Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ... read.. |
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Doctors declare Kulsoom Nawaz's condition as critical |
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London | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The doctors have described the condition of former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif s wife, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz as critical, according to the Dunya News report.
The doctors treating Ms Kulsoom, while briefing th ... read.. |
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Pak elections: Scrutiny of nomination papers to be completed today |
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Islamabad | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will complete the process of scrutiny of nomination papers filed by candidates for upcoming general elections on Tuesday, according a Dunya News report.
According to ECP, a total of 21,482 nomination papers have been ... read.. |
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Ex-FIFA head Blatter flying to Moscow for World Cup - spokesman |
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MOSCOW | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will fly to Moscow on Tuesday to visit the soccer World Cup and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, his spokesman told Reuters.
Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, is currently serving a six-year ban for unethi ... read.. |
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At least 128 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia - official |
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JAKARTA | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| At least 128 passengers were missing after a ferry sank in Indonesia's Lake Toba on Monday evening, a search and rescue official said on Tuesday.
"Many people have reported their relatives missing," Budiawan, head of the search and rescue agency based in ... read.. |
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68.5 mn people forcibly displaced worldwide: UN |
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Geneva [Switzerland] | June 19, 2018 3:41:40 PM IST |
| According to the Global Trends report, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency said the number of forcibly displaced people was increased to 68.5 million by the end of 2017. ... read.. |
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ROs reject nomination papers of Farooq Sattar, Musharraf |
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Islamabad [Pakistan] | June 19, 2018 3:11:42 PM IST |
| The returning officers (ROs) on Tuesday rejected the nomination papers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) Dr Farooq Sattar and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf. ... read.. |
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EU court says Marine Le Pen should pay back EU Parliament funds |
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(Rptng | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The EU's second highest court on Tuesday upheld a decision by the European Parliament to recover 300,000 euros ($347,550.00) from far-right politician and former French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.
Le Pen, also a member of the European Parliament ... read.. |
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Attacks in northern Mozambique kill 39 since May -report |
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(Rptng | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique, where huge gas reserves are being developed, have killed at least 39 people and displaced more than 1,000 since May, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Violence first broke out in Mozambique's northern prov ... read.. |
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West Mosul: 'Worst devastation I have seen,' says Angelina Jolie |
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United nations | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| After visiting the shattered streets of West Mosul over the weekend, the long-standing United Nations Refugee Agency envoy, Angelina Jolie, said that she had never seen such devastation, in her 17-years of working in the field.
Mosul was liberated by an I ... read.. |
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UN mobilises in Rohingya camps to support babies born of rape |
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United Nations | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Despite challenges brought on by the arrival of the monsoon season this month, United Nations agencies in Bangladesh continue to support nearly one million Rohingya refugees, including thousands of victims of sexual violence.
Members of the mainly-Muslim ... read.. |
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UN chief condemns suspected Boko Haram attacks targeting Eid |
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United Nations | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has condemned Saturday's attacks in northeastern Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents targeting Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
According to media reports, blasts killed dozens of people in the Damboa Loc ... read.. |
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Every year more and more people getting displaced |
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United Nations | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million to 68.5 million, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, warning that the world's displacement hotspots "are becoming hotter".
Citing ongoing, protra ... read.. |
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UN rights chief slams 'unconscionable' US border policy |
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United nations | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| As part of his final global update, the United Nations human rights chief on has voiced his deep concern over recently-adopted United States border protection policies that have seen hundreds of migrant children forcibly separated from their parents.
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Kim visiting China for 3rd time since March |
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Beijing | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, arrived in China on Tuesday to begin a two-day visit, his third such trip since March.
Mr Kim's trip comes one week after his landmark summit meeting in Singapore with the US President Donald Trump.
Xinhua, China's offic ... read.. |
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Consumers and private sector critical in fighting droughts |
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Quito | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| More than 3.2 billion people, or two in every five people, are impacted by land degradation today and up to 143 million people could move within their countries by 2050 to escape water scarcity and falling crop productivity due to the slow onset impacts o ... read.. |
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SI committed to peace among peoples and countries of Balkans |
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London | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The Socialist International -- a worldwide association of political parties, most of which seek to establish democratic socialism -- has said that the parties belonging to the socialist family were committed to peace and cooperation among the peoples and ... read.. |
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Two men killed in Malmo shooting -Swedish police |
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STOCKHOLM | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Two men were killed and others wounded in a shooting in the coastal city of Malmo in southern Sweden on Monday night, police said.
The two, aged 18 and 29, came into hospital with four other injured men after the shooting but died overnight, police said i ... read.. |
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Uzbekistan invites Afghan government, Taliban for peace talks |
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TASHKENT | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Uzbekistan said it had invited the government of neighbouring Afghanistan and the Taliban to take part in direct peace talks on its territory after both sides announced ceasefires over the Eid holiday.
The Taliban announced a surprise three-day ceasefire ... read.. |
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3 killed at Swedish cafe shooting |
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Stockholm | Tuesday, 2018 1:45:08 PM IST |
| At least three people have been killed in a shooting at an Internet cafe in the Swedish city of Malmo, police said. ... read.. |
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Trump threatens additional $200bn in tariffs on China |
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Washington | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200bn (151bn) of Chinese goods in a growing trade row, said a BBC News report on Tuesday.
Mr Trump said the 10 per cent tariffs would come into effect if China "refuses to chan ... read.. |
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NKorea's Kim visit Beijing; SKorea, US halt military drill |
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By Ben Blanchard and Christine Kim
BEIJING/SEOUL | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major joint military exercise.
Thi ... read.. |
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Rescuers battle high waves in search for Indonesia ferry survivors |
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By Yudi Saputra
PEMATANG SIANTAR | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Indonesian rescue workers fought heavy rains and two-meter waves on Tuesday in a search for survivors after a ferry with at least 80 passengers on board sank in Lake Toba, a popular tourist destination in North Sumatra.
An estimated 18 people had been res ... read.. |
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Trump ratchets up China trade conflict with fresh tariff threat |
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By Eric Beech and Tony Munroe
WASHINGTON/BEIJING | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, prompting a swift warning from Beijing of retaliation, as the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies quickly escalated.
Trump's latest ... read.. |
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UN refugee boss concerned over US separating children from families |
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By Tom Miles
GENEVA | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The United Nations refugee agency is very concerned over the United States separating children of asylum seekers from their families, and has raised the issue with Washington, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said.
In an interview with R ... read.. |
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Thailand executes first prisoner by lethal injection since 2009 |
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BANGKOK | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said on Tuesday, a move the human rights group Amnesty International condemned as a "deeply misguided" effort to reduce crime.
Theerasak Longji, 26, was executed by lethal ... read.. |
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Video game addiction, a mental health disorder: WHO |
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Geneva | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Obsessively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition, The World Health Organization has said.
The UN health agency said on Monday that the statement confirmed the fears of some parents but led critics to warn that it may risk ... read.. |
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Landslide alert in Japan after earthquake |
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Tokyo | Tuesday, 2018 1:15:07 PM IST |
| Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued landslide alerts in Osaka, after a strong earthquake a day earlier measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale left four dead and 381 injured. ... read.. |
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Nepal PM leaves for China today |
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Kathmandu [Nepal] | June 19, 2018 12:41:27 PM IST |
| Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli embarked on a six-day official visit to China on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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3 killed in Japan quake (Lead) |
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Tokyo | Tuesday, 2018 11:20:54 AM IST |
| At least three people were killed and over 50 others injured on Monday when a an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Osaka city. ... read.. |
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Magnitude 6.1 quake in Japan's Osaka area kills four, halts factories |
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By Kaori Kaneko and Malcolm Foster
TOKYO | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| A magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Osaka, Japan's second-biggest metropolis, killed four people, injured hundreds more and halted factory lines in an industrial area, government and company officials said on Tuesday.
Authorities were assessing the damage from ... read.. |
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Search resumes after 18 rescued from Indonesia ferry sinking |
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JAKARTA | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Indonesian authorities resumed a search for survivors on Tuesday after a ferry with at least 80 passengers on board sank in rough weather in Lake Toba, a popular tourist destination in North Sumatra.
An estimated 18 people had been rescued and one passeng ... read.. |
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Iraq condemns strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State |
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CAIRO | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Iraq on Tuesday condemned air strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq or Syria after Syrian state media said that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries.
In a statem ... read.. |
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Trump threatens to hit China with new tariffs on $200 bln in goods |
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WASHINGTON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, escalating a tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing.
In a statement, Trump said he had asked the U.S. trade representative to identify the Chinese ... read.. |
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US, S.Korea agree to suspend joint military exercise |
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By Idrees Ali and Christine Kim
WASHINGTON/SEOUL | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The United States and South Korea have agreed to suspend a joint military exercise scheduled for August, South Korean and U.S. officials said on Monday, following President Donald Trump's pledge to end "war games" after his summit with North Korean leader ... read.. |
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Amid outrage over children, White House defends immigration policy |
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By Lisa Lambert and Makini Brice
WASHINGTON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| The Trump administration on Monday defended its hardline immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border as criticism mounted over detained immigrant parents being separated from their children, including video of youngsters sitting in concrete-floored cages ... read.. |
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US' Pompeo expects to return to N.Korea 'before terribly long' |
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By David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he would likely travel back to North Korea "before too terribly long" to try to flesh out commitments made at a landmark summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singap ... read.. |
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Florida rapper XXXTentacion, 20, dies in shooting |
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UNDATED | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| Up-and-coming U.S. rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead near Miami, Florida, on Monday, police said.
The Broward County sheriff's office said in a statement that an adult male who was shot near Miami on Monday afternoon and taken to a hospital was later pron ... read.. |
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Body to grant free CNICs to transgenders |
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Islamabad | Tuesday, Jun 19 2018 IST |
| A committee will soon be formed to provide free Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) to transgenders besides other welfare measures.
The order was issued by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday during a follow-up hearing ... read.. |
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World's oldest Sumatran orangutan dead |
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Canberra | Tuesday, 2018 11:15:05 AM IST |
| The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62, leaving behind 54 descendants, authorities said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Rohingya camp leader murdered in Bangladesh |
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Dhaka [Bangladesh] | June 19, 2018 11:11:26 AM IST |
| The head majhi of block 11, Balukhali camp (2/2), Arif Ullah (35) was hacked to death by unknown assailants inside the camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. ... read.. |
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Helmand Peace Convoy reaches Kabul |
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Kabul [Afghanistan] | June 19, 2018 11:11:24 AM IST |
| After having walked for 38 days to reach Kabul, the members of the Helmand Peace Convoy finally reached Afghanistan's capital around 8 am on Monday. ... read.. |
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Kim Jong-un in China again (Lead) |
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Beijing | Tuesday, 2018 10:45:04 AM IST |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is on a two-day visit to China from Tuesday, his third such trip to the country since March this year. ... read.. |
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No call between US, North Korea: White House |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 9:45:04 AM IST |
| The White House has confirmed that there was no call between US and North Korean officials over the weekend despite President Donald Trump saying that he planned on "calling North Korea" over the Father's Day holiday, the media reported. ... read.. |
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Kim Jong-un in China again |
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Beijing | Tuesday, 2018 9:45:04 AM IST |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is on a two-day China visit from Tuesday, his third such trip to the country since March this year. ... read.. |
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Objections to Imran's candidacy baseless: Lawyer |
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Islamabad [Pakistan] | June 19, 2018 9:41:27 AM IST |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan's legal counsel Babar Awan on Monday termed the objections to former's candidacy for NA-53 constituency of Islamabad for the upcoming general elections as baseless. ... read.. |
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PTI to nominate 240 NA candidates |
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Islamabad [Pakistan] | June 19, 2018 9:41:24 AM IST |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) parliamentary board will nominate 240 candidates for the National Assembly seats in Pakistan. ... read.. |
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Seoul confirms Kim's trip to China |
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Seoul [South Korea] | June 19, 2018 9:41:24 AM IST |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to visit China on Tuesday to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. ... read.. |
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Russia may have upgraded nuclear bunker: Report |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 9:15:08 AM IST |
| Russia may have significantly upgraded a nuclear weapons storage bunker in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory between Poland and the Baltics, as tensions between Moscow and the West continue to rise, according to a new report. ... read.. |
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Dismayed by forcible separation of children from families: Microsoft |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 8:45:06 AM IST |
| Facing a flak over its contract with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- the agency that's behind the forced separation of children from parents at the US-Mexico border -- Microsoft said it was not working with the agency on any project. ... read.. |
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S.Korea, US suspend major military exercise |
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Seoul | Tuesday, 2018 8:45:06 AM IST |
| South Korea and the US have decided to suspend the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise slated for August, amid dialogue efforts to denuclearize North Korea, the two countries' officials said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Kulsoom Nawaz's condition 'highly critical' |
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London [United Kingdom] | June 19, 2018 7:41:33 AM IST |
| The condition of the wife of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Begum Kulsoom, is highly critical, according to the doctors treating her at Harley Street Clinic in London. ... read.. |
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India, Greece to boost economic ties |
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Athens [Greece] | June 19, 2018 6:41:34 AM IST |
| India and Greece will strengthen the bilateral economic relationship by focusing on sectors like shipping, tourism and agriculture, confirmed an official from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). ... read.. |
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Poll shows 66% of US voters oppose family separations |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 5:45:04 AM IST |
| Sixty-six per cent of US voters oppose the administration's controversial policy of separating children from their parents who get caught crossing the country's border illegally, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released on Monday. ... read.. |
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