Protesters call upon Trump to reunite migrant families
CALIFORNIA, July 01 (Reuters): Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States (US) on Saturday.They demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the US-Mexico border and led to plans for military-run detention camps.Outside the White House, protesters waved...
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Kim urges Xi to help end sanctions against N Korea
TOKYO, July 01 (Agencies): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appealed to China's Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.A Japanese newspaper reported it on Sunday, citing multiple unnamed sources in the two countries.Kim made the request during his third...
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48 die as bus falls into gorge in India
Uttarakhand, July 01 (Agencies): At least 48 people have been killed and another critically injured after a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Paudi Garhwal district on Sunday.The accident took place on the Pipali-Bhoan motorway in Pauri Garhwal's Nainidanda block, reported NDTV news.The police and a team from the...
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Thousands rally in HK over Beijing's tightening grip
HONG KONG, July 01 (Reuters): Thousands of Hong Kong (HK) people braved sweltering heat on Sunday to protest against Beijing's tightening grip over the city. The former British colony marked the 21st anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.The protestors included elderly people in wheelchairs, couples with sleeping toddlers and...
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DSE News in Brief (2-7-2018)
IS gunmen behead three Afghans, torch schoolKABUL, July 01: Unidentified gunmen beheaded three men and torched a boys' school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan late on Saturday, in an attack officials blamed on Islamic State militants. "They brutally beheaded three attendants and set fire to the school building," Mohammad...
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