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Iran may raise uranium enrichment

TEHRAN, May 08 (BBC): Iran has suspended commitments under the 2015 international nuclear deal, a year after it was abandoned by the US.President Hassan Rouhani said he would keep enriched uranium stocks in the country rather than sell them abroad.He also threatened to resume production of uranium enriched to a...

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Students gun down classmate at US school in Colorado

HIGHLANDS RANCH, May 08 (AP): Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation's worst school shootings just weeks ago.Douglas County sheriff's officials said Devon Erickson, 18, and...

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Chinese researchers try brain implants to treat drug addicts

SHANGHAI, May 08 (AP): The sound of doctors boring through his skull to feed electrodes deep into his brain made Yan tremble."The drill was like bzzzzzzz," he later recalled. "The moment of drilling is the most terrible."Yan is a methamphetamine addict. The hope is that technology will extinguish his addiction...

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Pompeo makes secret Iraq trip

BAGHDAD, May 08 (AP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit Tuesday to Baghdad aimed at showing support for the Iraqi government as the United States has been picking up intelligence that Iran is threatening American interests in the Middle East.The top American diplomat's unannounced trip to...

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Sudan military want to retain Sharia as legal guide

KHARTOUM, May 08 (AP): Sudan's army rulers Tuesday said Islamic law should remain the guiding principle in a new civilian structure, after protest leaders handed in proposed changes they want enforced but kept silent on Sharia.The 10-member military council, which seized control of the country after president Omar al-Bashir was...

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NZ introduces climate bill to become carbon neutral by 2050

WELLINGTON, May 08 (AP): New Zealand's government on Wednesday introduced an ambitious climate change bill that aims to make the nation mostly carbon neutral by 2050 while giving some leeway to farmers.However, some farming industry groups say the measures remain too onerous and threaten the future of regional communities, while...

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Explosion rocks aid agency in Kabul

KABUL, May 08 (Xinhua): Several people were either killed or injured after a big explosion and ensuing gunfire rocked an aid agency in the central part of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, causing panic among residents on Wednesday, the government said."The blast occurred outside an aid agency in Police District 10....

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News in Brief -(09-05-2019)

Two die as car hits children in JapanTOKYO, May 08: A car slammed into a group of 16 mostly kindergarten children who were strolling on a sidewalk in the lakeside city of Otsu in western Japan, leaving two dead, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred in the morning after...

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