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US, Russia submit rival UN draft resolutions on Venezuela

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Al Jazeera): As US and Russia compete within UN on backing opposing factions, another colonel shifts side in support of Guaido.The United States has presented a draft resolution on Venezuela to the United Nations Security Council, triggering a Russian counterproposal.The US draft resolution calls for international...

Turkey urges China to respect Uighur rights, close camps

ISTANBUL, Feb 10 (AP): Turkey's foreign ministry has called China's treatment of its minority Uighurs "a great cause of shame for humanity."In a statement Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said it's "no longer a secret" that China has arbitrarily detained more than a million Uighurs in "concentration camps." He...

Gunmen shoot dead lawmaker in West Bengal

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (Xinhua): A lawmaker from the ruling party of India's West Bengal has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen, officials said.Thirty-eight-year-old Satyajit Biswas from Trinamool Congress (TMC) party was shot dead "from a point-blank range" on Saturday at a village in Nadia district, about 122 km north...

NZ wildfires show no sign of easing

NELSON, Feb 10 (Reuters): Strong winds on Sunday are expected to fan forest fires that have been burning for a week through New Zealand's South Island, forcing thousands of people from their homes, with more residents expected to flee, officials said.The Pigeon Valley fire covers 2,300 ha (5,700 acres) with...

South Korea to pay more for US troops

SEOUL, Feb 10 (AP): South Korea and the United States struck a new deal on Sunday that increases Seoul's contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance.South Korea last year provided about $830 million, covering...

Heavy clashes as US-backed forces battle IS in Syria

BEIRUT, Feb 10 (AFP): US-backed forces were locked in fierce fighting as they pressed the battle against the last shred of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" in eastern Syria on Sunday, a war monitor said.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by a US-led coalition, announced a final push to retake...

13 lose lives in China highway accidents

BEIJING, Feb 10 (AP): Accidents on icy highways in central China left at least 13 dead and dozens injured this weekend as millions of families were heading home from the Lunar New Year holiday.Five were killed shortly after 5.0 am on Sunday in a 23-car pileup near the city of...

News in Brief (11-2-2019)

Australia tightens laws in wake of 'cracked' towerSYDNEY, Feb 10: Australia's most populous state said on Sunday it would embark on the "biggest overhaul of building laws" in its history, months after residents were evacuated from a recently completed Sydney high-rise apartment that made "cracking noises". There have been question...