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Kabul rocket attack triggers embassy lockdowns

KABUL, July 18 (Reuters): More than a dozen rockets struck Kabul on Tuesday, wounding at least ten people, including children, prompting some foreign embassies to order a lockdown, officials and sources in the Afghan capital said.The identity of the attackers was unknown, though an interior ministry spokesman said two suspects...

Lukashenko ready to hand over power after referendum

MINSK, July 18 (Reuters): Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, said on Monday he would be ready to hold new elections and hand over power after a constitutional referendum, an attempt to pacify mass protests and strikes that pose the biggest challenge yet to his rule.He made the offer, which...

China defends detention of Uighur model

BEIJING, July 18 (BBC): A Uighur fashion model who filmed himself handcuffed to a bed in an epidemic prevention centre in Xinjiang was lawfully detained, Chinese officials have said.Merdan Ghappar sent video of himself, and a series of accompanying text messages, to his family in February.They were passed to the...

Shock at German cops’ knee-on-neck arrest

BERLIN, July 18 (Reuters): Germany has begun an investigation after video emerged of police detaining a minor by kneeling on his neck, recalling the arrest of African-American George Floyd whose death prompted mass protests over police racism and brutality in the United States.Footage on social media showed two officers, one...

Sao Paulo street art thrives

SAO PAULO, July 18 (AFP): Perched atop a platform swaying in the air 10 stories high, Paola Delfin is putting the final touches on a giant graffiti mural in the sprawling concrete jungle of Sao Paulo.The Brazilian mega-city is known as a world street-art capital, and not even the coronavirus...

Six killed in Kashmir clash

SRINAGAR, July 18 (Reuters): Four member of Indian security forces and two militants were killed in related incidents in Kashmir on Monday, in one of the deadliest days in the disputed Muslim-majority region since its autonomy was ended last year.Kashmir Police Chief Vijay Kumar told Reuters that militants attacked a...

Minister quits amid rift with Trudeau

OTTAWA, Aug 18 (Xinhua): Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation Monday night amid an ongoing scandal of accepting gifts from a charity organization and reported rift with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.At a press conference in Ottawa, Morneau said he told Trudeau he was not going to run in...

Lebanese customs chief arrested for Beirut Blast

BEIRUT, July 18 (AP): The head of Lebanon's customs authority Badri Daher was arrested on Monday after being questioned over the massive explosion in Beirut earlier this month, the state-run National News Agency reported.The investigation is focused on why nearly 3,000 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate was being stored at...

Quake leaves one dead in Philippines

MANILA, Aug 18 (Xinhua): At least one person died in a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that rattled Masbate province in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, local police said.In an updated bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said the magnitude of 6.6 quake, which struck at 8:03 a.m. local...