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China sanctions 10 US firms over Pentagon blacklist

BEIJING, June 22 (AFP): China imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining in response to Washington's blacklist of Chinese firms, Beijing said Monday.The move comes a month after US President Donald Trump visited Beijing, seeking to stabilise fraught relations during talks with Chinese...

Moscow shoots down 60 drones as Russian attacks kill 5 in Ukraine

MOSCOW, June 22 (Reuters): Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday and briefly suspended flights at airports, authorities in the Russian capital said, just days after Ukraine hit the city's oil refinery again.Ukrainian authorities said Russian drones had hit civilian merchant vessels, killing an Egyptian...

700 civilians killed by Myanmar army in six months: UN

GENEVA, June 22 (AFP): Myanmar's military was responsible for more than 700 civilian deaths over the six-month election period last year, the United Nations said Monday.A fresh UN report covering the period from last August, when Myanmar's military announced elections would be held, through the conclusion of the voting period...

European countries close schools, cancel trains as heatwave set to intensify

PARIS, June 22 (AFP): Much of Europe was preparing Monday for an already fierce heatwave to intensify even further in the coming days, with some countries taking special measures to mitigate its effects.France recorded heat-related deaths over the weekend. A leading researcher reiterated that human-driven climate change had contributed to...

13 dead, dozens hurt, after blast in giant Qatar LNG site

DOHA, June 22 (Reuters): Thirteen people were killed and dozens injured after an explosion at Qatar's massive Ras Laffan liquefied natural (LNG) gas complex which occurred as workers were restarting operations halted after an Iranian attack in March.Authorities said a 'technical accident' occurred at the Barzan local gas supply facility...

Fire at India's Lucknow coaching centre leaves 15 dead

NEW DELHI, June 22 (Reuters): At least 15 people, most of them students, were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday, authorities said.The fire broke out in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, the capital of India's most populous state of...

7 killed, over 60 hospitalised after ammonia gas leak in Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI, June 21 (Xinhua): At least seven people were killed and 67 others hospitalized Sunday following an ammonia gas leak at a seafood unit in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said.According to officials, the ammonia leak originated from the seafood processing unit and spread across the...