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Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows arms sale to S Arabia

WASHINGTON, July 30 (AP): The Senate failed Monday in a bid to override a trio of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Trump's decision to sell the weapons...

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Indonesia returns waste to France, HK

JAKARTA, July 30 (AFP): Indonesia has returned seven shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France and Hong Kong, an official said Tuesday, marking the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin.The containers were loaded with a combination of garbage,...

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HK protesters hit subway to disrupt morning commute

HONG KONG, July 30 (AP): Commuters in Hong Kong argued on Tuesday with demonstrators who blocked subway train doors in their latest protest action to demand greater accountability from the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's government.Service was delayed and partially suspended on the Island and Kwun Tong lines, subway operator MTR said....

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Brazil prison massacre leaves 57 persons dead

PARA, July 30 (Reuters): A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails.State authorities said the riot began...

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Afghan soldier kills two US troops

WASHINGTON, July 30 (AP): An Afghan soldier shot and killed two American service members in Afghanistan, US officials said on Monday.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record about details that have not yet been made public.US Central Command confirmed that...

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Muslims rejoin Lanka cabinet

COLOMBO, July 30 (AFP): Sri Lanka's Muslim ministers who resigned en masse in the wake of the deadly Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined the government, officials said on Tuesday, after police cleared them of any involvement with Islamists.Nearly 100 people linked to a local jihadist group were arrested after the...

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Dengue infections surge in Vietnam

HANOI, July 30 (Xinhua): Between Jan 01 and July 29, Vietnam spotted over 105,000 dengue fever patients, more than trebling the cases in the same period last year, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.Of the over 105,000 dengue fever patients, 10 have died, the agency quoted the country's Health Ministry...

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Heavy rain claims six lives in Karachi

KARACHI, July 30 (AP): Heavy monsoon rains have lashed Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, triggering floods and killing six people. Authorities closed schools.Dr Seemi Jamali, spokeswoman at the city's Jinnah Hospital, says the deaths were caused by electrocution as power cables got inundated with water.The heavy rainfall began on...

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News in Brief -(31-07-2019)

Former Tehran mayor to die for killing wifeTEHRAN, July 30: Iran's state TV says a former mayor of Tehran who also served as one of the country's vice presidents was sentenced to death for killing his wife. Tuesday's report quotes judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili as saying that Mohammad Ali Najafi...

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