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13 dead as bus carrying retirees crashes in Argentina

13 dead as bus carrying retirees crashes in Argentina

-- 2019-07-02 10:42:24

Officials say a bus carrying a group of retirees has overturned on a foggy road in northern Argentina, killing at least 13 passengers and leaving 40 injured. La Madrid town representative Dardo Herre...

Cartoonist loses job after illustration of Trump went viral

Cartoonist loses job after illustration of Trump went viral

-- 2019-07-01 21:00:02

An illustration, prepared by Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder, of US President Donald Trump playing golf over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral Wednesday. Two days later, Michael de...

Private plane crashes in Texas, killing all onboard

Private plane crashes in Texas, killing all onboard

Reuters 2019-07-01 09:52:58

Ten people were killed on Sunday (Texas local time) when their private turboprop airplane crashed into a hangar during takeoff and burst into flames at the municipal airport in Addison, Texas, outsi...

Trump becomes first US leader to step into NKorea, meets Kim

Trump becomes first US leader to step into NKorea, meets Kim

-- 2019-06-30 13:20:26

With grins and handshakes, President Donald Trump welcomed North Korea's Kim Jong Un at the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone Sunday, seeking to revive talks on the pariah nation's nuclear programm...

Trump says both he and Kim want to meet at DMZ

Trump says both he and Kim want to meet at DMZ

-- 2019-06-30 10:53:46

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un both want to meet at the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas later in the day, raising hopes for an encount...

Please don't meddle in US elections, Trump asks Putin

Please don't meddle in US elections, Trump asks Putin

-- 2019-06-28 17:05:24

US President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in US elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to an investigation of his campaign&r...

Harris goes after Biden on race in US presidential debate

Harris goes after Biden on race in US presidential debate

-- 2019-06-28 11:54:58

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris confronted front-runner Joe Biden on race during a debate on Thursday, calling his remarks about working with segregationist senators “hurtful&rdq...

Photo of drowned father-daughter depicts migrants' border peril

Photo of drowned father-daughter depicts migrants' border peril

Associated Press 2019-06-26 16:07:23

The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl's head tucked inside. Her arm was draped ar...

Mueller to testify before US House panels on July 17

Mueller to testify before US House panels on July 17

-- 2019-06-26 13:21:55

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who issued a report in April on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, will testify in open session before the House of Representatives Judiciary and In...

Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Panama

Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Panama

-- 2019-06-26 12:05:16

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on the border between Panama and Costa Rica on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) west of the city of David in Panama at a...

Mexico deploys 15,000 troops in north to halt US-bound migration

Mexico deploys 15,000 troops in north to halt US-bound migration

-- 2019-06-25 10:59:53

Mexico has deployed almost 15,000 soldiers and National Guard in the north of the country to stem the flow of illegal immigration across the border into the United States, the head of the Mexican Army...

Trump slaps sanctions on Iranian supreme leader

Trump slaps sanctions on Iranian supreme leader

-- 2019-06-25 10:49:31

US President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions on Monday, taking a dramatic, unprecedented step to increase pressure on...

Russian air force plane lands in Venezuela

Russian air force plane lands in Venezuela

Reuters 2019-06-25 10:00:07

A Russian air force plane landed in Venezuela’s main airport on Monday (local time), according to a Reuters witness and a website that tracks plane movements, three months after a similar arriva...

Trump says new sanctions on Iran from Monday

Trump says new sanctions on Iran from Monday

-- 2019-06-23 10:13:14

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the...

Nine die in Hawaii plane crash

Nine die in Hawaii plane crash

-- 2019-06-22 15:01:00

Nine people died in a plane crash in Hawaii on Friday, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said. The twin-engine King Air plane went down near Dillingham Airfield. There appeared to be no survivo...

UN rights chief urges Venezuela to release prisoners

UN rights chief urges Venezuela to release prisoners

-- 2019-06-22 11:38:58

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release prisoners who were arrested for peacefully protesting, and confirmed that a delegation would remain in t...

Trump says he aborted Iran strike to spare lives

Trump says he aborted Iran strike to spare lives

-- 2019-06-22 09:51:42

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran's downing of an unmanned US surveillance dr...

Pompeo to calm tension with  India before Trump-Modi talks

Pompeo to calm tension with India before Trump-Modi talks

-- 2019-06-21 21:54:03

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will try to soothe increasing friction with India over trade, data flows and arms from Russia during a visit next week and instead focus on strategic ties between the...

Trump pulls back from launch of strikes on Iran

Trump pulls back from launch of strikes on Iran

-- 2019-06-21 11:20:24

US President Donald Trump approved military strikes on Friday against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned $130-million surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching the attacks, th...

US aviation authority bans flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

US aviation authority bans flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

-- 2019-06-21 10:43:25

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting US operators from flying in an overwater area of Tehran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf...

US says it has no plans to cap H-1B work visas

US says it has no plans to cap H-1B work visas

-- 2019-06-21 10:16:22

The Trump administration has no plans to cap H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, the State Department said on Thursday. Reuters reported on Wednesday that...

Washington seeks new deal with Tehran

Washington seeks new deal with Tehran

-- 2019-06-20 20:45:02

US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook on Wednesday described US latest move in the Middle East as "defensive", reaffirming that Washington seeks a "comprehensive and enduring deal" with Tehran...

Trump says to meet with Putin at G20 summit

Trump says to meet with Putin at G20 summit

Reuters 2019-06-20 11:28:23

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (local time) he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next week’s G20 summit in Japan. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said he would...

Trump formally kicks off his re-election bid

Trump formally kicks off his re-election bid

Reuters 2019-06-19 10:45:11

US President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday (local time) by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up the Washington establishment four...

US sending 1,000 more troops to Middle East

US sending 1,000 more troops to Middle East

-- 2019-06-18 11:02:44

Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced on Monday the deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for what he said were defensive purposes, citing concerns about a threat f...

World population may near 10b in 2050: UN report

World population may near 10b in 2050: UN report

-- 2019-06-17 12:41:58

The world's population is expected to increase by 2.0 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to a new United Nations report launched on Mond...

Argentina, Uruguay reel after massive blackout

Argentina, Uruguay reel after massive blackout

-- 2019-06-17 11:52:48

Power has been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay after a massive electrical failure left tens of millions of people in the dark. Argentine President Mauricio Macri has promised a full investi...

Massive power cut hits all of Argentina, Uruguay

Massive power cut hits all of Argentina, Uruguay

-- 2019-06-16 17:33:33

A massive electrical failure has left all of Argentina and Uruguay without power, according to a major Argentine electricity provider. Reports said the power cut had also affected parts of Brazil and...

Trump calls London mayor a ‘disaster’ after three murders

Trump calls London mayor a ‘disaster’ after three murders

-- 2019-06-16 10:47:10

US President Donald Trump once again criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday, saying he is a “disaster” and will “only get worse” after three people were slain in the ci...

Trump blames Iran for Gulf oil tanker attacks

Trump blames Iran for Gulf oil tanker attacks

-- 2019-06-15 10:09:29

The United States on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf and said it was seeking international consensus about the threat to shipping, despite Tehran denying...