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Trump thanks Kim for transferring remains of missing US soldiers

Trump thanks Kim for transferring remains of missing US soldiers

-- 2018-07-27 21:54:06

North Korea transferred 55 small, flag-draped cases carrying the suspected remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War on Friday, officials said, a first step in implementing an agreement reached...

Plane crash leaves Paraguay ministers, two others dead

Plane crash leaves Paraguay ministers, two others dead

-- 2018-07-27 17:24:37

Paraguay Agriculture Minister Luis Gneiting, his vice-minister and two others have died when an airplane carrying them to the capital Asuncion crashed into a wetland. National Emergency Secretariat h...

Brazil's population to peak at 233.2m in 2047

Brazil's population to peak at 233.2m in 2047

-- 2018-07-27 13:49:29

Brazil's population is expected to peak at 233.2 million in 2047, the local statistics agency has said. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil's population,...

Trump accuses Twitter of silencing Republicans

Trump accuses Twitter of silencing Republicans

-- 2018-07-27 11:41:20

US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of restricting the visibility of prominent Republicans, without providing evidence, and the avid user of the social media platform promised to investigate...

California wildfire forces thousands to flee

California wildfire forces thousands to flee

-- 2018-07-26 13:46:42

Thousands of residents in Southern California were forced from their homes by a raging wildfire which remained unchecked early on Thursday as it pushed toward their mountain resort communities. The s...

UBER, Lyft suspend driver for secretly recording passengers

UBER, Lyft suspend driver for secretly recording passengers

-- 2018-07-23 20:58:54

An Uber and Lyft driver who broadcast videos of his passengers online has been suspended from both car-sharing services. Jason Gargac live-streamed passengers' journeys on video-sharing site Twitch,...

Trump issues all cap threat to Iran

Trump issues all cap threat to Iran

-- 2018-07-23 18:21:57

US President Donald Trump issued an all-caps threat to Iran after the country's president said earlier in the day that pursuing hostilities against his country could lead to "the mother of all wars."...

IMF chief’s flight makes emergency landing

IMF chief’s flight makes emergency landing

Reuters 2018-07-23 15:37:49

An American Airlines flight carrying International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde made an emergency landing in Argentina shortly after taking off from Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport o...

Toronto shooting leaves two dead, 13 injured

Toronto shooting leaves two dead, 13 injured

Reuters 2018-07-23 10:56:42

Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada’s biggest city said on Sunday, with one person killed and the gunman also dead. The young girl was in...

Trump warns Rouhani not to threaten US again

Trump warns Rouhani not to threaten US again

-- 2018-07-23 10:44:53

US President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani not to threaten the United States again, after Rouhani cautioned Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran. “Never,...

Woman dies in US store shooting; suspect in custody

Woman dies in US store shooting; suspect in custody

-- 2018-07-22 11:57:47

Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe’s store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman inside, a...

Putin’s football gift to Trump gets security check

Putin’s football gift to Trump gets security check

-- 2018-07-21 19:12:34

The red-and-white football tossed to President Donald Trump by Russia’s Vladimir Putin is undergoing a routine security screening, according to AP. The US Secret Service says that’s stand...

Mexico highway accident kills at least 13

Mexico highway accident kills at least 13

-- 2018-07-21 19:01:24

At least 13 people were killed on Friday and seven others wounded when a public transport van hit the back of a truck on a busy highway outside Mexico City, local officials said. The incident occurre...

Colombia’s Santos welcomes former Farc rebels in congress

Colombia’s Santos welcomes former Farc rebels in congress

-- 2018-07-21 11:43:16

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has welcomed former Farc rebels as they took their seats at the opening session of parliament. He said he was happy to see ex-rebels who fought the state...

Joy, chaos mark Texas border as US reunites migrant families

Joy, chaos mark Texas border as US reunites migrant families

-- 2018-07-20 21:10:51

Luis Campos, a Dallas attorney, showed up at a Texas immigrant detention facility close to the US-Mexico border on Wednesday morning expecting to represent a client before an immigration judge. But h...

Death toll rises to 13 in Missouri boat accident

Death toll rises to 13 in Missouri boat accident

-- 2018-07-20 20:32:30

Divers have found two more bodies after a duck boat carrying tourists capsized in the US state of Missouri, bringing the death toll to 13. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace said four othe...

Trump to intensify trade war with China

Trump to intensify trade war with China

-- 2018-07-20 18:56:22

US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to intensify his trade war with China by slapping tariffs on all $500b of imports from the country. "I'm ready to go to 500," he said in an interview wi...

Trump tops Google’s image search results for ‘idiot’

Trump tops Google’s image search results for ‘idiot’

-- 2018-07-20 18:40:55

US President Donald Trump and Google algorithms are again hogging the limelight. This time for showing images of Donald Trump for a search of the word ‘idiot’, according to IANS. The lat...

11 die in Missouri boat capsize

11 die in Missouri boat capsize

-- 2018-07-20 11:59:08

At least 11 people drowned on Thursday when an amphibious “duck boat” capsized and sank in stormy weather on a lake in Missouri with 31 people, including children, on board, as divers sear...

Trump invites Putin for US visit

Trump invites Putin for US visit

-- 2018-07-20 10:08:50

President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said on Thursday, a daring rebuttal to the torrent of criticism in the United States over...

US offers India armed version  of Guardian drone

US offers India armed version of Guardian drone

-- 2018-07-19 22:03:38

The United States (US) has offered India the armed version of Guardian drones that were originally authorised for sale as unarmed for surveillance purposes, reports Reuters. If the deal comes to frui...

Mexico president-elect’s party to appeal campaign funding fine

Mexico president-elect’s party to appeal campaign funding fine

-- 2018-07-19 11:10:54

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s political party said it would appeal a $10 million fine from the National Electoral Institute (INE) for breaking campaign finance rules. IN...

Putin responsible for election meddling: Trump

Putin responsible for election meddling: Trump

Reuters 2018-07-19 10:27:04

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin personally responsible for Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. “Just like I consider...

Trump in hot soup for poll meddling comments

Trump in hot soup for poll meddling comments

-- 2018-07-17 17:52:00

US President Donald Trump has been facing a barrage of criticism in the US after he defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. At a summit with Russian President Vladimir Puti...

Flying volcanic lava strikes Hawaii tour boat, wounding 23

Flying volcanic lava strikes Hawaii tour boat, wounding 23

-- 2018-07-17 11:17:58

Flying lava has struck a tour boat in Hawaii, injuring 23 people, officials in the US state say. An explosion sent rocks and debris hurtling through the air and through the roof of the tourist vessel...

US rejects EU plea for Iran sanctions exemption

US rejects EU plea for Iran sanctions exemption

-- 2018-07-16 21:05:47

The US on Monday has rejected pleas from the EU to grant exemptions to European firms from the sanctions on Iran that will start to be reinstated next month. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasu...

Trump, Putin begin talks

Trump, Putin begin talks

-- 2018-07-16 18:06:54

US President Donald Trump has said that getting along with Russia would be a "good thing, not a bad thing". “I’ve been saying, and I’m sure you’ve heard over the years...that...

Trump blames 'US foolishness, stupidity' for poor Russia ties

Trump blames 'US foolishness, stupidity' for poor Russia ties

-- 2018-07-16 16:56:27

US President Donald Trump blamed “US foolishness and stupidity” for bad relations between Washington and Moscow. The US president made the comments on Twiter  hours before his one-on...

Trump and Putin to hold first summit talks

Trump and Putin to hold first summit talks

-- 2018-07-16 11:34:40

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Jul 7, 2017. Reuters After months of exchanging long-distanc...

Nicaragua protests claim another 10 lives

Nicaragua protests claim another 10 lives

-- 2018-07-16 11:03:26

Nicaraguan police and paramilitary groups loyal to President Daniel Ortega killed at least 10 people on Sunday, a human rights association said, as the death toll from violent clashes in the Central A...