Trump hits back at old foe Khan on UK state visit

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LONDON– US President Donald Trump lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday as he arrived for a three-day state visit to Britain, reviving a long-running enmity between the...

6.0-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

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 JAKARTA–A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western North Sumatra province on Monday, but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. The quake hit at 12:57...

Japan PM to meet Iran's Khamenei to mediate with US: report

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TOKYO– Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later this month with Tokyo hoping to mediate between Washington and Tehran, a report said Sunday. ...

Ten killed in Israeli attack in Syria following rocket fire

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BEIRUT– Israel carried out air strikes in Syria on Sunday in response to rare rocket fire from the neighbouring country, its military said, with a war monitor reporting 10 killed...

Bhutan PM reaches Delhi for Modi's oath ceremony

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New Delhi– Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Thursday arrived in Delhi to attend his counterpart Narendra Modi's oath ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He was received at the airport...

Seven South Koreans dead, 21 missing as Budapest tourist boat sinks

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BUDAPEST– Seven South Korean tourists died and 21 others were missing after a sightseeing boat capsized and sank on the Danube in Budapest, Hungarian and South Korean officials said Thursday. ...

Global Youths and Citizens Led Simultaneous Peace Walk Events to Advocate International Support for Securing Peace through International Law

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On May 25th, “6th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace and the Peace Walk” was held at about 126 places in 77 countries around the world including Australia,...

Australian PM, ministers sworn-in following election victory

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CANBERRA– Re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his new-look ministry have officially been sworn-in to office. Morrison and his cabinet team, which includes a record seven women, visited...

Chinese president to visit Russia

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BEIJING– Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from June 5 to 7 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

Spurious liquor kills 6, sickens many in northern India

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NEW DELHI–At least six people were killed and many others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. The...

Two dead, including schoolgirl, after Japan mass stabbing

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KAWASAKI,Japan–A knife-wielding attacker killed a 12-year-old schoolgirl and a man before stabbing himself to death in a rampage outside Tokyo Tuesday that also injured more than a dozen, including several...

One dead, 11 injured in Peru quake

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LIMA–At least one person was killed and 11 others injured after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday morning, said the head of the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN)...

69 dialysis patients infected with Hepatitis C in east China hospital

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NANJING–Experts from health authorities are investigating a Hepatitis C infection case involving 69 dialysis patients in a hospital in Dongtai, east China's Jiangsu Province, sources with the press office of...

Trump becomes first foreign leader to meet Japan's new emperor

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TOKYO–Donald Trump on Monday became the first foreign leader to meet Japan's newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito -- an honour Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes will help charm the US president...

BJP activist shot dead in India's West Bengal

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NEW DELHI–An activist of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead by unknown gunmen in eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police said Monday. The 36-year-old Chandan Sau...