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Train travels in wrong direction, injuring 20 in Japan
Date: 2019-06-01 23:23:19 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:7965069
An automated train traveled in the wrong direction on Saturday, causing about 20 people to be injured, a local fire department was quoted by Kyodo news agency as saying Three people appeared to have suffered serious but non-life-threatening ....
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Number of people injured in Russia plant blast climbs to 79
Date: 2019-06-01 23:22:32 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:7965068
Several blasts hit the Kristall explosives plant in Dzerzhinsk in the central Russian region of Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday, Tass news agency reported. Overall, 79 people have asked for medical help so far, the Russian Health Ministry ....
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UNSC cuts 1,000 troops from peacekeeping mission in Somalia
Date: 2019-05-31 22:12:07 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:7 - ID:7963848
The United Nations Security Council decided Friday to cut 1,000 troops from a regional peacekeeping force in Somalia, despite a rise in attacks by the Al-Shabaab militia in Mogadishu, France 24 reported. The council voted unanimously to draw ....
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Switzerland: 3 dead after hostage-taking at Zurich apartment
Date: 2019-05-31 16:57:18 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:2 - ID:7963608
Swiss police said an armed man took two women hostage at an apartment in Zurich and all three died after shots were heard, ABC News reported. Police in Switzerland's biggest city said the 60-year-old Swiss man took the women hostage early Friday. ....
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Modi sworn in for second term as Indian prime minister
Date: 2019-05-30 20:26:19 GMT - India - International - SN:8 - ID:7962588
Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term as India's prime minister on Thursday after an overwhelming election victory for his Hindu nationalist party in a country of 1.3 billion people seeking swift economic change, ABC News reported. Indian ....
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Donald Trump looking forward to fully independent Britain: Bolton
Date: 2019-05-30 19:28:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7962519
Donald Trump is looking forward to negotiating with a "fully independent Britain" after Brexit, Sky News quoted US national security adviser John Bolton as having said on Thursday. John Bolton said the US president had been a supporter of Brexit, ....
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Man sets himself on fire on White House Ellipse, Secret Service says
Date: 2019-05-29 22:15:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:7961245
A man set himself on fire on the White House Ellipse on Wednesday afternoon and was rushed to a hospital for treatment, according to the US Secret Service. The incident occurred about 12:20 p.m. near 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW, The ....
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US Special counsel Robert Mueller resigns
Date: 2019-05-29 16:52:13 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7961016
US Special counsel Robert Mueller who investigates Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections in the US, has resigned. In statements carried by CNN Wednesday, he said that charging President Donald Trump was not an option his office ....
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Founder of Human Rights Watch dies at 96
Date: 2019-05-28 08:00:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7958711
Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of Human Rights Watch, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 96. Bernstein’s son Peter confirmed the death, at a hospital, The New York Times reported Tuesday. An ardent American defender of political dissent and ....
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Trump: 'We're not ready' to make a trade deal with China
Date: 2019-05-27 18:50:31 GMT - Japan - International - SN:5 - ID:7958373
US President Donald Trump said that Washington is "not ready" for a trade deal with China, but that he does foresee an agreement "sometime in the future," The Hill newspaper reported Monday. Trump said at a joint press conference in Japan with ....
