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US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide
Disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, facing a charge of sex trafficking of minors in New York has committed suicide. Reports quoting law enforcement officers said the 66 year-old…
England, Wales suffer power outage, train services disrupted
Nearly one million people were affected by a major power outage for several hours across areas of England and Wales on Friday, including parts of London, causing rush-hour transportation…
China hits American farmers in the jugular, many lament
China’s announcement this week that it will cease importing agricultural products from the United States has sent shock waves through America’s battered farming sector, UPI has reported.…
Stop hate speech, UN commission tells U.S
Top United Nations human rights experts have called on the U.S. to “take swift and decisive action” to quell hate speech and racist language and recognise their connection to…
US ICE arrests nearly 700 illegal immigrants in Mississippi raids
US immigration officials have arrested almost 700 people after a series of raids in the state of Mississippi.The co-ordinated operations targeted workers at seven agricultural processing plants who allegedly did not…
Protesters denounce Trump in Dayton
President Donald Trump consoled victims of a mass shooting in Ohio on Wednesday but protesters and opponents denounced what they say is his extremist rhetoric on race and…
$2.5 million carted away from Mexico’s mint in daylight robbery
Robbers made off with an estimated $2.5 million from a mint in Mexico City Tuesday, after the vault was reportedly left open. Police are searching for the perpetrators of the theft, which took…
4 killed in third shooting in America
Georgia authorities are investigating a triple homicide in the Atlanta area late Tuesday that ended with the gunman killing himself, making a total of four deaths. DeKalb Police Sgt.…
Pandemonium in New York as motorcycle’s backfiring mistaken for shooter
New Yorkers and visitors around Times Square ran helter-skelter on Tuesday night as the sound of a backfiring motorcycle was mistaken for multiple gunshots from a shooter. People…
Outrage in America as white policemen tie handcuffed blackman to horses
Just days after the racism inspired shooting in El-Paso, two white policemen in Galveston, Texas, have triggered outrage after a shocking picture surfaced of a handcuffed black man being…
Trump banned from El-Paso
Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso told US President Donald Trump Tuesday to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric as he struggles to unite the country in the wake of…
China rejects currency manipulator label
China has outrightly rejected a U.S. decision to label it a currency manipulator, its central bank said on Tuesday. It added that Beijing has not used and will not use the yuan to…
Hong Kong protests pushing city to ‘very dangerous situation’ – Leader
Hong Kong’s embattled pro-Beijing leader on Monday accused pro-democracy protesters of trying to “destroy” the city in a dramatic escalation of rhetoric as the financial hub is…
Carl Lewis slams Trump
Olympic athletics legend Carl Lewis, attending the Pan American Games at the invitation of Lima organisers, took the opportunity to slam US President Donald Trump on Monday. “We have…
Read Obama’s undisguised rebuke of Trump
Former US President Barack Obama on Monday called for action in response to back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend and urged Americans to “soundly reject”…
We’ll develop new nuclear weapons if you do – Putin threatens Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that Moscow would start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the United States started doing the same…
Scots want to quit United Kingdom, poll shows
Scottish voters would back independence and they want another referendum in the next two years, a poll published on Monday showed, indicating that the United Kingdom could be wrenched…
US must condemn white supremacy – Trump
President Donald Trump has condemned "racism, hatred and white supremacy" in an address following mass shootings that left 29 dead in Texas and Ohio. He called for mental health gun…
Dayton shooting: Nine confirmed killed, shooter also dead
Nine people have been killed and at least 16 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, police have confirmed. First reports came in at about 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) of a shooting…
‘At least 10 dead’ in second mass shooting of weekend in US as gunman targets Ohio bar
At least 10 people have been killed, according to local media, after a gunman targeted an Ohio bar in the early hours. Dayton Police said: "We are actively investigating an active shooter incident in the Oregon…
El Paso shooter: Facebook blocks Instagram, Facebook accounts
Facebook has removed the Facebook and Instagram account under the El Paso shooting suspect’s name: Patrick Crusius. The social media giant said it is working with law enforcement after the…
Face of Patrick Crusius shooter of El-Paso who killed 20, injured 40
The gunman who killed multiple people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on Saturday has been identified. He is 21 year-old white man Patrick Crusius of Allen Texas. He reportedly drove for about…
At last, Malta grants rescued 40 migrants entry
A group of 40 migrants stranded at sea after they were rescued by a German NGO vessel will be taken into Malta before being redistributed among European Union countries, Maltese Prime Minister…
El Paso shooting update: Texas governor says 20 dead, 3 Mexicans among
Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in the Walmart store in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor Greg Abbott said. “20…