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Iran tensions overshadow Mecca summits
This is Money 28 May 2019
The summits in Saudi Arabia follow Washington's decision to reinstate tough sanctions against Iran and to deploy 1,500 more troops to the Middle East amid sabotage attacks on oil facilities. Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia hosts Islamic, Arab and Gulf summits this week as tensions between Iran and the US raise fears of military escalation ... ....
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Japan: Two feared dead, 17 hurt after mass stabbing in Kawasaki
DNA India 28 May 2019
Two people, including a child, were feared dead Tuesday in a mass stabbing attack that also injured 17 people in Japan, emergency services said.The rampage was a rare attack in a country with one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the developed world and there was no immediate detail on the motive of the knifeman ... ....
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From chicken to tomatoes, here's why American food is hurting you
The Guardian 28 May 2019photo: United States Library of Congress / New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Hiller, Herman, photographer.
'FBI tapes claim Martin Luther King Jr had 45 affairs'
The Times of India 28 May 2019
Details of the FBI's smear campaign against Martin Luther King Jr have been found on secret tapes, it is claimed. It is alleged the agency accused the civil rights campaigner of having up to 45 affairs ... Details of the covert tapes have been revealed by biographer David Garrow, who says he has unearthed files not scheduled for release until 2027....
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Tornadoes leave trail of destruction across Ohio and Indiana
Belfast Telegraph 28 May 2019
A rapid-fire line of tornadoes has torn across Indiana and Ohio. The twisters were packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. The storms strew debris so thick that at one point emergency crews had to use snowploughs to clear a major road. Tornado threat has exited our area of responsibility ... Press Association. ....
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4 Prison clashes in Brazil leave 42 dead: Official
Deccan Chronicle 28 May 2019
Rio de Janeiro. At least 42 inmates were killed in clashes in four prisons in northern Brazil on Monday, authorities said, a day after violence in one of the jails left 15 people dead ... .......
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Taiwan lands aircraft on highway as part of military drills
Manila Bulletin 28 May 2019
By the Associated Press CHANGHUA, Taiwan — Taiwan landed war planes on a normally busy highway Tuesday to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields, part of... ....
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North Koreans survive by paying bribes - U.N. report
The Star 28 May 2019
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country, where corruption is "endemic" and repression rife, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday ... ....
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Maoist rebels attack Indian government forces, wounding 11
The Charlotte Observer 28 May 2019
Police say Maoist rebels have triggered a blast in eastern India, wounding eight paramilitary soldiers and three police officers carrying out a search operation in a forested area. Police officer ... ....
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US climber becomes 11th Everest fatality
The Times of India 28 May 2019
NEW DELHI. A US climber has died after descending from Everest, officials said Tuesday, taking this season's toll to 11 including several deaths blamed on overcrowding on the world's highest mountain ... As well as the Everest deaths, nine climbers have died on other 8,000-metre Himalayan peaks, while one person is missing ... Top Videos ... ....
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French minister Le Drian urges Saudi and UAE to end war in Yemen
The Star 28 May 2019
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday reiterated calls for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end a conflict in Yemen that he described as a "dirty war" ... ....
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Jair Bolsonaro: Man who stabbed Brazil's leader is 'mentally ill'
BBC News 28 May 2019photo: AP / Anupam Nath
Malaysia Has Started Returning Tons of Trash to the West: 'We Will Not Be the Dumping Ground of the World'
Newsweek 28 May 2019
Countries in south-east Asia are increasingly determined to return tons of plastic rubbish back to North America and Europe. On Tuesday, Malaysia’s environment minister Yeo Bee Bin announced the country would send 3,000 tons of plastic waste currently sitting in a Malaysian port to the countries that produced it ... Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images ....
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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Consolidating Gains: Primed To Break $9K
NewsBTC 28 May 2019
Bitcoin price rallied recently above the $8,300 and $8,650 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price traded to a new 2019 high at $8,952 and it is currently consolidating gains. There is a key bullish flag pattern forming with resistance near $8,860 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken) ... Bitcoin Price Analysis ... ....
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PM's Swearing In: Modi Invites Neighbours, Sans Pakistan
Kashmir Observer 28 May 2019
NEW DELHI — India has sent out invites to leaders of all neighbouring countries except Pakistan for the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi on May 30 as he steps into his second term as Prime Minister. The invites have also been sent to leaders of Kyrgz Republic and Mauritius ... ....
