Boeing defense workers set to strike
AFP : Thousands of members of a union representing Boeing defense industry workers in the US states of Missouri and Illinois will go on strike early Monday after rejecting a revised proposal for a...
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Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats
AP : Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort attempt...
Russia to try suspects in concert hall attack
AFP : The trial opens in Moscow on Monday of 19 people accused of involvement in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last year that killed 149 people.RDArmed men stormed the Crocus City...
White House defends Bureau of Labor Statistics firing as critics warn of eroded trust
Japan Today : White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump’s action could undermine confidence in...
China pushes back at US demands to stop buying Russian, Iranian oil
Japan Today : U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the...
9 kidnapped from Haitian orphanage
AFP : Nine people were kidnapped from an orphanage near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Sunday, officials said, including the facility’s Irish director and a three-year-old child.The victims were taken from the Sainte-Helene...
Hamas says no food privileges forhostages
AFP : The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Sunday that Israeli hostages would not receive any “special privileges” in the food they are given compared to the rest of the Gazan population. “(Hamas) does...
Ex-NZ top cop charged with child porn, bestiality content
AFP : New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner lost the right to anonymity Monday after he was charged with possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.Jevon McSkimming was arrested in June and charged with...
Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs cause market drop
BBC : US President Donald Trump has fired the boss of one of America’s most important economic institutions hours after weaker-than-expected jobs data stoked further alarm about his tariff policy. On social media Trump...
Portugal goes on high alert
AFP : Portugal’s government on Saturday issued an alert warning of a heatwave with a high risk of fires in large parts of the country in the coming days.The alert, covering Sunday to Thursday,...
Myanmar airstrike on ruby mine hub kills 13
AFP : A Myanmar junta air strike on a rebel-occupied ruby mining hub killed 13 people on Saturday, according to a resident and a spokesperson for an armed opposition group.Civil war has consumed Myanmar...