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Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally

SEATTLE -- Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Vir...

Aug 14, 2017
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Ivanka Trump denounces white supremacy, neo-Nazis after Charlottesville

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka weighed in Sunday on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia with an appeal for unity, saying there was "no place in society for raci...

Aug 13, 2017
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Merkel challenger slams Trump as German election draws near

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief rival, Social Democrat Martin Schulz, slammed US President Donald Trump and said he still stands a chance to win the election despite polls showing him trailin...

Aug 13, 2017
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US debate on arming Ukraine puts pressure on Russia, Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States...

Aug 13, 2017
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Enough evidence to convict Syria's Assad of war crimes: prosecutor

GENEVA (AFP) -- A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes, an outgoing member of the commission said in interviews pu...

Aug 13, 2017
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Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill 47 in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless, police said Sunday. The death toll was expected...

Aug 13, 2017
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Senior Afghan IS members killed in US air strike

KABUL (AFP) -- Several senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan -- including a provincial leader -- have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said Sunday. General John Nic...

Aug 13, 2017
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Iran lawmakers raise missile, Guard spending to challenge US

TEHRAN (AP) -- Iran's parliament voted overwhelmingly Sunday to increase spending on its ballistic missile program and the foreign operations of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, chanting "Death ...

Aug 13, 2017
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[Graphic News] Delhi to grow fastest in Asia

Delhi is now the fastest growing city in Asia, according to a new study from Oxford Economics. Indian cities are set to expand the most across the region, with growth speeding up from the past 5 yea...

Aug 13, 2017
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Trump again cites ‘military’ option on N. Korea

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart pledged Saturday to work to denuclearize North Korea, but Trump again invoked the grim possibility of “military measures” if other steps should fa...

Aug 13, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Kim and Trump: A tale of two leaders

In many ways the two leaders on either side of North Korea-United States missile stand-off could not be more different. In others they are startlingly similar. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has just ...

Aug 13, 2017
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Strong 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS

JAKARTA -- A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island Sumatra on Sunday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said as panicked residents fled their homes. The quake hit a...

Aug 13, 2017
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Officials: White nationalist rally linked to 3 deaths

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others an...

Aug 13, 2017
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Trump blames 'many sides' for violent clashes in Virginia

BEDMINSTER, NJ -- President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the "hatred and bigotry" broa...

Aug 13, 2017
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[Graphic News] Samsung registers 2nd largest number of patents in US

South Korea‘s tech giant Samsung Electronics registered an average of 19 patents per day in the United States in the first seven months of the year, industry data showed. According to the data by US...

Aug 10, 2017
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