Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Margaret Atwood and Ali Smith are just two among a group of leading writers piling pressure on the Bahraini king to intervene in the case of a detained
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The Trump administration is seeking to allow US authorities to keep immigrant children in detention longer than the current 20-day limit, a move critics denounced as "sickening" and
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Middle East
It's the beginning of the end for a Palestinian school facing imminent demolition along with its village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Supreme Court
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World
Beer loving environmentalists will be raising a pint to Carlsberg after the brewer revealed plans to replace traditional can holders with a new technology that cuts plastic use.
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World
Sometimes a new job turns out not to be the dream job you thought it was. But you can't always afford to walk away from a paycheck. Unless
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World
A year ago Friday, Amazon announced its quest to find a city for its second headquarters somewhere in North America. The company has since whittled down 238 proposals
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Middle East
JEDDAH: Houthi militia have been accused of setting out to thwart United Nations-sponsored peace talks on Yemen following the failure of a rebel delegation to appear at the Geneva
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr has called for “radical” solutions to a health crisis which has sparked mass rallies and left seven protesters dead this week. Thousands
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Middle East
Is Cairo the world’s most polluted city? ‘No’ says the government, ‘probably’ say its suffering residents CAIRO: The Egyptian capital has long ranked as one of the most
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Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been stabbed while he was campaigning in the city of Juiz de Fora, about 200km north of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian
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Middle East
There is renewed hope of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and a restart of discussions that have stalled over the last few weeks since June's landmark summit between US
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Middle East
The number of asylum-seekers attempting to cross the Hungarian border has plummeted following a series of anti-migrant measures passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his nationalist government.
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World
Firefighters rescue people who were buried in mud after an earthquake struck Japan's Hokkaido island on Thursday, September 6. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images Updated 6:55 PM ET, Thu
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World
Tokyo (CNN)The strongest typhoon to hit Japan's mainland in 25 years smashed a tanker into a bridge, forcing one of the country's largest airports to close and hundreds
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World
Lima, Peru (CNN)As part of his medical training, Dr. Ricardo Pun-Chong spent time doing rounds in hospitals throughout Lima, the capital of Peru. Day after day, he noticed
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Middle East
Is Cairo the world’s most polluted city? ‘No’ says the government, ‘probably’ say its suffering residents CAIRO: The Egyptian capital has long ranked as one of the most
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Middle East
TRIPOLI: The only working airport in Tripoli reopened Thursday, after being forced to close by deadly clashes in the Libyan capital last week, the transport ministry said.The announcement comes
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Middle East
Is Cairo the world’s most polluted city? ‘No’ says the government, ‘probably’ say its suffering residents CAIRO: The Egyptian capital has long ranked as one of the most
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Middle East
Washington, DC - It is becoming a near-daily occurence. Leaks from inside US President Donald Trump's White House have both riled and undermined its current occupant and his
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The United States charged a North Korean computer programmer with some of the most dramatic global hacking cases of recent years, alleging they were carried out on behalf
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Middle East
China is ready to retaliate if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with a tariff hike on $200bn worth of Chinese goods and is confident it can maintain
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World
Staten Island, New York (CNN)In 1997, Elissa Montanti was suffering from paralyzing anxiety and frequent panic attacks. She had lived through the loss of her mother, followed by
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World
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Tokyo (CNN)Yet another natural disaster has struck part of Japan, continuing a summer of chaos that has seen the country weather deadly floods, typhoons, earthquakes, landslides and heatwaves.
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Middle East
ANKARA: There has been heavy diplomatic traffic between Ankara and its Western allies since Russian warplanes began bombing Syria’s Idlib province, which borders Turkey and is home to
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ANKARA: There has been heavy diplomatic traffic between Ankara and its Western allies since Russian warplanes began bombing Syria’s Idlib province, which borders Turkey and is home to
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Middle East
Yemeni government gives Houthis 24 hours to get to Geneva after militia refuses to attend talks SANAA: Yemen's government has given the Houthis 24 hours to get to
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