British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran transferred to mental health ward
The 40-year-old has been detained in Iran since April 2016.
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Sudanese military and protesters sign power-sharing document
The move is designed to break the country’s deadlock after weeks of stalled talks.
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07, 2019
July on course to be hottest month ever recorded, climate scientists say
Record temperatures across much of the world over the past two weeks could make July the hottest month ever measured on Earth, according to climate scientists.The past fortnight has seen freak heat in the Canadian Arctic, crippling droughts in Chennai ...
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WTO opens way for Chinese sanctions against US tariffs in Obama-era dispute
The United States did not fully comply with a World Trade Organisation ruling and could face Chinese sanctions if it does not remove certain tariffs that break WTO rules, the WTO’s appeals judges said in a ruling on Tuesday.China went to the WTO in 201...
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Johnson and Hunt condemn Trump’s remarks but decline to brand them racist
Both leadership rivals were pressed on what their views were of the US president’s controversial tweets.
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07, 2019
Demonstrators try to block Hawaii’s giant telescope project on religious grounds
Mauna Kea, already an important astronomical site, is considered to be sacred land by some Native Hawaiians.
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07, 2019
Trump presses attack on Democrat congresswomen amid outcry over racist tweets
US President Donald Trump continued his attack on four non-white congresswomen on Monday, demanding that the female lawmakers – who he said should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from – apologise.Even as White House offic...
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Donald Trump goads China over record low GDP growth rate as US trade war tariffs hit slowing Chinese economy
US President Donald Trump used his first tweets of the day on Monday to goad China about its slowest gross domestic product growth rate on record, while better-than-expected economic data for June was met with “scepticism” and “caution” by analysts, ra...
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Bastille Day: France showcases military might, ties with European allies at Paris parade
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday put European military cooperation at the heart of the Bastille Day parade at a time of growing tensions with the United States.Key EU leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister...
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07, 2019
ICE raids: migrants in fear as US agents prepare to round up ‘thousands’
Thousands of undocumented immigrants in the United States were waiting in fear and uncertainty ahead of nationwide raids Sunday that US President Donald Trump said would lead to a wave of expulsions.Demonstrators in dozens of cities protested the plann...