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U.S. drone shot down over Yemen: officials
Published On: August 21, 2019 08:57 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, the second such incident in recent months.
Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention
Published On: August 21, 2019 07:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention, a decision that will almost certainly lead to a new court fight over the government’s ability to hold migrant families until their cases are decided.
Hong Kong protesters gather at mob-attack subway as bank warns of economic fallout
Published On: August 21, 2019 05:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Aug 21: A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself as demonstrators began to gather for a sit-in at the subway site of a mid-summer mob attack.
Rust-belt China looks abroad as economy slows, tariffs bite
Published On: August 21, 2019 05:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
YINGKOU, Aug 21: From Thailand to Kenya, trains run on tracks from steel mills in China’s northeast, a rust-belt region that is trying to capitalize on a multibillion-dollar national initiative to build ports, railways and other projects abroad.
Pompeo urges fresh thinking on Mideast, warns Iran
Published On: August 21, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that greater cooperation and “fresh thinking to solve old problems” are needed in the Middle East — but he also condemned Iran and its proxies for continuing “to foment terror and unrest” in the region.
Ex-Vatican treasurer Pell returns to jail after losing appeal against sex abuse convictions
Published On: August 21, 2019 04:14 PM NPT By: Reuters
MELBOURNE, Aug 21: Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will remain in prison for at least another three years after losing an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choir boys, an Australian court ruled on Wednesday.
Danish royal palace ‘surprised’ by Trump canceling trip
Published On: August 21, 2019 04:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Aug 21: U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a visit to Denmark next month after the prime minister described his plan to buy Greenland as “absurd” took the Danish royal palace by surprise, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Earth’s future is being written in fast-melting Greenland
Published On: August 21, 2019 02:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HELHEIM GLACIER, August 21: This is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise.
DHL stops deliveries for Amazon Fresh in Germany
Published On: August 21, 2019 02:27 PM NPT By: Reuters
BERLIN, Aug 21: Deutsche Post DHL (DPWGn.DE) will no longer deliver fresh food in Germany for Amazon (AMZN.O) as demand for the service launched in 2017 has been disappointing, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Venezuela crisis pushes women into ‘forced motherhood’
Published On: August 21, 2019 02:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CARACAS, Aug 21: Dr. Saturnina Clemente pulls up to the small clinic in the impoverished Caucaguita neighborhood armed with one of Venezuela’s most sought-after commodities: Hormonal implants to prevent pregnancy.
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