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Tens of thousands join gay pride parades around the world

Published On: June 30, 2019 08:50 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, June 30: Tens of thousands of people turned out for gay pride celebrations around the world on Saturday, including a boisterous party in Mexico and the first pride march in North Macedonia’s capital.

US, Taliban open Doha talks in fresh bid to end war

Published On: June 29, 2019 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, June 29: A fresh round of talks between the U.S. and the Taliban began in Qatar on Saturday, just days after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is hoping for an Afghan peace agreement before September 1.

Putin fires new broadside against Western liberalism

Published On: June 29, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

OSAKA, June 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin fired a new broadside against Western liberalism on Saturday, saying that policies such as welcoming migrants have hurt people’s interests.

UN report: 7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013

Published On: June 29, 2019 07:04 PM NPT By: Associated Press

June 29: Over 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen in the last 5 1/2 years as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a U.N. report released Friday.

Wildfires and power cuts plague Europe as heatwave breaks records

Published On: June 29, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

PARIS, June 29: Hundreds of firefighters battled on Saturday to contain wildfires in southern France as a stifling heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures to parts of Europe, killing at least three people in Italy.

1 child dies, 3 sickened by E. coli linked to San Diego fair

Published On: June 29, 2019 06:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SAN DIEGO, June 29: Authorities say E. coli bacteria encountered at the San Diego County Fair has killed one child and sickened three others.

Trump announces US-China trade truce, talks to resume

Published On: June 29, 2019 04:28 PM NPT By: Associated Press

OSAKA, June 29: President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping agreed to a cease-fire Saturday in their nations’ yearlong trade war, averting — at least for now — an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers.

Migrants step off German aid ship after captain defies Italy

Published On: June 29, 2019 03:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LAMPEDUSA, June 29: Forty migrants stepped onto Italian soil Saturday after the defiant captain of the German humanitarian ship which had rescued them some two weeks earlier docked without permission at a tiny Mediterranean island, ramming an Italian border police motorboat blocking its way. The aid ship’s captain was detained.

At least 15 dead as construction site wall collapses in western India

Published On: June 29, 2019 12:53 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, June 29: At least 15 people were killed, including three children, when a compound wall near a construction site fell on temporary huts of labourers in the western Indian city of Pune following heavy rain, a fire brigade official said on Saturday.

Russia happy to discuss energy cooperation with Saudi Arabia - Putin

Published On: June 29, 2019 12:47 PM NPT By: Reuters

OSAKA, June 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin told Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday he was happy to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the energy market.