Census says more than 60% of US men are fathers

Published On: June 16, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

FLORIDA, June 16: Fathers in the U.S. tend to be better educated than men without children, and relatively few men have children over age 40.

LONDON, June 16: U.S. President Donald Trump once again criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday, saying he is a “disaster” and will “only get worse” after three people were slain in the city in less than 20 hours.

HONG KONG, June 16: Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly clad in black, jammed the city’s streets Sunday in a vehement show of opposition to proposed legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.

NEW DELHI, June 16: India’s recent national election delivered a historic victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, but also exposed the influence of money, power and questionable morality on the world’s largest democracy.

JOHANNESBURG, June 16: One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than Switzerland where thousands of the animals have been slaughtered in recent years.

U.N. chief calls on EU to raise 2030 climate goal to 55%

Published On: June 16, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

BRUSSELS, June 16: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the European Union to aim for a 55% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, far more than the bloc’s current target for a 40% reduction.

NEW DELHI, June 16: India will impose higher retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. products including almonds, apples and walnuts from Sunday, following Washington’s withdrawal of key trade privileges for New Delhi.

HONG KONG, June 16: Tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand the city’s leader steps down, a day after she suspended an extradition bill following the most violent protests in decades.

Bomb kills Kenyan policemen near Somali border

Published On: June 15, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

NAIROBI, June 15:  A roadside bomb hit a police vehicle patrolling near Kenya’s border with Somalia on Saturday, killing several of the 11 officers inside, a police spokesman said.

Russia's Putin gives China's Xi ice cream on his 66th birthday

Published On: June 15, 2019 04:38 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, June 15: Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Xi considers a close friend and who gave Xi ice cream as a present, Chinese state media reported.