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Ukraine’s new leader gets sworn in, dissolves parliament
Published On: May 20, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KIEV, May 20: Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sought to capitalize on his huge popularity, dissolving the country’s parliament Monday minutes after he was sworn in as president.
China’s pig disease outbreak pushes up global pork prices
Published On: May 20, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, May 20: Hong Kong retiree Lee Wai-man loves pork fresh from the market but eats a lot less now that the price has jumped as China struggles with a deadly swine disease that has sent shockwaves through global meat markets.
Swedish prosecutor requests Assange's detention over rape allegation
Published On: May 20, 2019 05:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
STOCKHOLM, May 20: The Swedish prosecutor heading an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange filed a request with a local court on Monday for him to be detained in absentia.
As U.S.-Iran tension simmers, rocket fired near Iraq's U.S. Embassy
Published On: May 20, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
BAGHDAD, May 20: A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, on Sunday night, falling near the U.S. Embassy but causing no casualties, the Iraqi military said.
Indonesia steps up security ahead of presidential election result
Published On: May 20, 2019 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
JAKARTA, May 20: Police rolled out more barbed wire on Monday to tighten security outside Indonesia’s election agency and readied armored trucks and water cannons to quell any civil unrest when official results of a presidential poll are released this week. With the General Election Commission (KPU) set to declare its count from last month’s election by Wednesday, authorities have detained dozens of militant Islamists suspected of planning attacks to create mayhem during demonstrations.
U.S. warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions
Published On: May 20, 2019 02:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 20: The U.S. military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two biggest economies.
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist - source
Published On: May 20, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, May 20: Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world.
Al Jazeera suspends two journalists over Holocaust video
Published On: May 20, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Agencies
May 20: Al Jazeera Media Network has suspended two journalists over a video that downplayed the Holocaust, Aljazeera reported.
Kashmir group seeks UN probe into torture by India troops
Published On: May 20, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, May 20: A prominent rights group in Indian-controlled Kashmir is advocating for the United Nations to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate what it calls the endemic use of torture by government forces who have faced a decades-long anti-India uprising in the disputed region.
11 people killed in reported gun attack at bar in Brazil
Published On: May 20, 2019 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20: A gang of gunmen reportedly attacked a bar in the capital of Brazil’s northern Pará state Sunday afternoon, and authorities said 11 people were killed.
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