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Trump slammed for calling to deport migrants without due process

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Trump slammed for calling to deport migrants without due process

Roughly 2,300 migrant children were separated from their families in recent weeks [Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP] US president says people entering country without proper documents should be sent back without court cases or judges. President Donald Trump has said undocumented people entering the United States should be immediately deported without any judicial process, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups who […]

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Scores killed as gunmen attack Plateau villages,Unconfirmed reports put the number of people killed at more than 100

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Scores killed as gunmen attack Plateau villages,Unconfirmed reports put the number of people killed at more than 100

  Govt imposes curfew on communities • Witnesses say masked attackers more than 100 • No arrests yet by security agencies • Group chides Lalong for not doing enough It was a killing spree by unknown gunmen yesterday in Plateau. Unconfirmed reports put the number of people killed at more than 100.The attacks, said to […]

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Koreans unaware that coffee may cause cancer By Ko Dong-hwan

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Koreans unaware that coffee may cause cancer  By Ko Dong-hwan

Roasted coffee, containing acrylamide that possibly causes a cancer, is causing concern among Koreans, who drink a large amount of coffee comparedto people in other countries. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk Three months after the state of California mandated local coffee shops to post a warning sign about acrylamide ― a chemical formed while […]

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Turkey’s election board declares Erdoğan winner

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Turkey’s election board declares Erdoğan winner

DHA Photo Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on early Monday announced President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won absolute majority in presidential election as 97.7 percent of ballot boxes were opened. Speaking hours after Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, YSK head Sadi Güven said Justice and Development (AK) Party, Republican People’s Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), […]

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Erdoğan on track for win in Turkey’s presidential elections

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Erdoğan on track for win in Turkey’s presidential elections

Press Office of the the Turkish Presidency With almost 80 percent of the votes counted in Turkey’s presidential elections, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is predicted to emerge as the winner yet again with a 54.4 percent lead. Main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem Ince has so far received 29.8 percent of […]

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Zarif: Europe has guaranteed Iran’s oil sale

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Zarif: Europe has guaranteed Iran’s oil sale

IRNA Iran’s top diplomat said on Sunday Europe has guaranteed that the country will be able to sell its crude following US withdrawal from the nuclear deal and re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran. Addressing a meeting of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce in Tehran on Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif commented on the future […]

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Seoul, Pyongyang to narrow differences on military, humanitarian agendas

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Seoul, Pyongyang to narrow differences on military, humanitarian agendas

Starting next week, the two Koreas plan to hold working-level negotiations to realize the April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration. On Monday, Seoul and Pyongyang will hold colonel-level talks about restoring suspended military communication channels on the eastern and western inter-Korean border area. According to the Ministry of National Defense, South Korea will send a delegation led […]

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Saudi women hit the road as driving ban is lifted World’s only ban on female motorists overturned, in a move that follows arrests of activists calling for right to drive.

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Saudi women hit the road as driving ban is lifted World’s only ban on female motorists overturned, in a move that follows arrests of activists calling for right to drive.

Prior to last year’s royal decree, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world that did not allow women to drive -Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters] Women in Saudi Arabia are now allowed to drive for the first time since the religiously conservative kingdom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists. The lifting of the […]

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Italy defiant as migrant ship stranded in MediterraneanBy AFP’s Lucy Adler

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Italy defiant as migrant ship stranded in MediterraneanBy AFP’s Lucy Adler

Matteo Salvini speaks during the Italian talk show “Porta a Porta” on Wednesday as a picture of migrants is seen in the background. Photo: Andreas Solaro / AFP Italy defiantly declared on Saturday that its ports were closed to foreign-flagged rescue ships as German charity vessel Lifeline lay off the coast of Malta in limbo […]

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Polls open in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections

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Polls open in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections

Reuters Photo Polls have opened in Turkey’s high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections, with 56,322,632 registered voters and 180,065 ballot boxes across the country. Voters began gathering at polling centers early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the elections that complete Turkey’s transition to a new executive presidential system that was approved in a controversial […]

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