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Vietnam detains 100 after violent protests
On Sunday, protesters in the central province of Binh Thuan threw petrol bombs and bricks at police and damaged local government offices and vehicles, state media reported . Nhieu also said that dozens of police officers sustained injuries but there were no deaths, shutting down rumours that had spread on social media. The proposed bill on the zones in 3 areas would let foreign investors leas... [Full Article...]
Hawaii Volcano's Bubbling Lava Is Enough To Cover Manhattan
No one has died in this Hawaii eruption but some 600 homes have been swallowed by lava flows from Kilauea since May 3, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said last week. There were two small blasts Monday, including one after a magnitude-5.4 natural disaster, scientists said. Kilauea has been erupting since the start of May, with the resulting lava flow destroying hundreds of buildings. [Full Article...]
Trump says has good relationship with Canada's Trudeau after G7 meeting
Mrs May said she made clear to Mr Trump that the U.S. levies were unacceptable - but she underlined the need for dialogue to stop the dispute from escalating. Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday further venting anger at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies, the European Union and Trudeau. A video posted of Trudeau delivering a press conference appeared to show Trudeau's left eyebro... [Full Article...]
Trudeau’s criticism will cost Canada ‘a lot of money’
Top adviser Peter Navarro added further fuel to the fire, saying there is a " special place in hell " for the Canadian leader. "We support the continuing efforts by the president on North Korea, (and) we look forward to looking at the details of the agreement", Trudeau said today prior to his weekly cabinet meeting. [Full Article...]
Trump says to stop 'expensive', 'provocative' South Korea war games
The summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be going smoothly, but Fox News host Chris Wallace says that "optimism and caution are both warranted in this case". "I am concerned that the summit between Trump and Kim will prove to be a setback in the global efforts to denuclearize North Korea and also introduce instability in the alliance betwee... [Full Article...]
House Republicans work to craft Dreamer immigration deal
A leader of House moderates says his group has tentatively agreed to an offer from conservatives to help young " Dreamer " immigrants stay in the US legally. "I originally thought that border security would actually be easier - and I think at the end of the day, it will - but I think now that we are getting down to the fine points of what border security means, it is going to require some furthe... [Full Article...]
Syria's Assad dismisses reports Russian Federation cooperating with Israel on air strikes
Assad tells the Mail on Sunday that Western nations have lied about chemical attacks in Syria and supported terrorist groups there, while Russian Federation has supported his government against the foreign "invasion". Israeli energy minister and cabinet member Yuval Steinitz recently appeared to threaten that his nation could kill Assad if necessary to stop Iran. [Full Article...]
European Union will act against US tariffs on steel, aluminum: Merkel
European leaders met ahead of the formal kickoff of the G7 summit where Merkel proposed a so-called "shared evaluation mechanism" on U.S. trade, which was enthusiastically backed by French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, according to a French official who briefed reporters on the meeting. [Full Article...]
Washington opens de facto embassy in Taiwan, angering China
Mr Trump in March signed the Taiwan Travel Act, which will allow more official visits between the U.S. and Taipei. But the U.S. sent an assistant secretary of state for the unveiling, a visit less likely to unnerve China which was concerned that higher-level officials may attend. [Full Article...]
Jared and Ivanka made at least R1 billion in the White House
Vast Majority of Americans Support Trump’s Meeting with Kim Jong
His earlier visits to North Korea included a basketball game he organized, an event chronicled in the documentary film "Big Bang in Pyongyang", which featured Rodman singing "Happy Birthday" to Kim, as well as scenes of inebriated and erratic behavior by the basketball Hall of Famer. [Full Article...]
ICC acquits DR Congo's Bemba on appeal
But the ICC has overturned his 2016 conviction by upholding his appeal against that ruling. Bemba was the highest ranking politician convicted by the permanent war crimes court, and his case had been seen as establishing a precedent that political and military officials may be held liable for the actions of troops under their command. [Full Article...]
Fox News host sorry for calling Trump, Kim 'two dictators'
Huntsman made the remark while sat next to Trump's short-lived ex-communications director Anthony Scaramucci , who appeared unfazed by the mistake. The summit with Trump is the culmination of months of posturing and negotiating between top USA and North Korean officials and comes less than two weeks after Trump reversed his decision to scrap plans for the meeting, which is set to take place i... [Full Article...]
Crucial week for Brexit
Lee, the MP for Bracknell since 2010, confirmed on Twitter that he was quitting in order to back the meaningful vote amendment, and also said he would support a second referendum on the final Brexit deal . Crucial to it all will be the 10 DUP votes and they are expected to vote with the Government. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn is facing a possible rebellion of his own, with the Labour MP Ian Murr... [Full Article...]
Don’t expect too much from Kim-Trump meeting - Dennis Rodman
Pompeo said the summit should set the framework for "the hard work that will follow", insisting that North Korea had to move toward complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. The two are due to meet on Tuesday on the resort island of Sentosa for their high-stakes summit, the first-ever talks between a USA and North Korean leader and the culmination of a head-spinning diplomatic danc... [Full Article...]
Trump Kim summit: Face-to-face
China and South Korea would have to sign off on any legal treaty. At the same time, Kim acknowledged "old prejudicesand practices" that kept US-North Korea relations frozen for decades. "If I think it won't happen, I am not going to waste my time". Among those joining the leaders on the U.S. side were Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House chief of staff John Kelly and national security adv... [Full Article...]
Trump predicts ‘tremendous success’ for historic summit
In this photo released by the Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore , North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , right, arrives at the Changi International Airport, Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore ahead of a summit with US President Donald Trump . [Full Article...]
1 dead in train knife attack
What appear to be fleeing passengers' belongings are strewn on the floor of a shinkansen vehicle next to the one where a knife-yielding man killed a male passenger and injured two women on June 9, 2018. At least two knives were found at the scene of the crime. The train was crowded with women thought to have attended an event. Witnesses said passengers fled in panic, some of them in tears. [Full Article...]
Explosive eruption reported from Hawaii's Kilauea
New footage has been released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showing lava stretching a mile out to sea after filling Kapoho Bay on Hawaii's Big Island. The lava destroyed over 600 houses in Hawaii and poured in low-laying neighbourhoods of Hawaii. About 100 structures had been destroyed before the latest eruption, but about 500 homes in the communities of Kapoho Beach Lots and V... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump says top economic adviser Larry Kudlow suffers heart attack
Later, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, who was traveling with the president, issued a statement that said Kudlow's doctors said he had a "very mild heart attack". Kudlow had joined Trump at the contentious G-7 at the end of last week. He recently returned from the G-7 summit in Canada, where Trump found himself at odds with US allies over his decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs. [Full Article...]