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China test-fires multiple anti-ship ballistic missiles

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Moderate natural disaster shakes Southern California, including Los Angeles

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Perth student released from North Korea

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Vice president's New Hampshire visit canceled at last minute

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Putin, Pope Francis discuss situation in Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine

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Stowaway dies after falling hundreds of metres into London garden

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Iran summons United Kingdom ambassador in tanker seizure row

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Dubai ruler’s wife flees ‘for her life’ to London

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One dead after volcano erupts on Italian island

Despite being "more concerned about the people" that were on the island at the time of the explosion, she said: "Of course, it crossed our minds that if we had ...

Hundreds fall ill at party for Imelda Marcos

Most victims - supporters of the Marcos family who came to the party venue on board buses and jeepneys - complained of dizziness and vomiting. "Organizers are...

McConnell urges Nike to reverse cancellation of Betsy Ross shoes

Josh Hawley, a Republican senator from Missouri, called the brand "anti-American, pure and simple", while Ted Cruz said Nike "only wants to sell sneakers to...

Lawyers: Fetal death charges 'unjust,' should be dismissed

Eight weeks after an Alabama grand jury indicted a woman for manslaughter over the loss of her fetus in a shooting she was accused of provoking, a state distric...

Missing Australian student Alek Sigley confirmed safe in China

Alek Sigley was the first Australian student at North Korea's Kim Il-sung University. Mr Sigley was pursuing a master's degree and running a tourism busi...

Trump Proposes U.S. Liaison Office in Pyongyang

Following the historic meeting, The Donald tweeted: "It was great being with Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea this weekend". "What can't be overlooked is t...

Outrage over manslaughter charge facing Alabama woman who miscarried after shooting

Jefferson County District Attorney Lynneice Washington says it was not in the best interest of justice to pursue charges against Marshae Jones , who was indic...

Boeing promises $100 m to 737 MAX crash victims' families, communities

The aviation giant said it would partner with local governments and nonprofits on community programs and economic development in grieving communities. All 157 p...

Manly beach closed after swimmer 'bitten by shark'

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US `hell-bent on hostile acts` despite wanting to talk: North Korea

It also accused Washington of attempting to "undermine the peaceful atmosphere" on the Korean peninsular. He said the two leaders agreed to start working-level ...

"Racist" Betsy Ross Flag Part of Obama Inauguration

The version of the U.S. flag that appeared at the back of the new shoes, which has 13 white stars rather than the 50 on the modern version, was used in the Unit...

Arctic Fox Sets Record In Walking From Norway To Canada

They freed her into the wild on the east cost of Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago of Norway . In fact, it was so long that researchers ...

Cockroaches becoming impossible to kill using insecticides

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Biden, Harris Numbers Too Close to Call in US Democratic Primaries

Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leapfrogged over Sen. Despite Harris's surge, Democrat voters still consider Biden their best bet at succe...

Twitter DMs go down amid several social media outages

We can't say whether that's affecting the outage , but it's no coincidence they're all part of the same mothership. Currently WhatsApp users are not able t...

Donald Trump Doesn't Seem to Understand LA or Its Homelessness Crisis

Calling the problem of homelessness "inappropriate", and "disgraceful", the President made clear his concern is not actually for the people - who in large numbe...

Malaysian passport 13th most powerful, Singapore and Japan rank 1st

The Henley Passport Index released its passport rankings for 2019 on Tuesday (July 2), using data from International Air Transport Association. Globally, co...

Rahul Gandhi resigns as leader of Indias opposition Congress

Within an hour of sharing his open letter, Gandhi removed "Congress president" from his profile. The outgoing president took responsibility for the loss in ...

Police smash alleged terror plot in multiple raids across Sydney

Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney told reporters at a press conference that the men, aged 20, 23, and 30 were arrested after severa...

Jim Beam warehouse burns with 45000 barrels of bourbon inside

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Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher not guilty of murder in ISIS detainee’s death

While Gallagher was serving Mosul in 2017, Navy prosecutors said he killed a young ISIS fighter who was being treated by U.S. medics, posed for photos next t...

Watchdog releases photos of overcrowding inside Texas migrant detention facilities

The facilities visited were created to detain migrants for no more than 72 hours, but the report says investigators found prolonged detention at all five faci...