World
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Beijing says small groups can’t rule world as G7 adopts anti-China agenda
Jun 13, 2021 15:57The Group of Seven’s adoption of a controversial agenda against China has escalated tensions, drawing a stern rebuke from Beijing about outdated assumptions that small groups of countries could still rule and make decisions for the rest of the world.
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Myanmar's anti-junta activists launch online solidarity campaign for persecuted Rohingya Muslims
Jun 13, 2021 15:45Anti-junta protesters and social media activists in Myanmar have launched a campaign to show solidarity with Rohingya Muslims who were persecuted and forced to leave their homeland of Western Rakhine state due to a military crackdown in 2017.
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US FDA asks J&J to discard millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses
Jun 13, 2021 15:27The US Food & Drug Administration on Friday said Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) must throw away millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine that were manufactured at a problem-plagued Baltimore factory but also cleared millions for use.
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Tens of thousands rally against far-right ideas in France
Jun 13, 2021 11:43Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the rise of far-right extremism across France, as tensions run high over the prospect of Marine Le Pen being elected president next May.
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Gas pipe explosion kills 11 in central Chinese city, CCTV reports
Jun 13, 2021 08:25At least 11 people were killed and over 140 injured in a gas explosion in the Chinese Province of Hubei, China Central Television reports.
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Texas, Arizona Govs. calling for states to send police to help deal with border crisis
Jun 13, 2021 08:15The governors of Texas and Arizona are calling for other US states to send police to the border to help them deal with the deteriorating crisis there.
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Biden declines to hold joint news briefing after meeting Putin
Jun 13, 2021 07:39US President Joe Biden will not hold a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following their upcoming summit in Geneva in efforts to avoid the unfavorable impression his predecessor Donald Trump left after meeting Putin in 2018.
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Top US general confirms climate change’s threat military ops
Jun 13, 2021 07:24Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has confirmed that climate change poses a serious threat to the country, insisting that it has had a significant impact on American military operations.
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Canadians rally against Islamophobia after Muslim family killing
Jun 12, 2021 17:41Thousands of people have rallied in Canada to denounce Islamophobia and express support for a Muslim family recently killed in a brutal attack described as a hate crime.
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US-Russia relationship ‘deteriorated to its lowest point’ in years: Putin
Jun 12, 2021 08:15Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Washington-Moscow relationship has “deteriorated to its lowest point” over the past years.