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French labor reform protesters denounce Macron’s ‘assault on workers’ rights’
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Several hundred activists have taken to the streets of a Paris suburb, protesting against new labor reforms which will make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, and accusing President Emmanuel Macron of failing to…
RT says ‘Youth gangs openly sell drugs, carry guns in Swedish no-go zones’ – local shopkeepe
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Swedish police have recently expanded their list of so-called “vulnerable areas,” where crime and extremism run rampant. RT talked to locals and observers about the problems in these troubled areas, widely known as “no-go…
Trump urges Salman to find solution to standoff with Qatar
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US President Donald Trump has called on Saudi King Salman and “all the parties in the Qatar dispute” to find a diplomatic solution to the regional standoff, according to the White House.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and…
Rohingyas flee crackdown in Myanmar in thousands
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A government crackdown in Myanmar has forced nearly 19,000 members of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslim community to flee to neighboring Bangladesh in less than a week.
“As of last night, 18,500 people have come across” from…
Houston devastated by flooding; residents gird for more rains
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Catastrophic flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated Houston on Sunday, forcing residents of the fourth most populous US city to flee their homes in boats or hunker down in anticipation of several more days…
US military retracts say that North Korea missile test failed
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The US military has confirmed that two of the three missiles test-launched by North Korea on Saturday flew successfully, revising an earlier claim that at least two of them had failed.
The US Pacific Command confirmed…
At least 14 arrested in California
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Police have arrested at least 14 people and reportedly deployed tear gas as demonstrators from the Left and Right of the political spectrum held rallies in Berkeley, California.
Most of the suspected offenders were arrested…
Tillerson : Trump speaks for himself
Questioned about Donald Trump’s controversial response to terrorism by a neo-Nazi sympathizer in Charlottesville, Virginia, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the president “speaks for himself.”
The former ExxonMobil CEO…
13 killed in a bombing attack in Afghanistan
At least 13 people have been killed and several more injured in a Taliban bombing attack on a convoy of troops in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
“A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car as the Afghan National Army convoy…
Pakistan ‘postpones’ visit by senior US official
Pakistan has had a visit by a senior US official to the country postponed amid high anti-American sentiment in the country following controversial remarks made by US President Donald Trump.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry and the US…