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US, Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships

8:51 pm June 7, 2019

Tokyo: The US and Russian militaries accused each other of unsafe actions on Friday after an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet (50 meters) of each other in the East China Sea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said the Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and its crew […]

UK’s May quits as party leader, starting succession race

2:55 pm June 7, 2019

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit. May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control over the direction of […]

Brexit Party fails to win first seat in UK by-election

2:53 pm June 7, 2019

Peterborough (UK): Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party failed to win its first seat in Britain’s parliament as it lost out to the main opposition Labour Party in a crunch by-election, results on Friday showed. The poll in the eastern English city of Peterborough was triggered after the sitting MP, Fiona Onasanya, was dumped […]

Tunisian-German couple in court over ‘ricin attack plot’

2:06 pm June 7, 2019

Dusseldorf (Germany) : A Tunisian man and his German wife will stand trial from Friday, charged with planning a foiled biological bomb attack in Germany with the deadly poison ricin. Sief Allah H., 30, and his wife Yasmin, 43, were arrested a year ago by an anti-terrorist squad that found 84 milligrams of the toxin in their Cologne apartment. The […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin says West ‘crazy’ for backing Venezuela’s Guaido

10:57 pm June 6, 2019

Saint Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the West was “crazy” for supporting an opposition leader in Venezuela over its president. Putin said Juan Guaido was “likeable” but warned that the world would plunge into chaos if there were no rules. “But if we adopt this way of coming to power — a man walks into a square, lifts up his eyes to heaven and […]