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Ukraine cops arrested over drunken shooting of 5-year-old boy

10:34 pm June 4, 2019

Kiev: Ukraine on Tuesday arrested two policemen on suspicion of shooting dead a five-year-old boy while drunk in a case that has sparked outrage over lingering corruption and impunity in the force. The National Bureau of Investigations said the shooting took place on Friday when the two patrol officers were drinking together in a yard in the city of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky, […]

Asia, US boost global plastic output

10:25 pm June 4, 2019

Paris: Despite widespread alarm on the environmental cost, Asia and the United States lifted world production of plastic last year while Europe saw a dip, the PlasticsEurope federation said Tuesday. Voicing concern over US imports, the federation noted global output rose by 3.2 per cent last year to 359 million tonnes (Mt), on the heels of a 3.9 per cent increase a year earlier. Asia […]

Trump baby blimp flies in London as protests greet president

8:02 pm June 4, 2019

London: As British Prime Minister Theresa May meets President Donald Trump on Tuesday, thousands of protesters plan to tell the US leader he should have stayed at home. Trade unions, women’s groups, peace campaigners and environmentalists are gathering in the capital to condemn Trump’s policies and Britain’s decision to roll out the red carpet for a pomp-filled state visit. Protests began with the […]

Production resumes at world's biggest Nutella plant

World’s biggest Nutella factory blocked by French workers

7:25 pm June 4, 2019

Paris: No more Nutella? French workers are threatening as much, bringing the world’s biggest Nutella factory to a near-standstill in a showdown over salary negotiations. Tensions have been mounting at the site in Villers-Ecalles in Normandy, where activists from the Workers’ Force union have been barring trucks from entering or leaving the factory for a week. The plant produces a staggering […]

Australian jailed to 10 years over British backpacker rape

2:05 pm May 29, 2019

Sydney: An Australian man who kidnapped and repeatedly raped a British backpacker during a month-long ordeal in the country’s Outback has been jailed for 10 years. Marcus Allyn Keith Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cairns, in the far north of Queensland state, to charges of rape and deprivation of liberty […]