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Leader Of Japanese Cult Aum Shinrikyo Executed For 1995 Attack
Asahara was born Chizuo Matsumoto in 1955 on the southwestern island of Kyushu and changed his name in the 1980s, when the Aum cult was being developed. At its peak, Aum had tens of thousands of followers, mostly in Japan and Russian Federation. Aum Shinrikyo is designated a terrorist organisation in the US and many other countries. [Full Article...]
Trump Administration Says It Will Comply With Family Reunification Deadlines
An administration official last week said that around 500 children, the total number of children in Customs and Border Protection custody since May 5 and those children have been reunited with parents. There are more than 11,800 minors in their care - most of whom arrived at the border unaccompanied. He noted that some children may have become separated either before or after crossing into the U... [Full Article...]
Trump mocks #MeToo, calls senator 'Pocahontas' during campaign stop
Trump vowed Thursday at a campaign rally in Montana that he'll be prepared for the July 16 summit in Finland. "I'm glad that the president has signed 16 of my bills", Tester said, pointing to one measure created to improve accountability at the VA. [Full Article...]
Turnbull won't intervene in Nauru ABC ban
Rights groups have criticised conditions that asylum seekers endure there. In a statement the Pacific Forum Secretariat says while Nauru as a sovereign country has stated its position and concerns about media reporting, the forum has always stood by its principles of free and open press. [Full Article...]
YouTube star is one of three killed at popular waterfall in Canada
The cousin of a man who fell into the pool of a waterfall near Squamish says Charles Ryker Gamble died trying to help his friend. Heavy water flow and an extremely hard terrain were a challenge for the crew involved in the efforts. residents. "We've had a number of dogs that have gone into the water, and people that have slipped into the water as well". "The Sea to Sky Gondola has certai... [Full Article...]
Putin meeting an accomplishment in itself, envoy says
It will be the first formal summit between the two leaders, although they've met twice before. Bilateral ties between Russia and the US have been plunged to a new low in effect of the USA escalating sanctions against Russia over Crimea and Syria, the alleged meddling in the USA 2016 elections and the so-called "poison attack" of a former Russian spy in Britain. [Full Article...]
Japan hangs doomsday cult members who attacked subway with sarin
In this March 20, 1995, file photo, subway passengers affected by a sarin nerve gas attack in a central Tokyo subway station are carried into St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo . Asahara was 63 years old. In 2016, police in Russian Federation conducted a number of raids on suspected cult members in Moscow and St Petersburg. [Full Article...]
Nun charged with selling babies at Mother Teresa home
TAs per a report by TOI, one of the detained workers from Mother Teresa's organisation confessed that the children were being sold to different families. "When the child was brought to the shelter home, Indwar took the boy away ". "However, on being contacted, the mother said that she did not have the baby with her", Batra said. [Full Article...]