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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea
The United States has stepped up sanctions on North Korea to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program. More than 85% of the surviving applicants are in their 70s or older. During the three years since the reunions were last held, the North tested three nuclear weapons and multiple missiles that demonstrated they potentially could strike the continental United States. [Full Article...]
USA deports 95-year-old former Nazi camp guard to Germany
He landed in Düsseldorf, Germany , on Tuesday. He served as a guard at a Nazi forced labor camp during World War II . He arrived in the USA in 1949 and was given citizenship in 1957. The camp is the site of one of the largest massacres of the Holocaust. Palij told Justice Department investigators who showed up at his door in 1993: "I would never have received my visa if I told the truth". [Full Article...]
U.S. deports accused former Nazi guard to Germany
The Palij case has been the subject of complex legal and diplomatic negotiations between the USA and German governments for decades. He said the new German government, which took office in March, brought "new energy" to the matter. According to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum , the majority of officials who ran Trawniki did not survive the war, but a number have faced prosecution in Germany and t... [Full Article...]
Florida deputy saves child from hot vehicle
He had initially thought that she was dead but found out she was alive when her eyes moved ever so slightly before he rescued her earlier this year on Father's Day, 17 June. "It was a heck of a thing to experience that adrenaline dump". Keller was arrested and charged with child neglect and bodily harm, Fox13 reported. [Full Article...]
El Salvador becomes latest nation to cut links with Taiwan
Sensing that it had done all it could diplomatically, the Foreign Ministry made a decision to announce the severing of ties with El Salvador at 7 a.m. According to the foreign minister, El Salvador had been in talks with Beijing on the possibility of establishing diplomatic ties since June 2018, and Taiwan had been doing its best to persuade the country to reconsider the decision but to no a... [Full Article...]
Eid al-Adha: Everything you need to know
It occurs between the 8th and 12th day of the last month of the Islamic calendar, the Dhu al-Hijjah which is based on lunar events. It is not known when the exact day begins. He added, as Muslims around the world commemorate the sacrifice, Filipinos "should be more inspired to embody courage and conviction in all of the challenges we face as a nation". [Full Article...]
Rockets strike Kabul as Afghan president speaks at Eid prayer ceremony
An MD 530F military helicopter targets a house where attackers are hiding in Kabul , Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. "Police have cordoned off the area", he said. President Ghani instructed the national defense and security forces to continue to their operations against the Taliban until a positive response has not been received. [Full Article...]
CCTV captures Genoa bridge collapse
A person is seen scrambling from the rubble seconds after the collapse and later a cat runs over the debris. The Italian magazine, Espresso , wrote that "neither the ministry, nor the highway company, ever considered it necessary to limit traffic, divert heavy trucks, reduce the roadway from two to one lanes or reduce the speed" of vehicles on the key artery for the northern port city. [Full Article...]