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China trade talks wrap up, with outcome unclear
Beijing said that the three-day closed-door talks, which ended on Wednesday, "enhanced mutual understanding and established a foundation for solving each other's concerns". The trade war has seen both sides impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods from each other. "There has been progress in these areas", he said. [Full Article...]
WATCH Carpet Python Covered With Over 500 Ticks Get Rescued From Pool
Tony Harrison, who has been working in the business for close to three decades, shared videos of the rescue on his Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher page on Facebook . A Currumbin Wildlife Hospital spokeswoman told the ABC that Nike was still in their care. "I've done this for 26 years and this is the worst I've ever seen", the snake catcher added. [Full Article...]
Road near Jerusalem puts wall between Israelis, Palestinians
Hebron and its environs are a frequent flashpoint, with the southern West Bank city divided between Israeli and Palestinian control and the two populations often coming into contact with each other. A Palestinian man tried to carry out a stabbing attack near the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday and was shot and critically injured by troops, the army said. [Full Article...]
H1-B visa workers may soon get United States citizenship, promises Donald Trump
Trump tweeted . But it's unclear whether the revisions he has in store will put the minds of the 85,000 immigrants brought to the USA on skilled work visas each year at ease. During the campaign, Mr. Trump proposed increasing the prevailing wage paid to H-1B visa holders in an effort to force companies to give entry-level jobs to an existing pool of unemployed workers in the US, instead of bring... [Full Article...]
Crying seals block roads
The group of seals are becoming hungry, exhausted and are crying out, says Fitzgerald. "People chase them", he told the CBC . "It's really disheartening for people to watch these animals suffer". "We understand that it is tempting to interact with animals", cautioned the department in a statement sent to NPR. "Seals are wild animals that can be unpredictable, and may become aggressive in orde... [Full Article...]
Woman killed and child (6) injured in Donegal auto crash
The six year-old girl has been taken to hospital in Letterkenny. . The area is sealed off to facilitate an examination of the scene by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators. A spokesman for the Gardai press office confirmed "Gardaí are investigating a fatal traffic collision at Chapel Road, Dungloe, Co". A woman in her thirties was killed after she was struck by a auto on a Donegal road on Th... [Full Article...]
Alex Hepburn trial jury fails to reach verdicts
He told the court he had previously arranged to sleep in Mr Clarke's bed, and drunkenly entered his room at their flat. In her evidence to the court on Tuesday, the woman, who can not be identified, told the court she was initially asleep during the alleged attack and then wrongly assumed Hepburn was his then team-mate Joe Clarke. [Full Article...]
Britons feared dead in Cuba bus crash that killed seven
State media reported that the bus was carrying 18 Cubans and 22 tourists from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France , Mexico and Canada when it crashed on a wet road between the eastern cities of Baracoa and Guantanamo. He said he was driving slowly and didn't hit another vehicle but lost control due to the bad conditions. The names and nationalities of those killed haven't been relea... [Full Article...]