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Easter Sunday Blasts in Sri Lanka Kill at Least 30
Reuters has reported that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called a national security council meeting at his home for later in the day. US President Donald Trump said his country would assist Sri Lanka following the attack. The Sri Lankan government has also imposed a temporary ban on social media to prevent the spread of false information. Gunasekera said the police suspected a ... [Full Article...]
Kim set to arrive in Vladivostok for summit with Putin
Wearing his distinctive black coat and a black fedora, the North Korean leader departed the fortified train at the Hasan station for some handshaking. The Putin-Kim summit is likely to take place at Far Eastern Federal University as Kim's security and protocol staffers have been spotted making final summit preparations, with the national flags of Russian Federation and the North hung on campus lig... [Full Article...]
May could face another leadership challenge
But several days of talks earlier this month failed to produce a breakthrough, and there were few signs of progress, as each side accused the other of dragging its feet. "The problem is not the prime minister, the problem is Brexit", Stewart said. "It's nothing to do with the individual; it is that people disagree deeply over Brexit". [Full Article...]
Twitter shares surge on surprise jump in active users
As of Tuesday morning, Trump had 59.9 million Twitter followers, making him the 13th most-tracked user on the social media network behind individuals including former President Barack Obama and singers Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. very discriminatory". Constantly taking people off list. That the most powerful person in the world uses the platform as his primary mode of communication lends it an ai... [Full Article...]
Terror in Sri Lanka - podcast
The Islamic State, which has lost all the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, has made a series of unsupported claims of responsibility. The Sri Lankan government has blamed the bombings on a little-known domestic Muslim militant group called National Thowfeek Jamaath. [Full Article...]
Six explosions blast Sri Lanka churches and hotels
Over 500 people have been injured. Sri Lanka's government imposed a nationwide curfew on Sunday that police said would go into effect immediately and would last "until further notice", in the wake of coordinated attacks. "Please stay calm and indoors", he added. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts. The official said they suspect the blasts at two churches were carried out by... [Full Article...]
Prosecutors: Boy, 2, intentionally shot by father during domestic violence incident
He had titanium placed in his jaw and surgeons have reconstructed his mouth, gums and nose. A statement said that he had over 100 stitches in his face, needed more surgeries, and was in critical care with a ventilator and feeding tube. The outlet adds the boy was also shot in the arm. 'Her children are her life, ' the grandfather said of the mother-of-three. The irate man reportedly held a pis... [Full Article...]
How Trump's advisers protected his presidency by saying no
But she said during her hour-long CNN town hall on Monday that if anyone else did what Trump did, according to the Mueller report, " they would be arrested and put in jail ". "So I think what Democrats should be doing is they should be focusing on - they say we can make it better". House Democrats remain divided overwhether to begin impeachment proceedings. [Full Article...]