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Cuban police break up Havana LGBT rights march
This was the second march organized independently of state institutions in just over a month. That's highly unusual in a country where the only legal civil society groups are de-facto arms of the Communist government. The colourful parade, or "conga", used to kick off activities educating people about homophobia and transphobia that are nevertheless taking place. [Full Article...]
Teenager killed in Dublin stabbing
Police in Dublin have launched an investigation into the killing of a Moroccan teenager stabbed to death last week in Dublin, as he was in his way to mosque, Morocco World News reports. The injured man was treated at the scene by emergency services before being taken to St James's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. [Full Article...]
China to hike tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods
US President Donald Trump has increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 percent and ordered the start of a process to impose new duties on another $300 billion worth of items. Investors are bracing for threatened "counter-measures" from China in retaliation for Washington's tariff increase on Friday on $200bn worth of Chinese goods. [Full Article...]
Judge orders psych evaluation for Appalachian Trail suspect
The hearing only lasted about 15 minutes. The examination will review if Jordan is suffering from a mental disease or defect "rendering him mentally incompetent" to the extent he can not understand the charges against him and whether Jordan had some type of mental breakdown at the time of the alleged attacks. [Full Article...]
Iran sentences Iranian woman to 10 years for spying for UK
A London-based British Council employee was arrested in Iran in 2018 during a trip to visit relatives. He did not identify the suspect, but said she had been sentenced recently after she "made a straightforward confession". There has also been no reaction yet from the United Kingdom government, which has been engaged in a protracted effort to free another woman, the dual British-Iranian nati... [Full Article...]
Thousands of People March for Palestine in London
Richard Burgeon, the Labour MP, said: "Palestine has the right to exist but sadly that is a right that is increasingly threatened ..." "We can not stand by or stay silent at the continuing denial of rights and justice to the Palestinian people". [Full Article...]
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir charged over 'killing' of protesters
There has been no comment from al-Bashir since his removal and arrest on April 11. The Sudanese Professionals Association said in a statement seen by Anadolu Agency that the events have escalated in the square of the sit-in in front of the General Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces. [Full Article...]
Kamala Harris vows to take executive action on gun control if elected
What we're at a loss is people in Congress have the courage to do something. When asked how she liked Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) proposal for a federal gun registry she answered, "I like the idea". There needs to be more oversight. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Sunday that USA officials should consider breaking up Facebook Inc, the world's largest social media comp... [Full Article...]