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Gunman kills at least 4 people in Australian city of Darwin
Four people are dead and two injured in Australia after a gunman opened fire late Tuesday in the city centre of Darwin , police said. In this image made from video, Australian police apprehend a man suspected of fatally shooting four people, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 , in Darwin, Australia. [Full Article...]
Deal or no deal, Britain leaves European Union on Oct 31: Johnson
May will then lead him from Downing Street to Churchill's underground bunker complex below the Treasury, where he took many key World War Two war decisions. The president, who has regularly criticised May's Brexit tactics, said Britain must leave the bloc on the due date of October 31 with or without a deal and praised a more radical Brexit-supporting potential successor as British leader. [Full Article...]
Maleah Davis: Body of 4-Year-Old Girl Found in Arkansas
Authorities found the remains of a child Friday in a black garbage bag in Hempstead County, Arkansas, about 20 miles northeast of Texarkana. A truck similar to the one involved in the alleged abduction of Maleah Davis on May 4, 2019. [Full Article...]
China expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' with USA statement on Tiananmen anniversary
China's defence minister, also speaking on Sunday, said the military would fight "if anyone dares to split Taiwan from China". The nationalistic state-run tabloid Global Times hailed the government's handling of Tiananmen as a "vaccination" for Chinese society that "will greatly increase China's immunity against any major political turmoil in the future". [Full Article...]
#KuToo: Japan women kick back at high-heels work rule
The phrase, inspired by the #MeToo movement, is a play on kutsu , meaning shoes, and kutsuu , meaning agony. Almost 20,000 women have signed an online petition demanding the government to ban companies from requiring female employees to wear high heels on the job. [Full Article...]
Texas Couple Dies While on Vacation in Fiji After Contracting Mysterious Illness
David was a veteran of the Air Force and Michelle was a former student athlete, according to the latter's sister-in-law Tracey Calanog. An investigation into the cause of their deaths is ongoing, but a recent World Health Organization alert warns of a deadly influenza strain, including in Fiji where it is "particularly affecting young adults". [Full Article...]
Judge rejects Congress' challenge of border wall funding
His ruling called it a "close question", but said there was a lack of prior decisions on the House's right to sue the executive branch and the court "cannot assume jurisdiction to proceed to the merits". A Justice Department spokesman said Monday that the judge had "rightly ruled that the House of Representatives cannot ask the judiciary to take its side in political disputes and cannot use fede... [Full Article...]
House Democrats To Vote On Holding Barr, Ross In Contempt Of Congress
Both Barr and Ross have until June 6 to comply with the Committee's request, after which a vote will be scheduled if they do not. "The tactics of this cover-up are now clear". "Last week, new documents were unearthed that suggest that the real reason the Trump administration sought to add the citizenship question was not to help enforce the Voting Rights Act at all, but rather to gerrymander congr... [Full Article...]