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China's Huawei to develop 5G with Russia's MTS
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin applaud as Huawei Chairman Guo Ping and MTS boss Alexei Kornya agree to develop 5G in Russia. With US President Donald Trump's tweet tirade that is ratcheting up the trade tensions showing no signs of simmering down, Huawei has been a key target for sanctions. [Full Article...]
Mexico blocks new caravan of Central American migrants
A caravan of around 1,200 Central American migrants bound for the United States, entered southern Mexico on Wednesday, police have said, even as President Donald Trump threatened Mexico with tariffs if it fails to slow illegal immigration. AP noted Mexico's use of "raids and roadside checkpoints to discourage highway marches such as the massive migrant caravans that occurred in 2018 and early 2019... [Full Article...]
Denmark elections: Social Democrats on course to win
The voter swing from right to left was a relatively large one. The red bloc consists of five parties, headed by the centre-left Social Democrats, who have spent the past four years in opposition. Denmark's mainstream parties have adopted in recent years hardline anti-immigration policies that were previously the preserve of the far right, which immigrants and human rights campaigners believe... [Full Article...]
Ladybug ‘bloom’ Shows Up on National Weather Service Radar
Meteorologist Joe Dandrea says the array of bugs appeared to be about 129 kilometres wide as it flew over San Diego on Tuesday (local time). But Dandrea asserted that they weren't in a concentrated mass but moreso spread across the sky, flying from 5,000 to 9,000ft above ground. [Full Article...]
German ex-nurse convicted of killing 85 patients — Niels Hoegel
The 42-year-old murdered patients selected at random with lethal injections between 2000 and 2005, when he was caught in the act. Police officers stand in front of the temporary Oldenburg district court at the Weser Ems halls in Oldenburg , Germany , where a nurse serving a life sentence for two murders is on trial on charges that he killed a further 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany.... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump touches down for his first presidential visit to Ireland
The Metro leads with Mr Trump's claim that he rejected a meeting request from Mr Corbyn. Trump is in Europe for D-Day commemorations and a state visit to the United Kingdom , but is taking time to visit his golf resort on Ireland's west coast from June 5 to 7. [Full Article...]
Nancy Pelosi wants Trump imprisoned. He should still be impeached
There may be a few people outside of Pelosi's enlightened "bubble" of Beltway denizens and journalists who confuse the two, but I'd wager it's not many - and it's not important anyway. "Actually we were going to have this meeting, but then the news came that the president had this notion that he was going to treat Mexico as an enemy", Pelosi said. [Full Article...]
Denmark election: Social Democrats appear headed back into power
The party has offered its support to successive right-wing governments over the past two decades in exchange for stricter policies on immigration . The five-party red bloc is headed by the centre-left Social Democrats, who have spent the past four years in opposition. [Full Article...]