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Kirsten Gillibrand Ends Presidential Campaign
Since then, she has won her re-election bids easily and remains popular in NY. In a tweet posted less than an hour after Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of ny, who had one qualifying poll but little chance to make the stage, announced on Wednesday that she was dropping out of the race . [Full Article...]
Refugees rally to mark two years since exodus
The UNHCR said that building confidence was essential for repatriation. Rohingya refugees have said the recent bloodshed has created an atmosphere of fear in the camp, where security has been tightened. "And we want to go back". "We want to tell the world that we want our rights back, we want citizenship, we want our homes and land back", said Muhib Ullah, one of the organizers of Sunday's r... [Full Article...]
China denies Qingdao port visit for U.S. warship amid tensions
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of rising tensions between the world's two largest economies. "Hasn't the [US'] application to visit Hong Kong just been rejected?" the source asked. The protests, originally prompted by a now-suspended extradition bill, have been ma... [Full Article...]
Boris Johnson 'telling porkies' over Melton Mowbray pork pies exports claim
Asked if the PM was correct, Matthew O'Callaghan told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Not really". Boris Johnson had said pork pies are exported to Thailand and Iceland, but can not be to the USA due to red tape. That's great, but if you're opening up a Mowbray pork pie so they can make it in Kansas, that's not good. "We are entirely focused on the United Kingdom market", a spokeswoman said. [Full Article...]
SMPA professor calls New York Times columnist a 'bedbug'
She added: 'To be fair I *do* want to burn my sheets and move anytime Bret Stephens writes a column'. The op-ed columnist even wrote a piece on stifling free speech on college campuses, which many cited as showing Stephen's as being a hypocrite. [Full Article...]
Libya's Coast Guard Says Bodies Retrieved after Migrant Boat Capsizes
The Libyan navy said in a statement that the boat was near the coastal city of al-Khoms and had 90 people on board. "At least 40 people are estimated to be dead or missing", Yaxley said. Rights groups say those efforts have left people at the mercy of brutal armed groups or confined in squalid detention centres that lack adequate food and water. [Full Article...]
Skull find in Ethiopia yields new clues on how humans evolved
Now, researchers have discovered that an Australopithecus anamensis skull found in 2016 is 3.8 million years old, making it the oldest Australopithecus skull ever found. Melillo. A rare discovery of an ancient hominin skull could lead researchers to redraw the human family tree. Those previous Australopithecus anamensis specimens, found in Kenya and Ethiopia , were between 4.2 milli... [Full Article...]
Yemeni govt forces retake Aden airport from separatists
Forces of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government on Wednesday launched a large-scale attack against the strategic port city of Aden which is controlled by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). An unspecified number of people were killed and injured in the clashes, they said. The STC is fighting to regain the independence of South Yemen which was an independent country before unification with ... [Full Article...]