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Democrats announce support for revised North America trade pact
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Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Mexico City today in a last-minute flurry to tweak the renegotiated North American trade agreement. Every six years, the countries involved will meet to decide whether or not to extend it for another six years. The three countries are expected to sign the revised agreement Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Uniformed Police Officer, Second Victim Reportedly Shot In Jersey City
Loud volleys of gunfire were heard at regular intervals. Police said in radio transmission that the the gunmen are shooting at anyone they see on the street, and has fired at the Sacred Heart School. Authorities say the initial shooting happened at Bay View Cemetery, with the officer wounded in the shoulder. The situation is active and ongoing, and Martin Luther King Drive is closed in both di... [Full Article...]
Albania, Kosovo ambassadors to boycott Nobel ceremony in protest against Handke
The 77-year-old Austrian author is to receive his Nobel Prize from the hands of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a formal ceremony with this year's other laureates, followed by a gala banquet attended by more than 1,200 special guests. Emir Suljagic leads the Srebrenica Memorial Center, devoted to the memory of the over 8,000 men and boys killed by Bosnian Serb forces in a single day in the Bosnia... [Full Article...]
China lodges solemn representations over Canadian FM's irresponsible statement: embassy
Chinese authorities are getting ready to charge two Canadian citizens held for a year with spying "for foreign forces", a spokesperson for Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday. Under Chinese law, that means the two Canadians should now be granted the right to see lawyers, Chinese legal experts said, although such access can be delayed. [Full Article...]
Putin and Zelenskiy meet for first time
The leaders said in a joint communique that Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists backed by Moscow would implement the ceasefire and push for an exchange of all prisoners from the conflict by the end of 2019. Zelenskiy wants elections to be held only after Ukraine has regained control of its territory. Ukraine blames the Kremlin for separatist violence in east Ukraine. [Full Article...]
Finland's parliament picks world's youngest sitting premier
The coalition of the Social Democrats, the Center Party and three junior partners has said they are committed to the government program agreed upon after the April election and will continue in Marin's new Cabinet. Marin, who has spoken about growing up in a disadvantaged family, is a left-winger within her party and a strong defender of Finland's generous welfare state. [Full Article...]
UK PM Johnson pockets reporter's phone in hospital row
After apologising to Mr Pike for pocketing his phone, he looks at the photo and says: "It's a awful, bad photo, and I apologise obviously to the family and all those who have bad experiences in the NHS , but what we are doing is supporting the NHS and on the whole I think patients in the NHS have a much, much better experience than this poor kid has had". [Full Article...]
'Psychopath' serial rapist Joseph McCann handed 33 life sentences
Joseph McCann's victims were aged between 11 and 71 and included three women who were abducted off the street at knifepoint and repeatedly raped. He allegedly used a "support network" across the country to evade police, despite being identified as a suspect after snatching and raping his first victim in Watford on April 21. [Full Article...]