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Several, including a cop, shot at in Washington DC near music concert site

2022-06-20T10:31:00.009+05:30

According to a local media outlet, the shooting took place at or near the site of a Juneteenth music concert called "Moechella" on 14th and U Street. There are unconfirmed reports of more victims being found with one MPD officer being shot in the leg police are asking everyone to avoid the area, said local US media on Monday.

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What next for Emmanuel Macron after election humbling?

2022-06-20T10:31:00.007+05:30

His allies, known together as "Ensemble" (Together), were finishing as the biggest party in parliament with 234 MPs so far according to a 97 percent vote count, but far short of the 289 needed for a majority. This scenario is extremely rare under modern France's presidential regime, even before a constitutional change in 2002 which was intended to make it easier for the head of state to secure a parliamentary majority.

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Shootout reported in Washington; multiple people shot, including a police officer

2022-06-20T10:31:00.005+05:30

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Gustavo Petro elected Colombian President in second round of elections

2022-06-20T10:31:00.003+05:30

With 99.67 per cent of polling stations reporting, Petro, candidate of the leftist Historic Pact for Colombia coalition, obtained 11,266,138 votes, or 50.48 per cent, while Hernandez gained 10,546,163 votes, or 47.26 per cent, Xinhua news agency reported.

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French President Emmanuel Macron loses parliament majority in stunning setback

2022-06-20T10:31:00.001+05:30

The result from Sunday's second round poll threw French politics into turmoil, raising the prospect of a paralysed legislature or messy coalitions with Macron forced to reach out to new allies. Macron, 44, now also risks being distracted by domestic problems as he seeks to play a prominent role in putting an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and as a key statesman in the EU.

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Watch: Colombians pick president in a tight runoff election

2022-06-20T02:31:00.001+05:30

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Turkey under lens for 'rotating' Syrian mercenaries in Libya

2022-06-20T01:31:00.001+05:30

The UN investigators alleged that Alaa al-Junaid, commander of the Hamza division of the Turkish-backed opposition Syrian National Army (SNA), visited members of his forces at the Tikbali camp in Tripoli on May 19, 2021. The report also included remarks of SNA Colonel Fadl Allah Hajji, who said in an interview on July 18, 2021 that sending Syrian fighters to Libya was "part of a strategic plan of the cooperation between the SNA and the Turkish Army."

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Witnesses say more than 200 killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack

2022-06-20T00:31:00.001+05:30

Ethiopia is experiencing widespread ethnic tensions in several regions, most of them over historical grievances and political tensions. The Amhara people, the second-largest ethnic group among Ethiopia's more than 110 million population, have been targeted frequently in regions like Oromia.

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Biden adviser Jake Sullivan tests positive for COVID-19

2022-06-19T11:31:00.001+05:30

The White House confirmed on Thursday that Biden had tested negative that day. White House officials did not immediately respond a request for comment on whether Biden has been tested more recently.

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Joe Biden falls off bike after beach ride in Delaware; gets up, says 'I'm good'

2022-06-19T08:31:00.001+05:30

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'We prepare for worst', says governor of Ukraine frontline region

2022-06-19T02:31:00.003+05:30

From Lysychansk, Ukrainian artillery is firing at Severodonetsk, where smoke rises from the Azot factory and Russian troops fire back shells and rockets. "Look how long Severodonetsk has held out: you can see they (the Russians) don't control the town fully... they can't go further in and they can't put their big guns or tanks there," the governor said. He called for for supplies of "long-range weaponry to arrive as soon as possible".

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From green rooms to red carpet: How WTO members defied the odds and delivered at MC12

2022-06-19T02:31:00.001+05:30

Ranging from decisions to enhance global food security to a holistic pandemic response, the Geneva Package has served as a decisive victory for the multilateral trading order and will help rejuvenate a moribund WTO.

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CDC advisers recommend Covid 19 shots for children under 5

2022-06-19T01:31:00.001+05:30

The government has been gearing up for the start of the shots early next week, with millions of doses ordered for distribution to doctors, hospitals and community health clinics around the country. Roughly 18 million kids will be eligible, but it remains to be seen how many will ultimately get the vaccines. Less than a third of children ages 5 to 11 have done so since vaccination opened up to them last November.

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Gas rationing now a real prospect for the European Union

2022-06-19T00:31:00.005+05:30

With European utilities forced to tap reserves intended to cover needs for the winter, government controls of gas distribution could start within months. If Russia completely shuts its main link, the region could run out of supplies by January, according consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd.

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Russia sending large number of reserve troops to Sievierodonetsk - Ukrainian governor

2022-06-19T00:31:00.003+05:30

"Today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, they will throw in all the reserves they have ... because there are so many of them there already, they're at critical mass," Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said on national television.

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Every chance that next few decades can be India's: Ex-UK PM David Cameron

2022-06-19T00:31:00.001+05:30

Speaking on India's potential to aspire for a leadership position on the world stage, Cameron said, "I feel there is every chance that the next few decades can be India's. India is one of the fastest growing major economies in the world that is also pushing up global growth rates." He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi combines very powerful rhetoric and powerful arguments with the track record of delivering and implementing changes on the ground.

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Attacker injures 3 at San Francisco International Airport

2022-06-18T13:31:00.003+05:30

The man drove to the airport, went into the International Terminal, "walked around the departure terminal and pulled out an edged weapon" before attacking three men at about 6 pm, police said. The travellers were in the pre-security area when they were attacked, airport duty manager Russell Mackey told the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Ukraine to introduce visa regime for Russian citizens

2022-06-18T13:31:00.001+05:30

The decision was adopted at the request of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Xinhua news agency quoted Shmyhal as saying in a social media post on Friday. Earlier in the day, Zelensky said the country has decided to end visa-free travel for Russian citizens due to the "unprecedented threats to the national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity" of Ukraine.

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SpaceX 'violated' US labour law by abruptly firings employees

2022-06-18T12:31:00.003+05:30

"To be covered, an action has to be concerted (certainly the case here) and it has to relate to working conditions," Charlotte Garden, a law professor at Seattle University, was quoted as saying in the report late on Friday.

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China-based employees accessed TikTok users' data in US

2022-06-18T12:31:00.001+05:30

According to BuzzFeed News, citing leaked audio from more than 80 internal TikTok (owned by ByteDance) meetings, engineers in China had access to US data between September 2021 and January 2022. "Everything is seen in China," said a member of TikTok's Trust and Safety department in a September 2021 meeting.

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Elon Musk-owned EV company Tesla layoffs have also impacted hourly workers: Report

2022-06-18T11:31:00.003+05:30

Surprisingly, the layoffs come amid Tesla's being in the middle of a difficult end-of-quarter delivery wave, which Musk himself warned employees about, saying that it will be "nutty". Earlier this month, the website reported on Musk telling Tesla executives in an email that they need to cut 10 per cent of the workforce and pause hiring due to having a "super bad feeling" about the economy.

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Blast hits Sikh temple in Afghan capital Kabul: Temple official

2022-06-18T11:31:00.001+05:30

"There were around 30 people inside the temple. We don't know how many of them are alive or how many dead. The Taliban are not allowing us to go inside, we don't know what to do," the official, Gornam Singh, told Reuters.

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Donald Trump unleashed mob after VP rejected election plot: probe

2022-06-18T02:31:00.001+05:30

The House committee probing last year's attack on the US Capitol detailed how the former president berated Mike Pence for not going along with the scheme both knew to be unlawful -- even after being told violence had erupted as Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden's victory.

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One dead, two wounded in another US shooting

2022-06-17T10:31:00.001+05:30

The shooting took place as the church was holding a potluck dinner, the church said on its website. The United States is in the midst of a particularly gruesome chapter of its epidemic of gun violence. The worst case in this stretch was a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead on May 24.

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Watch: Hong Kong prepares for handover 25th anniversary

2022-06-17T09:31:00.001+05:30

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