US expected to quit UN Human Rights Council over ‘chronic anti-Israel bias’
The United States is about to quit the United Nation's main human rights body, primarily over Washington's claim that the Human Rights Council is biased against Israel, a Western and a U.S. diplomat say.
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China Targets U.S. Farm Imports With Tariffs on Soy, Corn
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China ratcheted higher after the Asian nation said it will follow through on plans to levy tariffs on a range of American farm goods including soybeans and corn.
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Trade tariffs: Chinese media in Trump 'fools build walls' jibe
Chinese media have mocked US President Donald Trump over plans to impose 25% tariffs on $50bn worth of Chinese goods, saying "wise men build bridges but fools build walls".
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Spain 'accepts French offer' to receive migrants aboard Aquarius
Spain says it has accepted an offer from France to take in some of the 630 migrants rescued by the Aquarius ship off Libya and turned away by Italy.
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Trump Envoys' Middle East Trip `Waste of Time,' Palestinians Say
Top U.S. diplomats heading to the Middle East to discuss their plan to settle the Israel-Palestinian conflict are wasting their time if they disregard previous Arab initiatives to reach peace, according to the spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Islamic State says behind Afghanistan car bombing which kills 26 during Eid
A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, an official said, as soldiers and militants celebrated an unprecedented Eid ceasefire.
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Mexican Mayoral Candidate Becomes Murder Victim Number 114
Mexican mayoral candidate Alejandro Chavez Zavala was gunned down after a campaign event Thursday afternoon in La Florida, Taretan, as the political violence plaguing the nation continued to escalate ahead of the elections.
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Pentagon’s New Helicopter for Afghans Lacks Lift of Old Russian Ones
The U.S. Army’s Black Hawk helicopters are less capable for some missions conducted by Afghanistan’s Air Force than the Russian-made ones they’re replacing, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general.
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U.S. prosecutors pull encrypted messages from phones seized in Cohen raids
Federal prosecutors investigating U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen have extracted more than 700 pages of messages sent using encrypted programs like WhatsApp and Signal on phones seized from Cohen, according to a court filing on Friday.
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Border Patrol vehicle strikes Native American, drives away
U.S. Border Patrol officials have opened an investigation after video surfaced showing an agency vehicle striking a man on a Native American reservation in Arizona and driving away, The New York Times reported.
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Union defeats Deliveroo in latest round of gig economy rights case
The High Court ruled on Friday that a British trade union should be granted a judicial review of a decision not to allow it to represent food courier Deliveroo’s riders in a part of London as it pushes for worker rights in the gig economy.
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