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Brexit minister signs order to end all EU law in Britain
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has signed an order that will end all European Union (EU) Law applying in Britain from Oct. 31, the British government said on Sunday.
WSJ false report on Huawei refuted by Uganda, Zambia
The governments of Zambia and Uganda have respectively dismissed a Wall Street Journal report alleging that they used China's Huawei Technologies to spy on political opponents.
Decades on, China's medical teams help resurrect public health in Africa
Since 1963, some 220 million patients in 48 African countries have been treated by Chinese medical personnel as of 2018, according to the National Health Commission.
Afghan official: Suicide attack in wedding hall kills 63
An Afghan official says at least 63 people have been killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a packed wedding hall late Saturday night in Kabul.
Customer shot waiter due to long wait
A waiter in France was shot dead by a customer because he waited a long time to get his sandwich.
Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capital
A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. More than 1,000 people had been invited, one witness said, as fears grew that it could be the deadliest attack in Kabul this year.
Argentine finance minister resigns amid economic turmoil
Argentine Finance Minister Nicolas Dujovne, who did not support the president's measures for dealing with the economic turmoil troubling the country, stepped down on Saturday.
Sudan’s military and opposition sign constitutional declaration
Sudan's Transitional Military Council and the opposition Freedom and Change Alliance on Saturday officially signed the political and constitutional declarations to mark beginning of the transitional rule in Sudan.
San Francisco mayor backs advocacy group to press for gun control
San Francisco Mayor London Breed threw her weight behind an anti-gun violence advocacy group in the Bay Area to urge the federal government and lawmakers in Congress to take action to control gun-related crime.
EU's Juncker to undergo urgent medical procedure
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker had to shorten his holiday in Austria for medical reasons.
DPRK denounces U.S.-S. Korea joint military drills
The U.S. and South Korean authorities keep staging joint military drills despite warnings from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which would bring disastrous consequences.
Thailand's lost baby dugong dies of shock, ingesting plastic
An 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste.
Trump floats possibility of deal with Taliban
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated the possibility of a deal with the Taliban after a meeting with senior advisors on Afghan issues.
Greenland to Trump: Thanks, but we're not for sale
Greenlanders are giving Donald Trump the cold shoulder. Although amused, they're definitely not warming up to the U.S. president's talk of buying the semiautonomous Danish territory.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection computer system down in multiple cities
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) computer system is down in multiple cities on Friday, resulting in long lines at airports.
Deaths of migrants in Americas up by a third from last year: IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday its Missing Migrants Project found that at least 514 people have lost their lives in the Americas in 2019, an increase of just over one-third from one year ago.
Ebola outbreak spreads to 3rd province in eastern Congo
Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province, with two cases, including one death, confirmed in South Kivu, according to the government health ministry.
Russian pilot safely lands jetliner disabled by bird strike
A Russian pilot whose passenger jet lost power in both engines after colliding with a flock of gulls managed to land in a cornfield smoothly enough that only one of the 233 people on board was hurt seriously.
Japan Air Force One up for sale
The Japanese version of Air Force One is up for sale for US $28 million at aviation website Controller.
Scientists confirm July set new global heat record
July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for man-made climate change.