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Venezuelans take to streets as uprising attempt sputters

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 09:04:04 +0000

Venezuelans take to streets as uprising attempt sputters

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s call to fill streets around the nation Wednesday but security forces showed no sign of answering his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen.

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Thailand’s king appoints his consort as queen

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 13:41:15 +0000

Thailand's king appoints his consort as queen

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who will have his official coronation on Saturday, has appointed his consort as the country’s queen.

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South Asian security experts downplay Islamic State threat

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 12:45:30 +0000

South Asian security experts downplay Islamic State threat

Indian and Bangladeshi officials and security experts largely dismissed a fresh threat of violence from an Islamic State-aligned media group.

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IS leader outlines path forward for his group post-caliphate

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 12:36:22 +0000

IS leader outlines path forward for his group post-caliphate

No longer burdened by territory and administration, IS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi outlined the new path forward for his group.

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Police use tear gas in Paris to control May Day protesters

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 12:11:20 +0000

Police use tear gas in Paris to control May Day protesters

PARIS – Brief scuffles between police and protesters have broken out in Paris as thousands of people gather for May Day rallies under tight security measures.

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Japanese couples mark new imperial era with weddings

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 09:15:48 +0000

Japanese couples mark new imperial era with weddings

Japanese couples are lining up at government offices to submit their marriage documents to mark the beginning of Emperor Naruhito’s era.

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UK opens inquiry into tainted-blood scandal that killed 2,400

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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:44:58 +0000

LONDON — A long-awaited inquiry opened Tuesday in Britain into how contaminated blood was used to treat thousands of people in the 1970s and ’80s, killing at least 2,400.

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Strikes grounds hundreds more Scandinavian Airlines flights

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:05:51 +0000

Strikes grounds hundreds more Scandinavian Airlines flights

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Scandinavian Airlines says it will cancel another 504 flight departures across the Nordic region on Wednesday, affecting about 47,000 passengers, due to a pilots’ strike.

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Malaysia destroys 4 tons of ivory tusks, products

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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:04:53 +0000

Malaysia destroys 4 tons of ivory tusks, products

SEREMBAN, Malaysia — Malaysia has destroyed nearly four tons of elephant tusks and ivory products estimated to be worth 13.26 million ringgit ($3.2 million) as part of its fight against the illegal ivory trade.

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