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The unusually broad opposition to the rendition bill displayed on Sunday came amid a series of government moves to deepen links between southern mainland China and Hong Kong.

The warning came after Sirisena said he would not cooperate with the parliamentary probe and would not allow defence or police officials to testify before the select committee (PSC).

Police said some of the people who ran following panic at a pride parade in Washington sustained minor injuries and seven were taken to hospitals.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet at a June 28-29 summit in Osaka, Japan, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said

The United States placed sanctions on Iran's largest petrochemicals group on friday for supporting an Islamic revolutionary group, although Donald Trump had said earlier this month that he would be willing to engage in talks with Iran.

Exchange of fire between the Punjab police and terrorists took place resulting in the falling of their car in a canal at upper Jhelum. They were planning to attack the offices of the security officials, the CTD said.

The 110-meter long Miteri bridge is now open to traffic, but China is yet to officially hand it over to Nepal in the coming week.

The Himalayan Times reported that two of the injured have been referred to India for further treatment.

The scratching of crayons on paper is what helps the children of central Africa deal with post-traumatic stress disorder after witnessing horrors like rape and murder.

11 independent experts in a joint statement said President Rodrigo Duterte has "incited violence against alleged drug pushers and others" and intimidated activists and Supreme Court judges.

Spain has extradited 225 suspects to date, including 218 Taiwanese citizens. Taiwan had protested the extraditions in the past, saying the accused should be sent to Taiwan, not China.

Saying that she has been inside 'Amazon's chicken farms', Priya Sawhney yelled at Bezos to stop the abuse of animals in these facilities.

Along with his wife Melania, the US President boarded a helicopter to fly to Colleville-sur-Mer where he and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will commemorate fallen US servicemen in the invasion.

The Democratic US presidential hopeful pressed the world's largest retailer to raise base wages to $15 an hour for its hourly workforce.

There have been no signs that the Republican-controlled Senate would consider the House bill, likely leaving this Democratic initiative to be fought over during the 2020 presidential elections.

The Treasury Department banned group educational travel and cruise ship and private yacht visits by Americans, taking aim at the most common ways US tourists and Cuban-Americans visit the Caribbean island.