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By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev’s military and separatist sources said on Monday. The clashes, near the port of Mariupol in the southeast and at rebel-held Horlivka, further frayed an increasingly tenuous ceasefire as Ukraine prepared to mark its Independence Day next week. Kiev accused
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will remain closed to U.S. influence and continue to oppose U.S. policies in the Middle East after its nuclear deal with big powers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday, noting either country can still block the accord. The 76-year-old cleric, Iran’s highest authority, has refrained from making decisive statements on the July 14 nuclear agreement, but gave President
An explosion rocked central Bangkok on Monday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens more, officials there say.
Some laugh off man-made climate change as a hoax; others accept the scientific consensus.
CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Army skydiver who had served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan died Sunday from injuries suffered in a midair collision with another jumper during a stunt at the Chicago Air & Water Show, authorities said.
By Hidayat Setiaji and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) – Treacherous terrain in Indonesia’s Papua province on Monday hampered rescuers’ efforts to reach a passenger plane that crashed with 54 aboard, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the sprawling Southeast Asian archipelago. Rescuers have yet to detect the aircraft’s black boxes and news of survivors depends on a ground team now trekking slowly towards the mountainous area, the
Army Golden Knights parachutist Corey Hood had collided with an unidentified Navy parachutist during the Chicago Air & Water Show, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Hood, who was from Cincinnati, served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reported for jury duty in New York on Monday in a black limo, signing an autograph and giving a fist-bump to a supporter as he took a break from the campaign trail. Trump, the front-runner in a crowded Republican field, appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court to join fellow New Yorkers to possibly be selected to cast a verdict in a trial. Arriving in a
The San Francisco Bay Area was rattled by a 4.0 magnitude earthquake on Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey reported, although there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The Oakland Police Department said on its Twitter account that calls had flooded in after the tremor, but no one was reported to have been hurt or injured. #Earthquake was trending on Twitter with many people tweeting out
The Republican presidential frontrunner says he wants to end “birthright citizenship” for their children.
