Two policemen gunned down in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, June 11 (Xinhua) — At least two policemen were killed and two others injured in a firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan’s southwest Quetta city on Sunday, local Urdu media reported. Some unknown gunmen opened fire at a police check post in Sariab area of Quetta, the capital city of the country’s southwest Balochistan […]

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Weibo launches online video editing program

BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) — Social media giant Weibo rolled out an online video editing program Friday. Jian.weibo.com is a partnership with video platform miaopai.com and video subtitle and translation service provider easub.com. It features video editing tools and release channels. It is currently only available to media organizations and video production companies, according to […]

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Police fire rubber bullets to quell Brazil fan violence

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 10 (NsNewsWire) — Police were forced to fire rubber bullets to disperse angry fans as protests turned violent at the headquarters of Rio de Janeiro giants Flamengo on Friday. Around 200 supporters gathered at the club’s Ninho do Urubu training complex to rail against the team’s poor run of results, reports […]

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Pakistan, Afghan leaders agree to revive quadrilateral group

ISLAMABAD, June 10 (Xinhua) — Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have agreed to revive the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States for promotion of peace and security, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Sharif met with Ghani in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of […]

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Indian army kills militant on Kashmir LoC

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 10 (Xinhua) — A militant was killed on Saturday in a gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir, officials said. The gunfight, according to Indian army officials, broke out in Gurez sector of Bandipora district, about 165 km north of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. According […]

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DPRK condemns secret delivery of extra THAAD launchers in S. Korea

PYONGYANG, June 10 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday condemned the secret delivery of four extra launchers of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea last month. A spokesman of the Pan-Korean Emergency Measure Committee for Opposing Nuclear War Drills against DPRK said the South Korean […]

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May’s top aides quit following election disaster to avert leadership challenge

LONDON, June 10 (Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Theresa May’s two co-chiefs of staff quit Saturday as the fallout from the Conservative’s poor showing in this week’s general election continued. Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill who had been the main architects of May’s disastrous election campaign announced within minutes of each other that they were […]

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