trendfornews: May 2019

Friday, 31 May 2019

OIC condemns inhumane situation of Myanmar's Rohingya

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit condemned the inhumane situation of Rohingya Muslims, urging a halt to violence, it said in a statement on Saturday.

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OIC refuses to accept any decision to change legal status of Syria's Golan Heights

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Mecca refused to accept any decision to change legal and demographic status of Syria's Golan Heights, especially the U.S. decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory, the summit's final statement said.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MAR45Z

OIC summit condemns any decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

A summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned any position adopted by an international body that supports prolonging occupation, including a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, it said on Saturday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W8zm98

U.S. limits protections for some migrant children

U.S. immigration authorities on Friday said the government would limit which migrant children who enter the country alone qualify for special protections in the United States, the latest move by the Trump administration to tighten immigration restrictions.

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Deaths of indigenous women 'a Canadian genocide', leaked report says

Leaked national report describes possibly thousands of deaths of indigenous women as genocide.

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Ties with China beneficial, its envoy tells new El Salvador leader

El Salvador's decision to establish ties with China was correct and the two countries have bright prospects, a Chinese envoy told El Salvador's maverick new president, who has been critical of Beijing.

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Huawei is too close to Chinese government: U.S. defense chief

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday that technology firm Huawei was too close to the Chinese government, adding that Washington was concerned about cyber attacks and the theft of intellectual property.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W4N255

Hungary boat crash: Strong currents hamper rescue efforts

South Korea vows to continue the hunt for survivors as rescuers struggle in the fast-flowing waters.

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U.S. defense chief says China threatens Asia's stability

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan suggested on Saturday that China was responsible for a range of destabilizing activities in Asia, stirring already heightened tensions between the world's two largest economies.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2I9kSRp

North Korea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2QEa55J

MacKenzie Bezos: Novelist and Amazon shareholder

What do we know about the novelist who is the third-richest woman in the world?

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What is the least valuable British coin ever?

Is the current 1p piece the least valuable British coin since the currency was unified in 1707?

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Tiananmen 30 years on - China's great act of 'forgettance'

Older people are not allowed to remember; the younger generation aren't even allowed to know.

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UK's Chagos Islands descendants feel like 'lost nation'

Evicted from their homeland, Chagos Islands families living in the UK are divided by immigration law.

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Venezuela crisis: What happened to uprising against Maduro?

A beleaguered people say they had hopes their misery would end but now they go back to one thing - survival.

from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/30XMxgV

Sayyida Salme: The tragic life of Zanzibar's rebel princess

Sayyida Salme is a little known 19th Century princess who fled Zanzibar after scandalising the royals.

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In swipe at China, U.S. defense chief warns of Asia instability

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Xh1tUV

Week in pictures: 25-31 May 2019

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

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U.S. tariff threat backs Mexican president into corner, facing Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to slap punitive tariffs on all Mexican trade if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration has punched a gaping hole in his Mexican counterpart's hands-off approach to diplomacy, with potentially ruinous consequences.