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Mexican man who shielded wife in Texas mass shooting dies

Mexican man who shielded wife in Texas mass shooting dies

Reuters 2019-08-06 15:17:11

A Mexican man who threw himself in front of his wife to shield her from bullets in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, died on Monday (local time), officials and his family said, raising the toll of Me...

Death toll from Texas shooting reaches 22

Death toll from Texas shooting reaches 22

-- 2019-08-06 12:14:27

Two more victims of a shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas in the US died of their wounds on Monday, police said, raising the death toll to 22 in the massacre as US President Donald T...

Trump freezes all Venezuelan govt assets in US

Trump freezes all Venezuelan govt assets in US

-- 2019-08-06 11:39:14

US President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on Monday, sharply escalating an economic and diplomatic pressure campaign aimed at removing sociali...

Drug dealer  dresses up as  daughter to  escape jail

Drug dealer dresses up as daughter to escape jail

-- 2019-08-05 21:20:22

A drug dealer in Brazil was caught trying to escape from the jail where he was locked up by disguising himself as his 19-year-old daughter, reports BBC. Prison authorities in Rio de Janeiro release...

White nationalism feeds off failed globalisation adaptation

White nationalism feeds off failed globalisation adaptation

Global Times 2019-08-05 20:57:09

Atrocity by white supremacist extremists is emerging as arguably the premier domestic-terrorist threat in an increasing number of Western countries. It's no exaggeration to say white nationalist viole...

Nine confirmed killed in Ohio mass shooting

Nine confirmed killed in Ohio mass shooting

-- 2019-08-04 14:27:18

Nine people have been killed and at least 16 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio in the US, police have confirmed. First reports came in at about 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) of a shooting out...

Honduran president denies links to drug trafficking

Honduran president denies links to drug trafficking

Reuters 2019-08-04 13:28:03

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Saturday (local time) denied reports from a US court filing linking him to drug trafficking, accusing criminals of seeking revenge against him. “The...

US ‘very confident’ to build maritime coalition in Gulf: Pompeo

US ‘very confident’ to build maritime coalition in Gulf: Pompeo

-- 2019-08-04 12:40:04

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that he was “very confident” the United States would be able to build a maritime coalition in the Gulf, despite a lukewarm response from Eu...

20 dead, dozens injured in Texas Walmart shooting

20 dead, dozens injured in Texas Walmart shooting

-- 2019-08-04 10:29:26

A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers and employees scurried for cover before the gunman...

US relations with other countries should not target China

US relations with other countries should not target China

Global Times 2019-08-03 17:04:27

US President Donald Trump met Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on Wednesday. A Bloomberg News report on Tuesday quoted a senior US official as saying the two leaders plan to discuss a free-trade...

US formally withdraws from 1987 nuclear pact with Russia

US formally withdraws from 1987 nuclear pact with Russia

-- 2019-08-02 16:51:12

The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty, something the Kremlin has repeatedly denied...

US pulls out of nuclear treaty with Russia

US pulls out of nuclear treaty with Russia

-- 2019-08-02 10:51:12

The US is set to formally withdraw from a nuclear treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new arms race. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was signed by US President Ronald Reagan and...

US obsession with containment driving China and Russia closer

US obsession with containment driving China and Russia closer

Global Times 2019-08-01 18:30:13

July 2019 marks an important milestone in the Russia-China strategic relationship. For the first time, Russian and Chinese bombers have carried out joint air patrols over the East China Sea and the Se...

US sanctions Iranian foreign minister Zarif

US sanctions Iranian foreign minister Zarif

-- 2019-08-01 10:14:49

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, targeting the country’s top spokesman and potentially hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid...

Bin Laden’s son Hamza is dead, US officials say

Bin Laden’s son Hamza is dead, US officials say

-- 2019-08-01 10:14:32

The son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, has died, according to US intelligence officials. Details of Hamza Bin Laden's place or date of death remain unclear in the anonymously-sourced rep...

Time for sincerity from US in trade talks with China

Time for sincerity from US in trade talks with China

Global Times 2019-07-31 17:40:41

The China-US high-level trade consultations resumed Tuesday in Shanghai after about three months, which is a positive step taken by the trade negotiation teams of both countries to implement the conse...

Strong quake strikes off El Salvador

Strong quake strikes off El Salvador

-- 2019-07-31 15:19:25

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador early on Wednesday, though emergency services said there were no initial reports of significant damage. The magnitude 5.9 quake hit 46 km (29 m...

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows arms sale to S Arabia

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows arms sale to S Arabia

-- 2019-07-31 00:12:22

The Senate failed Monday in a bid to override a trio of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi...

Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57

Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57

Reuters 2019-07-30 14:09:52

A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil’s government...

Gunman kills three in California food festival

Gunman kills three in California food festival

-- 2019-07-29 21:49:19

Three people have been killed and 15 injured after a gunman attacked a food festival in California. The gunman was shot dead by police shortly after he began firing, although police are investigating...

Brazil police arrest one over $29m gold robbery case

Brazil police arrest one over $29m gold robbery case

-- 2019-07-29 11:58:38

Brazilian police said on Sunday (local time) they arrested one person and are seeking an arrest warrant for another in connection with the theft of a gold shipment at São Paulo’s internat...

Shooting at California festival kills three

Shooting at California festival kills three

-- 2019-07-29 11:23:36

At least three people were killed and several injured in a shooting at a food festival, an annual three-day event south of San Jose in California, on Sunday. Police and ambulances raced to the shooti...

Mexico to help create jobs in Honduras to curb migration

Mexico to help create jobs in Honduras to curb migration

-- 2019-07-28 11:05:00

Mexico’s government said it would help Honduras create 20,000 jobs this year and support its coffee farmers as the two countries seek to curb migration to the United States that has created tens...

Trump threatens tariffs against 'foolish' Macron

Trump threatens tariffs against 'foolish' Macron

-- 2019-07-27 17:11:33

US President Donald Trump has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of "foolishness" over a digital services tax, and hinted that he would tax French wine in retaliation. Mr Trump voiced his anger...

Trump blames White House air conditioning on Obama

Trump blames White House air conditioning on Obama

-- 2019-07-27 16:32:59

In President Donald Trump’s view, even the inadequate air conditioning at the White House is Barack Obama’s fault. Trump offered the new gripe about his predecessor as he explained in the...

Trump congratulates Boris Johnson

Trump congratulates Boris Johnson

-- 2019-07-27 14:40:30

US President Donald Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming British prime minister in a phone call and said work had already begun on a US-British free trade agreement. Trump told reporters...

US top court rules for Trump in wall funds dispute

US top court rules for Trump in wall funds dispute

-- 2019-07-27 11:58:10

The US Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wal...

US, Guatemala sign migration deal days after Trump threats

US, Guatemala sign migration deal days after Trump threats

-- 2019-07-27 11:11:29

The US and Guatemala have signed a migration agreement, days after US President Donald Trump threatened the Central American country with tariffs. Under the deal, migrants from Honduras and El Salvad...

US dumps hundreds of asylum seekers in Mexico

US dumps hundreds of asylum seekers in Mexico

-- 2019-07-25 22:06:36

The bus carrying dozens of Central Americans from the Texas border arrived in this northern Mexican city late at night and pulled up next to the station, reports AP. Men and women disembarked with ch...

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid China tension

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid China tension

-- 2019-07-25 11:15:40

The US military said on Wednesday it sent a Navy warship through the Taiwan Strait, which separates Taiwan from China, a move likely to anger China during a period of tense relations between Washingto...