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Reached "Broad Consensus" With UN Over Counter-Terror Work, Says China

World News | Reuters | Sunday June 16, 2019

China and the United Nations have reached a "broad consensus" about counter-terror work, China's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday after a controversial visit by a senior UN official to the restive far western Chinese region of Xinjiang this week.

Boy Arrested For Political Unrest When He Was 13 Won't Be Executed: Saudi

World News | Reuters | Sunday June 16, 2019

A young man from Saudi Arabia's minority Shi'ite Muslim community who was arrested at the age of 13 will not be executed and could be released by 2022, a Saudi official told Reuters on Saturday following reports of his pending execution.

Japan Police Official Stabbed In Possible Targeted Attack: Report

World News | Reuters | Sunday June 16, 2019

A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in a rare case of violent crime in Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.

At NITI Aayog Meet, PM Pitches For Clean Water To All Rural Homes By 2024

India News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that piped water will reach all homes in the countryside by 2024, setting a tough target at a time when hundreds of millions don't have access to clean water.

Trump Administration Owes $7 Million For His 2017 Inauguration: Report

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

The Trump administration and Congress still owe the District of Columbia government $7 million for expenses related to the 2017 presidential inauguration, the Washington Post reported on Friday, raising questions about who will foot the bill for the president's planned July 4 speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

Pakistan To Get $3.4 Billion In Budgetary Aid From Asian Development Bank

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

Pakistan will receive $3.4 billion in budgetary support from the Asian Development Bank (ABD), the de facto finance minister said on Saturday, as the government seeks help to overcome a ballooning balance of payments crisis.

Iran Renews Nuclear Pact Ultimatum Amid Tensions With US

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

Iran will continue scaling back compliance with a nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show "positive signals", the Iranian president said on Saturday as tensions with the United States escalated over tanker attacks in the Gulf region.

WHO Panel Decides Not To Declare International Ebola Emergency

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.

Worshippers In Hard Hats To Attend Notre-Dame's First Mass Since Fire

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

A small congregation wearing hard hats will attend mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service to be held since fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago.

Fuel Demand In May Remain Unchanged, Points To Sluggish Economy: Report

Business | Thomson Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

Cooking gas, or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), rose marginally to 2.06 million tonnes.

Vladimir Putin Gives China's Xi Jinping Ice Cream On His 66th Birthday

World News | Reuters | Sunday June 16, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Xi considers a close friend and who gave Xi ice cream as a present, Chinese state media reported.

PSA To Assemble Batteries For Hybrid, Electric Cars In Slovakia

Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

The carmaker currently buys batteries from South Korean company LG and China's CATL. Vincent added the company expected rising demand for electric and hybrid cars, as well as for vehicles with automatic gearboxes, to offset falling demand for diesel and manual gearbox cars.

Tencent Launches Its First Overseas Video Streaming Service, in Thailand

Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

Tencent Holdings launched its first overseas video streaming service in Thailand on Friday, as it ramps up its presence outside China.

6-Year-Old Indian Girl Died In US Desert As Mother Went To Look For Water

Indians Abroad | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

A six-year-old migrant child from India died of heat stroke after her mother left her with other migrants to go in search of water, a medical examiner and U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday.

China Summons US Envoy To Complain About Hong Kong Remarks

World News | Reuters | Saturday June 15, 2019

China summoned a senior US diplomat on Friday to lodge a formal complaint about US comments on Hong Kong, after proposed US legislation that would require the government to justify the continuation of special treatment for the territory.