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Biden to announce executive actions to curb gun violence

President Biden is set to unveil his first attempts to curb gun violence on Thursday, announcing a set of modest moves designed to begin revamping federal gun policy by

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Ukraine President Zelensky visits frontline in Donbas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday traveled to Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine where clashes between government forces and insurgentsare escalating.According to the presidency, Ze

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Syrian air defenses confront Israeli attack over Damascus

Israel attacked targets near Damascus on Thursday and Syria's air defenses shot down a number of rockets over southern districts of the capital, Syrian state media reported.SANA news agency quoted a

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Zelensky, Trudeau discuss growing hostilities in eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have discussed growing hostilities in eastern Ukraine and bilateral military cooperati

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Myanmar protesters launch 'garbage strike' as death toll tops 500

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose military rule as the toll of pro-democracy prote

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Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar air strikes

Thai authorities along the country’s northwestern border braced themselves Monday for a possible influx of more ethnic Karen villagers fleeing new airstrikes from the M

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One dead, three injured in Chicago shooting

A 23-year-old man was killed and three people were wounded after they were shot while riding a party bus early Saturday in the U.S. city of Chicago, local newspaper Chicago Sun-Times reported.The gun

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Mar. 20 - Mar. 26)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | U.S.'s Blinken says

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Colorado shooting: 21-year-old man faces 10 counts of murder

A 21-year-old man faces 10 counts of murder in connection with Monday's mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store, authorities said on Tuesday.The suspect was in stable condition after he was wounded

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Court could reimpose Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence

A file photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the suspects involved in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, April 19, 2013. /AP The United Sta

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Court to weigh reinstating Boston marathon bomber's death sentence

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the U.S. Justice Department's bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that

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Filipino troops kill rebel commander, rescue last hostage

Philippine troops killed an Abu Sayyaf rebel commander blamed for years of ransom kidnappings and on Sunday rescued the last of his four Indonesian captives, the milita

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State TV: Explosion kills 1, wounds 3 in southeastern Iran

An explosion Sunday killed one person and wounded three others in the restive southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan, state TV reported, as details abo

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Three killed, 11 injured in explosion targeting Afghan officials

At least three people were killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion targeted a bus carrying Afghan government officials in Kabul, TOLOnews reported.

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'Human rights' are clearly not a part of Washington's Syria policy

Civilians walk through city ruins in Syria, October 8, 2017. /Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The artic

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At least 15 shot, 2 dead in 'gang-related' shooting in Chicago

At least 15 people were shot, and two of them killed, at a "pop-up party" at a business on the South Side of Chicago on early Sunday morning.The shooting happened at 4:40 a.m. A 31-year-old woman, wh

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Nigeria jihadists ambush military convoy, 19 troops dead

Nigeria's military has been fighting against a jihadist insurgency for more than a decade. /AFP Islamic State-aligned jihadists ambushed a Nigerian military convoy, killing 15 soldiers and fou