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July 1, 2019 5:32 PM

New Zealand bans single-use plastic shopping bags

<span style="color: #222222;">New Zealand has officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags today. Companies that break the ban will face heavy penalties, including fines of up to 100,000 New Zealand dollars (USD 67,000). Under the new rules, thin plastic single-...

July 1, 2019 2:26 PM

Bangladesh observes 3rd anniversary of Holey Artisan Bakery attack

<span style="color: #222222;">Bangladesh is observing the third anniversary of the deadliest terror attack in its history at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on this day in 2016.<br />''<br />''The attackers took hostag...

July 1, 2019 2:23 PM

Whaling ships set sail as Japan resumes commercial hunts

<span style="color: #222222;">Whaling ships set sail today on the first commercial hunts in decades, as Japan brushed aside global outrage over its decision to resume what conservationists say is a cruel and outdated practice.<br />''<br...

July 1, 2019 2:21 PM

OPEC set to prolong oil output cuts after Moscow-Riyadh deal

<span style="color: #222222;">Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC and its allies are set this week to prolong oil output cuts to further boost prices, after the two biggest players Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to do so.<br />'&...

July 1, 2019 1:54 PM

Explosion hits Afghan capital Kabul

<span style="color: #222222;">A powerful explosion today rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul, rattling windows and sending smoke billowing from the downtown area near the U.S. Embassy. <br />''<br />''Quoting P...

July 1, 2019 12:43 PM

Hong Kong police use pepper spray against anti-government protesters

<span style="color: #222222;">Police in Hong Kong used pepper spray and batons against anti-government protesters who seized highways early today ahead of what is expected to be a huge pro-democracy rally on the anniversary of the city's handover to China.&am...

July 1, 2019 7:55 AM

10 killed when small plane crashes on takeoff in US

<span style="color: #222222;">In the United States, a town official said 10 people were killed when a small, twin-engine plane crashed into a hangar during takeoff at a Dallas-area airport.<br />''<br />''Addison spokesw...

July 1, 2019 7:47 AM

N Korea calls Kim-Trump meeting historic

<span style="color: #222222;">North Korea today described the weekend meeting between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in the Demilitarised Zone as 'historic' and 'amazing'.<br />''<br />&ap...

June 30, 2019 8:39 PM

Can't support death penalty: Sri Lankan PM

<span style="color: #222222;">Srilankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that he cannot support the death penalty bringing his differences on the issue with President Maithripala Sirisena in the open.</span><br />'' &a...

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