Trump delivers hard line on new China tariffs threat

Jun 11,2019
President Donald Trump warned Monday he will slap huge new tariffs on China if his counterpart Xi Jinping doesn't show up for a planned face-to-face meeting later this month and insisted the Chinese economy will never overtake the United States.
Canada to ban single-use plastics by 2021
Jun 11
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the country will ban single-use plastics, such as plastic bags and straws, as early as 2021.
Abe talks with Trump ahead of Iran visit
Jun 11
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump have discussed the situation in the Middle East before Abe leaves for Iran.
Violence quelled at Hong Kong protest
Jun 10
Authorities have quelled violence in Hong Kong after some demonstrators clashed with police in a rally against a revised extradition bill.
Clash leaves 7 insurgents dead in Afghanistan's Kandahar province
Jun 10
At least seven militants were confirmed dead as a clash erupted between security forces and Taliban fighters in Khakriz district of the Taliban former stronghold southern Kandahar province on Sunday, police spokesman in the restive province Jamal Nasir Barikzai said Monday.
Death toll from Tripoli fighting rises to 653
Jun 10
A total of 653 people have been killed and 3,547 others injured in the fighting in and around Libya's capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday.
2 soldiers killed, 8 injured in attack in northeast Colombia
Jun 10
At least two soldiers were killed and eight others injured in an attack on a military patrol in the northeastern Colombian department of Arauca, Colombia's military reported on Sunday.