Venezuela Votes for National Constituent Assembly: Live Updates
The National Constituent Assembly is intended to further develop the country's democracy and help ease tensions with the opposition.
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Putin Says U.S. Must Cut 755 Russia Staff in Sanctions Reprisal
Russia has told the U.S. it must cut staff at its embassy and other facilities in Russia by 755 people by Sept. 1 in retaliation for a new sanctions law passed by the U.S. Congress last week, President Vladimir Putin said.
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U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test
The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said China, Japan and South Korea needed to do more after Pyongyang's latest missile tests.
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China Bets Trump Won't Resort to Strike Against North Korea
China is betting that U.S. President Donald Trump won’t make good on his threats of a military strike against North Korea, with Beijing continuing to provide a lifeline to Kim Jong Un’s regime.
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Laurianne Rossi, French MP, punched in Paris market
A man has been arrested after punching a female MP from President Emmanuel Macron's party in the head in a southern Paris suburb.
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Saudi Arabia says calls for internationalization of holy sites 'a declaration of war'
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister called Qatar's demands for an internationalization of the Muslim hajj pilgrimage a declaration of war against the kingdom, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Sunday, although it was unclear whether Qatar had actually made any such demand.
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Defcon vote-hacking village shows that "secure" voting machines can be broken in minutes
Since the 2000 Bush-Gore election crisis and the hanging-chad controversy, voting machine vendors have been offering touchscreen voting machines as a solution to America's voting woes – and security researchers have been pointing out that the products on offer were seriously, gravely defective.
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South Korea baby bust as birth rate falls to record low
The growth of South Korea's population this year will be the slowest rate ever recorded, despite efforts to boost it, officials say.
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Bolivian president calls US ‘threat to international law, UN’ over ‘unilateral’ Russia sanctions
Bolivian President Evo Morales slammed the US as a “threat to multilateralism, international law, the UN,” and condemned the latest round of sanctions against Russia.
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UK strips 150 ‘jihadists and criminals’ of citizenship in major clampdown on extremism
The UK has stripped more than 150 suspected jihadists and criminals of their citizenship as part of counter terrorism efforts aimed at curbing extremism and preventing returning ISIS militants from embedding themselves in civil society.
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The ‘Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat’ Gets a U.S. Court Rebuke
If you think the government should do something about the cramped legroom on airplanes, you’ve got a friend in a federal court.
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Apple says it is removing VPN services from China App Store
Apple Inc says it is removing virtual private network (VPN) services from its app store in China, drawing criticism from VPN service providers, who accuse the U.S. tech giant of bowing to pressure from Beijing cyber regulators.
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