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Johnson Wins Key Endorsement as Poll Signals Landslide U.K. Win

(Bloomberg) — Boris Johnson, looking set for a landslide victory over rival Jeremy Hunt in the race to be Britain’s next prime minister, has won the backing of a senior member of the cabinet: Home Secretary Sajid Javid.Javid, according to the Sunday T…

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Iran hints it could enrich uranium to 5 percent

A top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader has hinted Tehran could boost its uranium enrichment to five percent for “peaceful” aims, ahead of deadline it set for world powers to save a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Iran is acting on its May 8 threat to susp…

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UPDATE 3-Iran to lift uranium enrichment to 5%, above level in 2015 deal -official

Iran on Sunday will announce an increase in uranium enrichment to 5%, a concentration above the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian official told Reuters, in a move signalling a deepening challenge to escalating U.S. sanctions pressure. Th…

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Sneaky: America’s F-22 Stealth Fighter Snuck up on an Iranian F-4 Phantom

It was a close call.Back in 2013, Pentagon press secretary George Little said that an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone flying through international airspace near Iran.As we reported back then,…

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Why Attacking Iran Is an Insane Idea

Figures such as former CIA director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and organizations like the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), still insist that an operational relationship exists between Iran and Al Qaeda. This shouldn’t c…

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Otto Warmbier’s family files claim on seized North Korean coal ship

Otto Warmbier's family files claim on seized North Korean coal shipThe family of an American college student who died after he was held prisoner in North Korea, has filed a claim on cargo ship that was seized from the country by US authorities. Otto Warmbier was accused of theft on a visit to the secretive communist state in January 2016 and jailed for almost a-year-and-a-half. When he was released back to the US in June 2017 he was in a vegetative state. He was blind and deaf, and had sustained severe brain damage. He died later that month. Last December, a US federal judge awarded his family more than $500m (£399) in damages in a wrongful death suit against the North Korean government.In an attempt to retrieve some those damages, his family have now filed a claim against the seized ship called the “Wise Honest”.North Korea’s second largest merchant ship, was carrying coal for sale. Both American authorities and the United Nations have suggested that country uses the profits to fund its nuclear and ballistic missile program.The US Justice Department called the seizure of the ship part of a “maximum pressure” campaign against the hostile nation.“This sanctions-busting ship is now out of service,” said Assistant Attorney General John Demers at the time of seizure. Mr Demers heads the Justice Department’s National Security Division. “We are deeply committed to the role the Justice Department plays in applying maximum pressure to the North Korean regime to cease its belligerence.”The pariah state did not involve itself in the Wambier lawsuit, leaving the family to “chase down the assets of North Korea to recover what they can for the torture and death of their son at the hands of North Korea’s dictator, who with “his cronies, show(s) no regard for human life,”” according to a court filing.After making the claim against the ship, his parents Fred and Cindy Warmbier said: “We are committed to holding North Korea accountable for the death of our son Otto, and will work tirelessly to seize North Korean assets wherever they may be found.”

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Hong Kong Activists Speak Out

Young demonstrators speak of their passion, depression and steely determination to take to Hong Kong’s streets again. They are clear in their opposition to Beijing’s tightening grip on their city.

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Iran Prepares For Higher Uranium Enrichment

Iran is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by the 2015 nuclear deal, according to a video message from a top aide to the country’s supreme leader.

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North Korea accuses freed Australian student of spying

North Korea’s state news agency said on Saturday an Australian student who was expelled from the country after 10 days’ detention had committed “spying acts” through his work with foreign media. Alek Sigley, who had been held in North Korea since June …

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Rebate rule would harm seniors, taxpayers: Readers sound off

From Big Pharma, to updating election practices, to North Korea, our readers react to recent headlines.

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China Dismisses U.S. Criticism of South China Sea Missile Tests

(Bloomberg) — China’s military said its recent “live-fire drill” in the South China Sea didn’t target any country and wasn’t held to achieve specific objectives, after the U.S. denounced the missile tests as “coercive acts.”China fired at least one mi…

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