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Astronaut Anne McClain's First Voyage to the Space Station

"Putting this journey into words will not be easy, but I will try. I am finally where I was born to be," said astronaut Anne McClain of her first voyage to space. from NASA https://ift.tt/2Qi3MaR

Six people, mostly teenagers, killed in Italy nightclub stampede

Six people, including five teenagers, were crushed to death in the early hours of Saturday in a stampede at a packed nightclub, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QjOBOI

Rouhani forecasts 'deluge' of drugs, refugees, attacks if sanctions hurt Iran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that there could be a "deluge" of drugs, refugees and attacks on the West if reimposed sanctions by the United States weaken Iran's ability to contain these issues. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RDM3Yk

Iran says U.S. arm sales turning Middle East into 'tinderbox'

Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the United States is selling arms into the Middle East which were beyond the region's needs, turning it into a "tinderbox", state news agency IRNA reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QFdTpz

New Zealand police launch murder probe over missing British woman

Police searching for a 22-year-old British woman missing in New Zealand have launched a murder investigation and a 26-year-old man is being questioned, investigators said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BXsFjF

Mexico's top court suspends public sector pay cuts law

Mexico's Supreme Court on Friday suspended a new law that cuts public sector pay, freezing it until the tribunal has made a definitive ruling on the legislation, and dealing a blow to Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2B11sdT

Bank robbery shootout in Brazil kills 14

Fourteen people including six hostages were killed early on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QgXLvj

Mexico's new government takes aim at drug cartel finances

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is taking aim at the finances of the powerful Jalisco cartel in what a top anti-money laundering official said was an opening salvo in the fight to stop criminal gangs from flourishing with impunity. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RH5Yp7

Japan's military sees record spending, aims to buy more U.S. arms: Nikkei

Japan's military looks to raise spending over the next five years in response to security challenges and to narrow Japan's trade surplus with the United States by buying U.S. equipment, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ur82Dq

Many U.S.-bound caravan migrants disperse as asylum process stalls

Thousands of Central American migrants spent weeks traveling north through Mexico in caravans, walking and hitching rides when possible, only for many to give up hope and turn back when they met resistance at the U.S. border. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BZoqEd

Australian man jailed for brutal killing of kangaroo in filmed attack

A 28-year-old Australian man will spend five months in prison for brutally killing a kangaroo in an attack filmed and posted on social media, ABC News reported late on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RJX2j0

Japan opens door wider to foreign blue-collar workers despite criticism

Japan, in a major policy shift, enacted on Saturday a law to let in more foreign, blue-collar workers to ease a labor shortage, despite criticism it was too hastily crafted and risked exposing the workers to exploitation. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QiWsfb

Paris in lockdown as France braces for new anti-Macron riots

Paris was in lockdown early on Saturday with thousands of French security forces braced to meet renewed rioting by "yellow vest" protesters in the capital and other cities in a fourth weekend of confrontation over living costs. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2E7ZQ5o

Belgium's Africa Museum reopens to confront its colonial demons

Belgium's Africa Museum will reopen to the public on Sunday after five years of renovations designed to modernize the museum from an exhibition of pro-colonial propaganda to one that is critical of Belgium's imperialist past. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2EjhC6E