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  Trudeau approves controversial project ahead of elections

  Agence France-Presse . Ottawa | Updated at 01:57pm on June 19, 2019

  The Canadian government on Tuesday approved a controversial...

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  Emissions need to be halved to avoid 3C warming: scientists

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019

  Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to reach double that by the...

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  Cambodia targets 140 opposition figures to silence dissent: UN

  Reuters . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019

  Cambodian authorities have questioned, summoned or detained more than 140 members of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party in an escalating suppression of dissent, two...

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  Euthanasia now legal in Australian state

  Agence France-Presse . Melbourne | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019

  Terminally ill Australians can for the first time apply to end their own life, after new laws went into effect in the state of Victoria...

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  UN calls for ‘independent’ probe into death of Mursi

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 07:52pm on June 18, 2019

  The UN human rights office called Tuesday for an ‘independent inquiry’ into former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi’s death while in state custody. ‘Any sudden death in custody must be...

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  Myanmar official says runaway monk ‘incited hatred’ against Suu Kyi

  Reuters . Yangon | Updated at 12:54am on June 19, 2019

  A Myanmar official on Tuesday told a court that a nationalist Buddhist Monk, Wirathu, who has evaded arrest on sedition charges, ‘incited hatred’ against leader Aung San Suu Kyi and...

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  CentAm aid depends on ‘actions’ to curb migration: US

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:10am on June 19, 2019

  The United States said Monday it would not offer any more aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras unless they take ‘concrete actions’ to deter undocumented migrants from...

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  Russia warns US over extra troop deployment to ME

  Agence-France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 12:10am on June 19, 2019

  Russia on Tuesday called for restraint to avoid escalation in the Middle East after the US said it was deploying additional troops due to heightened tensions with Iran. ‘We are urging all the sides to...

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  Algeria army chief says some parties seeking constitutional vacuum

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:10am on June 19, 2019

  Algeria’s army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah on Tuesday accused some parties of wanting a constitutional vacuum, to prolong the country’s political crisis...

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  Everest summits smash records amid deadly bottlenecks

  Agence France-Presse . Kathmandu | Updated at 12:10am on June 19, 2019

  A record 885 people climbed Everest in May this year, figures showed Tuesday, capping a deadly traffic-clogged season that also saw 11 climbers die on the world’s highest...