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June 17, 2019
Indian magician feared drowned in river after Houdini trick goes wrong
KOLKATA, India — An Indian magician who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired stunt is feared drowned, police said on Monday.Chanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name "Jadugar Mandrake" (Wizard Mandrake), was lowered by winch into the river in Kolkata on Sunday in a yellow and red costume.But the 40-year-old, his legs and his arms tightly bound, failed ...
June 17, 2019
Brain disease kills 97 Indian children, 'heat curfew' imposed
PATNA, India — The Indian state of Bihar grappled on Monday with twin crises, with a brain virus potentially linked to lychees killing almost 100 children and extreme heat leaving 78 people dead.The heatwave — India's second-longest on record — prompted authorities in part of the northern state, one of the country's poorest, to impose curfew-like restrictions.Daytime temperatures across large parts of India have hovered above 40 degrees Celsius (104 ...
June 17, 2019
Indian doctors stage nationwide strike
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA — Hundreds of thousands of doctors across India went on strike on Monday demanding better working conditions, the country's top medical body said, as the outrage over lax security conditions at hospitals escalated.The nationwide protests, affecting hundreds of hospitals, started after an attack at a medical college in West Bengal state a week ago. The attack left three junior doctors seriously injured after a dispute with a family ...
June 17, 2019
Hong Kong protests a rare defeat for Xi, say analysts
BEIJING — China's powerful President Xi Jinping has been dealt a rare setback with the suspension of unpopular legislation in Hong Kong following massive protests, but Beijing could bite back by tightening its grip on the semi-autonomous city, according to analysts.Hundreds of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, calling for the resignation of the territory's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam — even after she suspended ...
June 17, 2019
China's Xi to visit North Korea this week ahead of G20
BEIJING — Xi Jinping will make the first trip to North Korea by a Chinese president in 14 years this week, state media said on Monday, as Beijing tightens relations with Pyongyang amid tensions with the United States.Xi will visit Pyongyang on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Chinese broadcaster CCTV.The timing is likely to raise eyebrows at the White House as ...
June 17, 2019
Brain fever kills 97 children in east India
NEW DELHI — Nearly 100 children have died this month from encephalitis, commonly known as brain fever, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, a state health official said on Monday.Ninety-seven children had died and 146 were being treated for the disease, which occurs in seasonal outbreaks every summer, Shailesh Prasad Singh, a medical official in the Muzaffarpur district of the state, told Reuters."There are no good facilities here," Sunil ...
June 17, 2019
Kremlin says Putin, Trump could meet briefly at G20
MOSCOW — The Kremlin said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump could meet briefly at the G20 in Japan next week.The leaders will not hold a full-scale meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka starting June 28, however, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, saying Washington has not reached out to organise one."There's no news on a possible full-scale meeting between Putin and ...
June 17, 2019
Sri Lanka abusing UN law to make arrests: Rights group
COLOMBO — Media activists on Monday accused Sri Lankan police of using a UN convention on hate speech to crack down on media freedom and the country's Muslim minority.The Free Media Movement rights group said the police Special Task Force (STF) attempted to arrest a respected journalist for his writing on anti-Muslim riots and Buddhist extremists using the UN-backed law.The STF told a magistrate on Friday they were pursuing freelance ...
June 16, 2019
Pakistan removes ISI spy agency head after 8 months
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Sunday appointed a hardliner general as new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, replacing the agency's current head, Lieutenant General Asim Munir, after only eight months on the job.Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, a former senior ISI figure, was appointed director general of the agency, according to a statement by the military's press wing, which did not explain the re-shuffle.The army is arguably the ...
June 16, 2019
Bangladesh officer held for failing to probe teenager's harassment claims
DHAKA — A senior Bangladesh police officer has been arrested for failing to properly investigate allegations made by a teenage girl, who was later burned to death, that she had been sexually harassed by a teacher, officials said.The killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi in April sparked protests across the South Asian nation, with the prime minister promising to prosecute all those involved.At least 16 people — including the teacher — ...
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