South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is expected to sign a final peace agreement today that will hopefully end a 20-month conflict with his former deputy and rebel leader Riek Machar, Sudan Tribune reports. Nepal is still struggling to recover from a violent earthquake that devastated huge parts of the country, killing more than 9,000 people.Īs many as five million Syrians, most of them in Aleppo and Damascus, have been affected by sometimes deliberate water shortages that UNICEF says are used by parties to the conflict to "achieve military and political gains." According to the agency's report, there have been at least 18 deliberate water cuts this year alone, with some of them lasting as long as a month. "The way he shot my son dead from 30 feet away shows he was not an ordinary villager," the boy's father said. Speaking to reporters, the parents said they didn't believe their son had been "collateral damage" but that the gunmen intentionally targeted him.
The other victim was an 18-month-old boy who was shot dead while playing in the courtyard of his parents' home. Seven police officers were killed by the crowd and one of them was burned alive, The Nepali Times reports.
More in today's shot of history.Īt least eight people were killed in Tikapur, Nepal, Monday, after violent protests against government plans for a new Constitution. The late Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and humanitarian, was born on this day in 1910. The move also removes hurdles in the two countries' paths to entering the European Union. The deal covers vast policy areas, including energy and telecommunications, and will also grant some level of autonomy to Serbian populations in areas of Kosovo where they are a majority, Balkan Insight explains. Serbia and Kosovo took a significant step towards reconciliation yesterday when the two countries signed what EU chief diplomat Federica Mogherini characterized as a "landmark agreement" 16 years after the war between the two sides, EU Observer reports. The journalist was later allowed to return to the room, and Trump told him he would deport the immigrants "very humanely." Meanwhile, the billionaire renewed attacks against Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, prompting the network's chief to demand an apology.įor more on Trump, a Latin American view from America Economia: Hey Donald Trump, Hugo Chavez Would Be So Proud. Ramos wanted to question Trump about his plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, but Trump argued that he hadn't been called upon. "Go back to Univision," GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jorge Ramos, an Emmy-winning journalist for Spanish-speaking broadcaster Univision, before having him removed from a news conference last night. But European shares have fallen further this morning. stocks higher at today's open, despite yesterday's late sell-off. According to Market Watch, the news of more stimulus from China will push U.S. After trading closed, China's central bank announced it would inject 140 billion RMB ($22 billion) into the economy to try and stop an economic slowdown.
A volatile Shanghai Composite index eventually fell by 1.3%, after rising by as much as 4.3% and dropping 3.9%. Chinese stocks continued to fall for a fifth consecutive day, despite the People's Bank of China cutting its key lending rate in a bid to restore calm to the stock markets.
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