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    Number of U.S. diplomats in China hit by mystery illness: State Dept – Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has brought a group of diplomats home from Guangzhou, China, over concerns they were suffering from a mysterious malady that resembles a brain injury and has already affected U.S. personnel in Cuba, its spokeswoman said on Wednesday. A woman...
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    VIDEO: Ebola toll in DR Congo rises to 27 – The Independent Uganda:

    The United Nations on Wednesday reported that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so far, 27 people have died from the Ebola Virus Disease. Speaking to reporters in New York Wednesday (6 Jun), the United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF...
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    Meghan Markle’s Freckles In Demand After Royal Wedding, Tattoo Artist Says – Ibtimes

    Meghan Markle’s freckles are in demand. The Duchess of Sussex has set a new trend: fake freckles. According to one tattoo artist, she’s been "crazy busy" with requests for Markle style freckles. "I think cosmetic tattooing or permanent makeup is really on the rise, and obviously with … Read...
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    Speaker Paul Ryan: President Donald Trump shouldn’t pardon himself – TODAY.NG

    US House Speaker, Paul Ryan, said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should not pardon himself, becoming the second Republican leader in Congress to balk at the president’s assertion that he had “absolute” power to do so...... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2JCtlj7 Get more...
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    Texas man bitten by severed snake head – BBC News

    A Texan required 26 doses of anti-venom after he was bitten by the severed head of a rattlesnake he had killed. Jennifer Sutcliffe told local station KIII-TV that her husband was working in the garden when he saw … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2JqIoJm Get more World News
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    California Voters Remove US Rape Case Judge – Channels Television

    A US judge who came under seething criticism for sentencing a Stanford University student to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman has been ousted from office by voters in California. Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky was recalled by a majority of voters in Santa …...
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    Exclusive: Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs – CNN

    According to the sources, Trudeau pressed Trump on how he could justify the tariffs as a "national security" issue. In response, Trump quipped to Trudeau, "Didn’t you guys burn down the White House?" referring to the War of 1812. The problem with Trump’s comments to Trudeau is that British …...
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    Trump hit Mexico with steel tariffs. Mexico is hitting back — and targeting Republicans. – Vox

    Five days after President Trump imposed a new set of heavy tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports, Mexico hit back, announcing its own set of sweeping tariffs on US pork, steel, cheese, bourbon, apples, and other goods. According to Mexican officials, they specifically chose to target...
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