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Sherita Cole's story was widely shared on social media, helped by social activist and blog writer Shaun King Sherita Dixon-Cole, a 37-year-old woman from northeast Texas, was pulled over early Sunday by a Department of Public Safety officer who suspected
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Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin will take the time for an in-depth one-on-one discussion (File)

Saint Petersburg, Russia:  French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Saint Petersburg on Thursday to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, with the Iran nuclear deal as well as conflicts in Syria and Ukraine on the
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Donald Trump has ramped up his focus on immigration and gang violence in recent days. (File)

Bethpage, New York:  President Donald Trump and his top administration officials repeatedly warned Wednesday that unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the southern border are potentially exposing the nation to eventual gang
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The Colombian Government plans to construct a museum to maintain the wreck's contentsThe San José, the largest galleon and the flagship of one group of Spanish ships that began sailing in the 16th century, was big and - thanks to 62 bronze cannons inscribed with dolphins - fatal enough to hinder or destroy ships, whether pirates or competing nations.Excep
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A Pentagon official stated that China was informed about its exclusion from the exercises.Washington:. The Pentagon disinvited China from participating in a significant marine workout on Wednesday, indicating mounting U.S. anger over Beijing's broadened military footprint in challenged areas of the South China Sea.Lt. Col.A Pentagon official stated that China was alerted about its exemption from the exercises.Washington:. The Pentagon disinvited China from participating in a major marine exercise on Wednesday, signifying mounting U.S. anger over Beijing's broadened military footprint in contested locations of the South China Sea.Lt. Col. Christopher Logan, a Pentagon representative, said the Defense Department had withdrawn an earlier invitation to the Chinese navy to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) drill, a biennial marine workout that includes more than 2 dozen nations, over Beijing's decision to position anti-ship rockets, surface-to-air rockets and electronic jammers on the Spratly Islands.Those islands, which China has actually bigger and occupied recently, are subject to contending claims from numerous countries, consisting of Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Our company believe these recent implementations and the continued militarization of these features is an offense of the promise that President Xi [Jinping] made to the United States and the world, Logan said in a statement.The Pentagon said that China has actually likewise landed bomber airplane, obviously including the innovative, nuclear-capable H-6K, at Woody Island, in another challenged location to the north claimed by China and Vietnam.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who consulted with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on Wednesday, called the choice unconstructive. We hope the U.S. will change such an unfavorable frame of mind. Both China, the U.S. are huge countries, and we are well positioned to have greater cooperation at sea. Wang said at an interview. China is only developing civilian and some necessary defense centers on our own islands. That is the right to self-defense and conservation of every sovereign state. The choice to exclude China from the exercise is likely to magnify stress with a nation the Pentagon has identified, along with Russia, as a primary competitor to American military power and a focus of planning.While the U.S. and Chinese militaries coordinate in some locations, the United States has actually expressed issue about China's growing toolbox of advanced weapons and its attempt to forecast its may throughout Asia and beyond.While the Trump administration does not back any of the competing claims to the islands and smaller features, it has actually insisted on flexibility of navigation and challenged Chinese assertions of sovereignty over practically all the South China Sea, which U.S. allies in the region view as key to their economic interests and security.Patrick Cronin, an Asia scholar at the Center for a New American Security, stated the move was a welcome slap on the wrist in reaction to China's accumulation in objected to waters and its choice to mainly overlook a 2016 ruling challenging its maritime claims. China's militarization of the South China Sea is worthy of to be punished, not rewarded, he said.The Pentagon's choice may presage a more difficult line than the Trump administration has actually previously handled the South China Sea conflict. We have gotten in touch with China to remove the military systems instantly and to reverse course on the militarization of contested South China Sea features, Logan said.China's exemption comes a month before Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is due to make his very first official see to China. It is not clear how the RIMPAC decision, which was licensed by Mattis, might affect that trip.Cronin stated the choice was unlikely to change China's prepare for the South China Sea. China's reaction will be to adjust its details warfare, however China's method will stay on course, undisturbed by U.S. actions thus far, he said.The relocation takes place at a fragile minute for U.S. strategy in Asia, just weeks ahead of a prepared top between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over that country's nuclear program. Ahead of the talks, the United States requires Beijing, North Korea's chief economic backer, to preserve pressure on Pyongyang.A Pentagon authorities said that China was alerted about its exemption from the exercises, which last about a month, on Wednesday morning. Beijing started participating in the workout in 2014. The Chinese federal government had not issued a public response to the decision.( This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent personnel and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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A UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials (File Photo)

United Nations:  A UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un next month, diplomats said.

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