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World News on May 1st, 2017
Monday, May 01, 2017
VietPress USA (May 1st, 2017):
Donald Trump offers to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un 'under the right circumstances' (independent.co.uk)
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Leaked document reveals Facebook conducted research to target emotionally vulnerable and insecure youth (news.com.au)
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Russian police detained 17 young activists protesting against the persecution of gay men in Chechnya at a May Day parade in Saint Petersburg. Riot police in helmets detained the young activists -- some holding rainbow flags -- and bundled them into police vans (france24.com)
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Someone is Blinding Russian Opposition Activists With Chemicals: Recent attacks suggest increasingly toxic chemicals are being used to attack Russian opposition.(themoscowtimes.com)
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'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146' - According to his papers, Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (grandpa Ghoto), was born in December 1870.(bbc.com)
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Brazilian farmers attack indigenous tribe with machetes in brutal land dispute, severing the hands and feet of some of their victims (theguardian.com)
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Chaos in Paris as annual May Day march turns into mass riot in protest against Marine Le Pen (mirror.co.uk)
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North Korea has vowed to accelerate its nuclear weapons programme to “maximum pace” and test a nuclear device “at any time” in response to Donald Trump’s aggressive stance towards the regime. The warning came as US military officials said a controversial missile defence system was now “operational”(amp.theguardian.com)
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U.S. Official: Russia Installed System in Crimea to Snoop on U.S. Destroyers, Jam Communications (news.usni.org)
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Hong Kong gets a major ruling on rights for same-sex spouses — A gay civil servant’s husband will be entitled to the same benefits as his heterosexual colleagues’ spouses after a successful legal challenge against government policy. (qz.com)
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Hyderabad’s Human Library treats humans as books that can be ‘borrowed’ for 30 minutes. The concept is based on the age-old idea of knowledge sharing. (scroll.in)
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