World, Americas, 30th Jun 2018, News & Stories from India

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World Americas 30 Jun 2018

World, Americas, 30 Jun 2018

Nanda's experience also includes practising labour and employment law and she has served on the boards of several nonprofit organisations. (Photo: @AFSCME/Twitter)

Indian-American appointed CEO of Democratic National Committee

Seema Nanda, selected after 5-month search led by the current DNC CEO, will manage day-to-day operations when she takes charge next month.

30 Jun 2018 7:09 PM

Though many who show up will be seasoned anti-Trump demonstrators, others will be new to immigration activism, including parents who say they feel compelled to show up after heart-wrenching accounts of children forcibly taken from their families as they crossed the border illegally. (Photo: AP)

Protests planned nationwide over Trump immigration policy

More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across country under banner Families Belong Together.

30 Jun 2018 3:53 PM

Melendez aired a recording of the conversation on his 'The Stuttering John Podcast,' in which a voice that appears to be Trump's can be heard. (Photo: @stutteringjohnm/Twitter)

Comedian prank calls Trump aboard Air force One pretending as US Senator

Posing as Senator Robert Menendez, comedian John Melendez said he contacted Trump on Wednesday night while he was on presidential plane.

30 Jun 2018 3:19 PM

NBC quoted five unidentified US officials as saying that in recent months North Korea had stepped up production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, even as it engaged in diplomacy with the United States. (Photo: File/AFP)

US intelligence believes N Korea making more Nuclear bomb fuel: report

US intelligence assessment counters Trump's tweet, after summit with Kim Jong Un, that 'there's no longer nuclear threat from North Korea'.

30 Jun 2018 2:25 PM

The Flores agreement is a long-standing guide as to how long the government can detain immigrant children. (Photo: AP)

US govt ruling allows detaining migrant children with parents

Dept of Justice said in court filing, Flores agreement case allows govt to detain families now that California judge barred separation.

30 Jun 2018 1:37 PM

Not up to US to decide fate of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange: Ecuador

US Vice President Mike Pence had raised the issue of when he met with the President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno on Thursday.

30 Jun 2018 1:10 PM

The gunman, Jarrod Warren Ramos, in a photo released by the Anne Arundel Police. (Photo: @AACOPD/Twitter)

US gunman tweeted that he'd like to see journalists 'cease breathing' in 2015

The accused who killed five newspaper staffers had several years ago directed his anger at a female high school classmate he barely knew.

30 Jun 2018 12:51 PM

So far more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents after being arrested by the US law enforcement agencies after they illegally crossed the border. (Photo: AP | Representational)

Indian woman in US separated from differently-abled 5-yr-old son: report

This is the first known case of an Indian national who has been separated from her child in recent months under the 'zero-tolerance' policy.

30 Jun 2018 10:24 AM

Trump is a long-time critic of the WTO. He often complains that the world trade body is biased against the US.(Photo: File)

Trump denies of withdrawing from WTO, accuses of treating US ‘very badly’

Trump's remarks came amid reports that he has told his top officials that he wants to withdraw the US from the WTO.

30 Jun 2018 10:14 AM

US President Donald Trump to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16. (Photo: AP | File)

Will talk about Syria, Ukraine, global issues, elections with Putin: Trump

This would be Trump's first summit with Putin, even though the leaders have met twice in the last one and half year.

30 Jun 2018 10:05 AM

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