TOKYO (Reuters) – Thousands of people surrounded Japan’s parliament on Sunday to protest against government plans to relocate a U.S. military base on Okinawa island, local media reported.
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Jat quota stir: 10 dead in Haryana, Delhi stares at severe water crisis
At least 10 people have been killed and 150 injured as protests by the Jat community in Haryana demanding Other Backward Classes (OBC) status entered the seventh day on Sunday. Fresh incidents of violence were reported from Bhiwani and Sonipat districts.
Cyclone Winston death toll climbs to five; Fiji struggles to deal with aftermath
The death toll in Fiji rises to five after torrential rain and strong winds brought on by Tropical Cyclone Winston lashed the country.
At Least 7 Are Killed in Random Shootings in Kalamazoo
Sami reindeer herders battle conservationists and miners to cling on to Arctic culture
Long winters in -30C temperatures they can handle, but now Norway’s indigenous people are fighting to protect ancient reindeer grazing land from development
When Europe’s indigenous Arctic people want to find their reindeer in a snowstorm and temperatures of -30C, they turn to their £10,000 snowmobiles and an app that is also used by British sheep farmers. In seconds, the satellite tracking device linked to their phone tells them if the animals are on a frozen lake, up a mountain or, in the worst case, have fallen prey to wolves or lynx.
So far, so simple, thanks to new technology. But when the Sami people of northern Norway want to complain about traditional grazing land being taken by the government, or the mining industry dumping waste in their pristine fjords, communication, they say, is not so easy.
Russia ‘regrets’ UN refusal to halt Turkey cross-border shelling into Syria
The Kremlin is disappointed that the UN Security Council turned down a resolution aimed at stopping cross-border shelling into Syria, officials say. France warned that an escalation could lead into ‘uncharted territory.’
Melbourne White Night festival turns city into sea of colour
Inner Melbourne is transformed into a sea of colour as part of this year’s White Night Festival.
France’s Lagarde appointed for second term as IMF chief
France’s Christine Lagarde, who battled financial fires across Europe as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was officially named Friday to a second five-year term.
Merkel pops out for chips as Brexit summit drags
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stepped out of over-running Brussels negotiations on Britain’s future in the European Union on Friday night — to buy a bag of chips.
Online voter registration needed now in Ohio: editorial
End pointless delays in Ohio House and enact Senate Bill 63, the editorial board writes.
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