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Trump orders ban on gun ‘bump stock’ devices

US President Donald Trump has called for a ban on bump stocks, a device that allows a semiautomatic rifle to fire at the rate of a machine gun. Last week’s Florida school shooting – which killed at least 17 people, including 14 students – sparked renewed debate on gun control. Survivors of the shooting have made…

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NZ Thirteen/0 (1.1 ov, MJ Guptill 1*, C Munro 8*, KW Richardson 0/1) – Live | Match Myth | ESPNCricinfo

Toss New Zealand chose to bat v AustralianLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson chose to try and set Australia a target they couldn’t chase after winning the toss in the tri-series final at Eden Park. Five days on from Australia’s record pursuit of 244 on this ground, New Zealand were batting first again. David…

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As unrest simmers, Scotland’s Iranian diaspora see on

Glasgow, Scotland – « I was not a dangerous person. I was not very active but in my community there was a group of girls who were very active and together we just wanted some very basic things, » says Tarooneh, who found herself in Glasgow in October 2007 after five months spent in London on a…

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When Malcolm X visited Smethwick after racist election

On February 12, 1965, Malcolm X, with his brow-line glasses perched high above his nose, walked along the terraced houses of Marshall Street in Smethwick, a small and bleak UK town in the West Midlands. Nine days later, on February 21, 1965, he would be assassinated having returned to New York City. His final foreign…

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How the Queen helped ‘frightened’ Anna Wintour to kick back

She’s known as the ice queen of the fashion world, and is reportedly the inspiration behind Meryl Streep’s fearsome Devil Wears Prada character. But even Anna Wintour found it hard to keep her cool when she landed a spot next to the Queen at Richard Quinn’s runway show. For her Fashion Week debut, the monarch…

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Younger survivors push for US gun reform

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAround 100 students made the bus journey of more than seven hours to reach Florida’s capitalSurvivors of a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead have travelled to the state capital to press lawmakers to take more action on gun control. About 100 students arrived in…

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‘Father of defectors’ on lifestyles after North Korea

Seoul, South Korea – Around 31,000 North Koreans have defected into the South since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Almost 71 percent of those defectors are female, most in their 20s and 30s. Only a few take the most dangerous route through the Korean Demilitarized Zone that a North Korean soldier took late last…

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The rise and plunge of Mikheil Saakashvili

One of the most intriguing people at the recently concluded Munich Security Conference, the annual gathering of international relations nabobs from Europe, North America and elsewhere, was erstwhile Georgian President and Odessan Governor Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili is no longer president or governor of anything, and is also no longer a citizen of Georgia, but remains…