Indian PM Modi suggests thaw with Canada after G7 invite – DW

  1. Indian PM Modi suggests thaw with Canada after G7 invite  DW
  2. G7 Summit: 'Strong push from G6 to have India at table'; expert explains why Canada couldn’t ignore PM Mo  Times of India
  3. Carney invites Modi to G7 summit despite strained ties between Canada and India  CNN
  4. Canadian PM reveals why he invited PM Modi to G7 meet  The Indian Express
  5. Canada’s PM faces backlash for inviting India’s Narendra Modi for G7 summit  The Guardian
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Conference to recognise Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition, diplomats say

UK, France and other western states will not recognise Palestine at New York meeting, instead focusing on agreeing steps towards it

A planned conference in New York this month that supporters of Palestine had hoped would push western governments to recognise a Palestinian state has weakened its ambition and will instead hope to agree on steps towards recognition, diplomats have said.

The change to the aims of the conference, due to be held between 17 and 20 June, marks a retreat from an earlier vision that it would mark a joint declaration of recognition of Palestine as a state by a large group of countries, including permanent UN security council members France and the UK.

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Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong hit with new charges

Wong accused of conspiracy in move rights groups condemn as ‘outrageous’ attempt to keep influential dissident imprisoned

Jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been hit with further national security charges, a move rights groups said showed the Hong Kong government was trying to keep dissidents behind bars for as long as possible.

Wong, a well-known activist who has been in jail for more than four years either awaiting trial or serving sentences, is accused of conspiracy to collude with a foreign country. He appeared in court on Friday to hear the charge and did not apply for bail.

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Arkansas killer and rapist caught after 13-day manhunt in mountains

Grant Hardin, nicknamed ‘Devil in the Ozarks’, had escaped from prison after impersonating a corrections officer

A former police chief who is also a convicted killer and rapist nicknamed the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles north-west of the prison he escaped from following a 13-day manhunt in the mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities announced on Friday.

Grant Hardin’s identity was confirmed through fingerprinting, the Izard county sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

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Deportees are being held in a converted shipping container in Djibouti, ICE says – NPR

  1. Deportees are being held in a converted shipping container in Djibouti, ICE says  NPR
  2. How the Trump Administration Banished Eight Men to Legal Limbo in Africa  The New York Times
  3. ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants  The Washington Post
  4. ICE Agents Stranded in Africa: What to Know  Newsweek
  5. Group stranded with Ice in Djibouti shipping container after removal from US  The Guardian
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