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100s in river 'no-man's land' after Mexico troops block way
Hundreds of Central American migrants have been stranded in a sort of no-man’s land on the river border between Guatemala and Mexico after running up against lines of Mexican National Guard Original Article
Myanmar panel: Security forces likely committed war crimes
An independent commission established by Myanmar’s government has concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations that led more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee the country Original Article
Migrants scuffle with Mexican troops along border river
Hundreds of Central American migrants have waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Central America strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border Original Article
Sri Lanka to treat war-missing as dead, issue certificates
Sri Lanka’s president has decided that tens of thousands of people still missing from the country’s quarter-century civil war will be formally declared dead and death certificates will be issued Original Article
Panama begins exhumation of victims from 1989 US invasion
Forensic workers in Panama are preparing to exhume the remains of some victims of the 1989 U.S. invasion Original Article
Extradition hearing begins for top Huawei exec in Canada
The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei has started in a Vancouver courtroom Original Article
Rising inequality eroding trust in capitalism – survey
A survey by public relations firm Edelman suggests that rising income inequality is undermining confidence in capitalism Original Article
Malaysia sends back trash, says won't be world's waste bin
Malaysia has sent 150 containers of plastic waste back to mainly rich countries. Original Article
Quake causes damage, injuries in China's Xinjiang region
A strong earthquake has damaged buildings and injured at least one person seriously in China’s far west Xinjiang region Original Article
Crowded footbridge breaks over Indonesian river, killing 7
Officials say a footbridge on Indonesia’s Sumatra island broke while it was packed with people and several fell into the overflowing river below and drowned Original Article