| Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people, according to the government and witnesses. “The State Prosecutor’s Office guarantees to deepen investigations to immediately clarify what happened in these painful events that have left dozens of Venezuelan families in mourning,” said Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab on Twitter. |
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| Commentary Chinese claims to near-total sovereignty over the South China Sea basin were flatly rejected by a UN tribunal in 2016. Nevertheless, Beijing continues to aggressively assert control in the area, writes Peter Apps, alarming neighboring countries, “particularly the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, all of whom have competing territorial claims over waters that China claims for itself. But it also represents a major and quite deliberate challenge to the United States which, as an ally to all these nations, has essentially staked its own credibility on the issue.”
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| #Sisi is running almost unchallenged after the other serious candidates were either arrested or intimidated: Preliminary results show Egypt's Sisi leading voting: newspaper https://reut.rs/2J4LmmU 5:38 AM - MAR 29, 2018 |
