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Uber has announced plans to open a new research and development center in Paris, where engineers and AI experts will be tasked with designing flying taxis. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2kqr6RL

The Joint Investigation Team "has come to the conclusion that the BUK-TELAR that shot down MH17 came from 53rd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade based in Kursk in Russia," top Dutch investigator Wilbert Paulissen said. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Lr6CnT

The Election Act 2017 under Article 48 A and B transgender community are included in the vulnerable community which means that they shall not be required to stand in queue and will be given priority of right to vote, Qamar Naseem, member of the Chief Minister's Special Community on Rights of the Transgender Persons (K-P) and member of the National Task Force said. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2LqvU5N

A French chateau worth around 1.7 million euros is up for grabs in an online raffle -- and tickets cost just 11 euros. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2IGJUdP

Amnesty's Nigeria director, Osai Ojigho, said it was time for President Muhammadu Buhari "to demonstrate his frequently-expressed commitment to protect the human rights of displaced people in northeast Nigeria. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Lp9WjC

Merkel and Li showed a united front on Iran and free trade -- two issues that have seen high-profile interventions by US President Donald Trump -- during their meeting at the opulent Great Hall of the People in Beijing. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2LqZ3O1

Phra Phrom Dilok, 72, a member of the Sangha Supreme Council, which governs Buddhist monks in Thailand, was arrested over alleged embezzlement of temple funds, they added. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2xhHMUP

“You need to find a way to ensure that Pakistan is no longer a domestic political issue. But that has not happened. In the last four years, Pakistan has been made more and more into a domestic political issue. You have used it for polarisation,” he said. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2kj6oCW

“You need to find a way to ensure that Pakistan is no longer a domestic political issue. But that has not happened. In the last four years, Pakistan has been made more and more into a domestic political issue. You have used it for polarisation,” he said. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2xe3Aka

While sharing names of some of the potential candidates, APTEN said it includes Farzana Riaz (NA-33), Arzu Khan (PK-33), Lubna (PP-26), Komal (PP-38), Madam Bhutto (PP-189), Nayab (NA-142), Nadeem Kasish (Candidate for National Assembly), Ashee (Candidate from Punjab) and others. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2J78qEB

Four of the missing were crew on board a boat that sunk when the storm hit the island in the Arabian Sea, a fisheries ministry official told AFP. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2KM1kCr

Brown, who is African-American, says the incident was "an attempt at police intimidation" and that it "shouldn't happen to anybody." from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2kjq6ys

Pressure from parents and community members to find solutions, both high and low tech, has grown in the wake of deadly mass shootings at high schools in Parkland, Florida, and Santa Fe, Texas, among other violent incidents. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Lr6cOH

The embassy, which issued a health alert to Americans living in China, said it could not link the case to health issues suffered by U.S. government staff in Cuba dating back to late 2016. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2J4SEdd

The Justice Department said the "VPNFilter" botnet was set up by a hacking group variously called APT28, Pawn Storm, Sandworm, Fancy Bear and the Sofacy Group. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2KOIwlX

Conte, emerged from obscurity on Monday when the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the far-right League announced he was the compromise choice to lead their coalition government. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2GLdrx8

Wilbur Ross announced he initiated a so-called Section 232 investigation on auto trade -- which would provide the legal basis to impose tariffs, if his department finds imports threaten US national security . from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2s897mw

Jim Bridenstine's nomination to head NASA raised alarm among scientists because not only did Bridenstine have no scientific background, he had also questioned, in 2013, whether global warming was real, saying that temperatures had ceased to rise about a decade earlier. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2GM4aoq

"I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing out from the mouth of the US vice-president," Choe Son Hui said in the statement. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2J53VKo

The 37-year-old aide and envoy -- who is married to Ivanka Trump -- lost his top-level security clearance amid a broader White House shakeup in February, restricting his access to America's most closely guarded secrets. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2se63p1