The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched what’s been described as the biggest tax reform since the country’s independence 70 years ago. The changes standardized taxes on goods and services. The move is expected to create a single Indian market.
President Trump has said that years of strategic patience with North Korea have failed and are now over. At a joint press conference with the South Korean president Moon Jae-in at the White House, he said the man who served North Korea should be met with determined response.
The New York police commissioner says a gunman who opened fire to hospital in the city has killed himself. At least 6 people were wounded in the attack at Brown’s Lebanon hospital. One has reported to have died. The gunman was a former employee.
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has unexpectedly released a key figure in a bribery case against President Michel Temer from pre-trial detention. Prosecutors say Rodrigo Rocha Loures, a former aide to Mr. Temer collected bribes from the country’s biggest meat packing company. Mr. Rocha Loures denies the charges.
The International Organization for Migration says some 16 refugees are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya. An IOM spokesman said they had learned the disaster from 80 survivors who were abroad to safety in Italy.
The Russian Security Service, the FSB says two of its border guards who were detained by Ukraine officials near the annex territory of Crimea and lost their way during a training exercise. The head of Ukraine’s border guards said the men were taken into custody after their boat came ashore on the mainland. They have not been carrying any documentation.
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And football stars and celebrities have gathered in the Argentine city of Rosario for the wedding after the Barcelona player Lionel Messi. He’s marrying his childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, with whom he has two children.
