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By Lalit K Jha

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- American researchers found that two to three million years ago, the functional loss of a single gene made humanity into best long-distance runners in the animal kingdom.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- An unidentified gunman on Wednesday night killed five people in a mass shooting before taking his own life in Bakersfield of California, 200 km north of Los Angeles, local media reported.

When briefing the media on the case, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said it was a highly unusual case in which "six people shot and dead in one incident," describing the fatal incident as a "mass shooting."

WASHINGTON ; 11 Sep 2018; (AP) — America’s long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt as decades of U.S. suspicions about the tribunal and its global jurisdiction spilled into open hostility, amid threats of sanctions if it investigates U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

By Lalit K Jha

Washington, Sep 10 (PTI) The first India-US 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi was "consequential and a strategic milestone", a senior Trump administration official said Monday, asserting that the decisions taken during the talks is generational in nature and propelled the bilateral relationship to a new level.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held the crucial talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis on September 6.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, slammed India for its inaction on rights violations report in Kashmir

In the opening remarks of her first address to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Bachelet criticised India on not addressing issues highlighted in the UN report on human rights violations in Kashmir, and said that the people of Kashmir had the same rights to justice and dignity as people all over the world.

New York, Sept 10, IRNA – The US President Donald Trump is doing his utmost to fulfill his 'irresponsible' campaign promise on Iran Deal, irrespective of situation and outcomes, said a senior US official for arms control and foreign relations.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Trump administration planned to announce on Monday that it will close the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s office in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

The U.S. media outlet quoted the planned remarks of U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton as saying that "the Trump administration will not keep the office open when the Palestinians refuse to start direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel."

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- A man was killed and four others were wounded early Sunday during a shooting at a McDonald's near Auburn University in U.S. state of Alabama, police said.

Auburn Police said in press release that they received a call at approximately 2:24 a.m. local time that of shots fired in the 200 block of West Magnolia Avenue.

Officers found a 20-year-old man dead from gunshot wounds and four others who were injured from the gunfire.

Three victims were transported to East Alabama Medical Center by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries.

By Lalit K Jha

Chicago, Sep 8 (PTI) President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants to stop the subsidies that growing economies like India and China have been receiving as he wants the US, which he considers as a "developing nation", to grow faster than anybody.

Addressing a fundraiser event in the Fargo city of North Dakota, he also accused the World Trade Organization (WTO) of allowing China to become a "great economic power".