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• Pompeo steps up US pressure on China over pandemic handling
• Top Israel court hears bids to bar Netanyahu from forming new govt
• S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border

Pompeo steps up US pressure on China over pandemic handling Posted: 03 May 2020 11:54 AM PDT Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday stepped up a US campaign to hold China accountable for the spread of the deadly coronavirus, asserting there is "enormous evidence" the virus originated in a laboratory in the city of Wuhan. The high-security bio-containment facility, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has called such claims "impossible". Pompeo, speaking on ABC's "This Week," did not elaborate on what he also described as "significant amounts of evidence". This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Top Israel court hears bids to bar Netanyahu from forming new govt Posted: 03 May 2020 05:58 AM PDT Israel's top court Sunday started hearing arguments to bar Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a new government as he faces a criminal trial on corruption charges. The Supreme Court will also hear petitions challenging a coalition deal with his rival-turned-partner Benny Gantz, who is currently speaker of the Knesset, Israel's parliament. "Today we shall hear arguments on the question of bestowing the duty of forming a government on a Knesset member against whom an indictment has been filed," Chief Justice Esther Hayut said as she opened proceedings. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border Posted: 03 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on Sunday, the South's military said, the first such incident since the rivals took unprecedented steps to lower front-line animosities in late 2018. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said in a statement that North Korean troops fired several bullets at a South Korean guard post inside the border zone. It's unknown whether North Korea had any. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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