World News Hits on Thursday

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Greece vows to refuse aid to Iranian oil tanker eye'd by US

Greece vowed Wednesday to refuse help to an Iranian ship that was recently detained in Gibraltar on suspicion of carrying oil bound for Syria days after the U.S. threatened sanctions on any country that offered aid to the tanker believed to be linked to an Iranian terrorist organization as it passed through Mediterranean waters, a report said.( Fox News)

Trump signs executive order cancelling student loan debt for disabled veterans

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that forgives all student loan debt for any permanently disabled U.S. military veterans.

The order, which Trump signed following a speech at the American Veterans National Convention in Louisville, Ky., also clears those eligible veterans from having to pay any federal income tax on the loans. Trump added that he is pressuring inpidual states to follow suit. ( Fox News)

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Merkel delivers Brexit ultimatum to Johnson on UK PM's first visit to Berlin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has challenged Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to come up with a new plan for Brexit in 30 days. ( CNN)

Johnson and Macron to hold ‘frank’ Brexit talks in Paris

Emmanuel Macron will hold a friendly but “frank” working lunch with Boris Johnson on Thursday after dismissing his request to renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal agreement and scrap the Irish backstop as “not an option”. ( The Guardian)

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Hong Kong protesters mark one month since mob attack with sit-in demo

A crowd of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong staged a silent sit-in at the Yuen Long MTR station on Wednesday evening, marking a month since a group of suspected organized crime group members violently attacked demonstrators there. (CNN)

Tens of Thousands Flee Russian-Led Attack on Syrian Opposition Enclave

Ten of thousands of people have fled to Syria's border with Turkey in the last few days as a Syrian army advance pushed further into the opposition's last major stronghold, residents, rights groups and opposition sources said . ( Moscow Times)

'I am the chosen one': From insulting allies to changing constitution and detaining child migrants, Trump's wild day of authoritarian and incoherent outbursts

Donald Trump suggested dramatic constitutional changes and claimed to be "the chosen one", on a day when he lurched from insulting allies to claiming American Jews who vote Democrat are being disloyal to a foreign country. ( The Independent)