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Thousands of Vietnamese workers have staged anti-China protests over Beijing's decision to locate an oil rig in waters of the South China Sea also claimed by Hanoi.

Social safety net programs have grown exponentially around the world in recent years, but more than two-thirds of the world’s 1.2 billion poorest people –those living on less than US$1.25 per day—are still not covered, says a new World Bank report.
According to The State of Social Safety Nets 2014, more than 1 billion people in 146 low- and middle-income countries benefit from social safety net programs, yet 870 million of the world’s poorest people remain uncovered.

Representatives from Iran and six world powers are in Vienna, Austria, for a new round of talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the Security Council on his trip to South Sudan.

Ukrainian flags in front of the House with Chimaeras, Kyiv.

French President Francois Hollande is calling on African leaders to meet in Paris later this week for a summit on how to deal with Boko Haram.

Ukraine's interim president has slammed the rebel-held referendums in eastern Ukraine as a "propaganda farce without any legal basis."

Quality jobs for European youth, the recognition of informally acquired skills and ending the exploitation of interns and forced mobility were some of the goals the participants at the European Youth Event (EYE) set at the end of three days of discussions in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The around 5000 young people also called for uniform EU election rules, better education about EU affairs and the support of digital innovation.

Barack Obama's brazen offenses against all human decency and the U.S. Constitution, on behalf of the British Empire, have reached the point where he can only fight to delay his political demise. The White House's defense of the Nazi-riddled Kiev regime, which burned its opponents alive in Odessa on May 3, its blaming of Russia for these horrors, and lies about the reality of the provocative Nazi takeover of Ukraine, have crossed the line. Coming on top of the recent exposure of Obama's coverup in the Benghazi operation, and multiple other violations of law which put the very existence of the U.S. Republic at risk, this latest behavior by the President calls out for his immediate impeachment.