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America's labor market showed signs of calling.

Unemployment in April edged up to 3.9% from 3.8% in March.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 175,000 new non-farm jobs,

fewer than expected and well below March's revised figure of 315,000.

The release follows a decision by the Federal Reserve to delay cutting interest rates for longer than

anticipated to fight stubborn inflation.

Police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters at several college campuses as disruption seen at American

universities spread around the world.

Some 200 demonstrators were arrested at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Quebec's authorities moved to dismantle an encampment at McGill University in Montreal demanding that their school divests from Israel.

Police and Paris removed some 70 student protesters from buildings at Ceance Po University.

Authorities in Canada arrested three people in connection with the murder of Hardeeb Singh Ninja,

a Sikh separatist activist who was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia in June.

Mr. Nijier's death caused an explosive row when Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, linked India, which

considered Mr. Nizir a terrorist to the killing.

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