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At least 116 dead as storms batter India
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» AGRA (INDIA) - Lightning strikes and powerful dust storms across India have killed at least 116 people and injured more than 250 as meteorologists warned Thursday of more wild weather on the horizon.
'Black Panther' leads MTV Movie and TV Award nods
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» LOS ANGELES: <i>Black Panther</i>, the breakthrough superhero film that has become one of the highest-grossing motion pictures of all time, on Thursday led nominations for the MTV Movie and TV Awards.
University med students honour classroom cadavers
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» Medical students said prayers over the coffins of hundreds of cadavers on Thursday, in a solemn ceremony to bid farewell to the corpses that helped them sharpen their dissection and anatomy knowledge.
Hollywood boots predator Cosby, paedophile child rapist Polanski
Reuters, Published on 04/05/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Television's Bill Cosby and Oscar-winning director and child-rapist Roman Polanski were expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Awards presenters said in a statement on Thursday.
Poor diet delays pregnancy, curbs fertility: study
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» PARIS - Women who shun fruit or eat lots of fast food take longer to get pregnant and are less likely to conceive within a year, according to a study released Thursday.
Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea islands
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» BEIJING - Beijing reasserted its right Thursday to build "defence" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region.
Breach-Valdez journalism prize awarded to Daniela Rea of Mexico
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» MEXICO CITY - Daniela Rea, a Mexican journalist known for her searing chronicles of the violence gripping her country, was awarded the first edition of the Breach-Valdez Prize in journalism and human rights on Thursday.
Panel picks 5 new names for NLA scrutiny
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/05/2018
» A Supreme Court president-led panel appointed to select new Election Commission members have resolved to pick five qualified experts, including a university scholar and a high-ranking official, to join the seven-member EC.
Is 'change agent' Macron rebooting the economy?
News, Published on 04/05/2018
» French President Emmanuel Macron swept into office last May on a pledge to create jobs and improve the lives of workers by rebooting the country's economy. A year on, annual economic growth has picked up -- closing the gap with Germany and pulling away from other major European powers such as Britain and Italy.
People power
News, Postbag, Published on 04/05/2018
» Samanea Saman in his May 2 letter quoted judicial officials as saying that the land "belongs to the military ..."