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USGS: Strong quake rattles southern Philippines
AFP, Published on 24/09/2016
» MANILA - A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippines early Saturday but there was no threat of a tsunami or any casualties reported, seismologists and disaster officials said.
Police: Four dead in Washington mall shooting
New York Times, Published on 24/09/2016
» NEW YORK - A shooting at a mall in Burlington, Washington, left four people dead and the police searching for the gunman on Friday night, the Washington State Patrol said.
Murder case opened over poisoning at Japan hospital
Kyodo News, Published on 24/09/2016
» YOKOHAMA - An investigation is under way into the suspected murder of an 88-year-old man who died from poisoning at a Yokohama hospital earlier this week after a medical drip was administered, police said Saturday.
At least 4 dead in shooting at Washington state mall
AFP, Published on 24/09/2016
» LOS ANGELES - At least four people were killed and an unknown number wounded during a shooting at a mall in the US state of Washington, and police were searching for a gunman.
Wounded Merkel meets Balkan leaders over migrants
AFP, Published on 24/09/2016
» VIENNA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, stung by several setbacks at the ballot box over her refugees policy, was due in Vienna Saturday for potentially tense talks with the leaders of countries along the Balkan migrant route.
Pope to meet families of Nice attack victims
AFP, Published on 24/09/2016
» ROME - Pope Francis will on Saturday hold a multi-faith meeting of grieving relatives and survivors of an attack in France in July when a jihadist ploughed his truck into a crowd in Nice.
‘Doomsday today in Aleppo’
New York Times, Published on 24/09/2016
» RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Syria’s war escalated abruptly on Friday as government forces and their Russian allies launched ferocious aerial assaults on opposition-held areas of Aleppo amid threats of a big ground offensive, while efforts at the United Nations to revive a cease-fire appeared to collapse.
Indian airline says Samsung Note 2 emitted smoke in plane
Published on 24/09/2016
» NEW DELHI - A Samsung Note 2 phone emitted smoke and sparks on a flight from Singapore to southern India, the airline said.
Room for improvement: Paris's matchbox apartments
AFP, Published on 24/09/2016
» PARIS - Thousands of Parisians round off a hard day's work with a trudge up six flights of stairs to a tiny, stuffy room they resignedly call home.
Festival brings (some) world cinema to Pyongyang
AFP, Published on 24/09/2016
» PYONGYANG - Sex and graphic violence were largely a no-no, although a glimpse of naked Russian buttocks made the cut, while a Bollywood offering was well received and Hollywood was locked out completely.