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Ram Dass, LSD proponent turned spiritual guru, dies at 88
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2019
» HONOLULU: Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and travelled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it with Americans, has died. He was 88.x
58 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2019
» NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat while 58 others drowned were receiving care Thursday in Mauritania after one of the deadliest disasters this year among people making the perillous journey to Europe.
Hong Kong officer hit by arrow
Associated Press, Published on 17/11/2019
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer was hit in the leg by an arrow Sunday as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to try to drive back protesters occupying a university campus and blocking a major road tunnel under the city's harbour.
US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2019
» WASHINGTON: The United States has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Car crash in Cairo kills 19
Associated Press, Published on 05/08/2019
» CAIRO: A multiple-car crash on a Cairo street in front of Egypt's main cancer hospital set off an explosion that triggered a fire outside the building, killing a total of 19 people, authorities said Monday.
UN mission urges financial isolation of Myanmar's military
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2019
» A United Nations fact-finding mission urged Tuesday that countries cut off all business with Myanmar's military as part of efforts to hold the army accountable for human rights abuses.
Kremlin says Kim Jong Un will visit Russia this month
Associated Press, Published on 18/04/2019
» MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a meeting that offers President Vladimir Putin an opportunity to emerge as a broker in the long-running nuclear standoff and raise Russia's profile in regional affairs.
Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge
Associated Press, Published on 12/04/2019
» LONDON: British police on Thursday hauled a bearded and shouting Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he was holed up for nearly seven years, and the US charged the WikiLeaks founder with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to get their hands on government secrets.
UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2019
» LONDON: British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's foundering government on Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the UK's departure from the European Union.
40 countries agree to require automatic braking systems
Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2019
» GENEVA: A UN agency says 40 countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the US or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting next year.