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18 dead as Nepal plane skids off runway, catches fire
Reuters, Published on 24/07/2024
» KATHMANDU - At least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, officials said.
Pop, pop, pop, then a bloodied Trump rushed from election rally
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2024
» BUTLER, Pennsylvania: Donald Trump was standing on a stage behind a podium, six minutes into his speech at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his head turned to the right, under a clear sky and in broiling heat.
Sea urchin pandemic spreads, endangering coral reefs
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2024
» TEL AVIV - A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel say.
Pro-Palestinian protests briefly disrupt University of Michigan graduation
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2024
» Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday while demonstrators faced off with police at the University of Virginia as U.S. colleges braced for more turmoil during graduation festivities.
At least 123 killed in Chile wildfire inferno
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2024
» VINA DEL MAR - The death toll from wildfires raging across central Chile hit 123 on Monday as helicopters dumped tons of water on blazes and emergency crews told reporters they were still finding bodies buried in the wreckage three days after the fires took hold.
Philippines' Black Nazarene feast draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2024
» MANILA - The streets of the Philippine capital turned into a sea of maroon and yellow on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees joined a procession in honour of the Black Nazarene in Asia's largest Catholic nation.
Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.
Ukraine says 'powerful' Russian strikes kill 6 in Lviv
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2022
» A series of "powerful" Russian strikes on military infrastructure in Lviv on Monday left several dead and ignited blazes in the west Ukraine city that has been spared fierce fighting.
Ukrainians say they are fighting on in biggest city yet claimed by Russia
Reuters, Published on 02/03/2022
» WASHINGTON/KYIV/KHARKIV: Ukrainians said they were fighting on in the southern port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, while Russian airstrikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.
Philippines activists carry 'Marcos is no hero' banner on burial anniversary
Reuters, Published on 18/11/2021
» MANILA: Philippine activists held a protest on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whose son has emerged as an early frontrunner in the presidential race next year.