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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.
Two divers win Australian award for cave rescue
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2019
» CANBERRA: Two amateur divers who cancelled their vacation plans to join what they thought was a hopeless mission to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand on Friday received one of Australia's most prestigious awards.
'Big and vicious' hurricane closes in on southeastern US
Associated Press, Published on 12/09/2018
» WILMINGTON, North Carolina: Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes on Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 225kph winds and potentially ruinous rains.
'Worst in 64 years': Hurricane Florence heads for US
Associated Press, Published on 12/09/2018
» RALEIGH, North Carolina: Hurricane Florence churned Tuesday toward the Eastern Seaboard as a storm of "staggering" size, forcing a million people to evacuate the coast. Many more were left to wonder where they might be safe if days of torrential rains unleash floods from the mountains to the sea.
Strengthening Hurricane Florence takes aim at US Southeast
Associated Press, Published on 10/09/2018
» A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Florence churned across the Atlantic on Sunday toward a possible direct hit on the U.S. Southeast late this week, triggering warnings to people up and down the coast to get their emergency kits ready, map out escape routes and fill sandbags.
Anupong: Boys may have to dive from cave
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2018
» MAE SAI: Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said Tuesday that heavy rains forecast for the coming days could worsen floods in the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were located after an exhaustive search, and could force authorities to speed up their extraction by having them dive their way out.
Why cave search is so tricky
News, Associated Press, Published on 29/06/2018
» A team of Thai football players --12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach -- have been missing inside a flooded cave in the country's far north since Saturday. Rescuers led by elite navy divers have found signs of the boys inside but have been unable to locate them. Here's a look at what's complicating the search:
Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The last time Mohammed Hashim saw his brother alive, he begged for his life, his arms bound behind his back as soldiers marched the 35-year-old teacher away.
Hawaii volcano erupts anew, emits 30,000-foot ash plume
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» HONOLULU: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted anew before dawn Thursday, shooting a steely grey plume of ash from its summit about 30,000 feet (9,100 metres) into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town.