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California fires spread quickly; blazes tamed in Colorado
Associated Press, Published on 09/07/2017
» SANTA MARIA, California -- A pair of California wildfires have quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campground and a summer camp where flames temporarily trapped children and counsellors, a fire official said.
Qatar Airways removed from US laptop ban list
Associated Press, Published on 06/07/2017
» DUBAI -- Qatar Airways joined two other major long-haul Gulf carriers on Thursday in getting off a US ban on laptops and large electronics in airplane cabins, despite facing logistical challenges amid the country's diplomatic dispute with several Arab nations.
US lifts laptop ban for Abu Dhabi, Etihad
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2017
» DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The capital of the United Arab Emirates became the first city to be exempt from a US ban on laptop computers being in the cabins of airplanes coming from the Mideast, the country's flag carrier said Sunday.
Not-guilty pleas in Fukushima nuclear trial
Associated Press, Published on 30/06/2017
» TOKYO -- Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) apologised in court Friday for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, but they pleaded not guilty to charges of professional negligence.
Cambodia conservationists find rare cache of crocodile eggs
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2017
» PHNOM PENH -- Wildlife researchers in Cambodia say they've found a clutch of eggs from one of the world's most endangered crocodiles, raising hopes of its continuing survival in the wild.
Cluster bombs kill at least 15 in eastern Syria
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2017
» BEIRUT -- A cluster bomb attack on an Islamic State-held village in eastern Syria killed at least 15 people on Wednesday, activists said, the latest in a series of devastating airstrikes along the Euphrates River Valley
Australia suspends airstrikes in Syria after US downed jet
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» BEIRUT -- Australia on Tuesday suspended its airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria as a precaution, after a US fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane earlier this week and Russia warned the US-led coalition from flying over Syrian army positions west of the Euphrates River.
London residents demand answers in deadly blaze
Associated Press, Published on 15/06/2017
» LONDON -- With smoke still swirling around the charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London, residents and community leaders demanded to know Wednesday how a ferocious fire could have swept through the high-rise apartment block with such speed that it killed at least 12 people.
Anti-Republican US gunman killed after shooting congressman
Associated Press, Published on 15/06/2017
» ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican Party legislators at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others as congressmen and aides dove for cover.
Migrant workers from Myanmar face defamation charges
Associated Press, Published on 07/06/2017
» Fourteen migrant workers from Myanmar have appeared in a Thai court on criminal defamation charges brought by their employer, which they accused of gruelling, illegal working conditions.