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Louvre Pyramid architect dies at 102
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2019
» NEW YORK: I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at age 102.
Smoke blots out western United States
Associated Press, Published on 22/08/2018
» SEATTLE: Smoke from wildfires clog the sky across the entire western part of the United States, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors.
Nasa spacecraft heads for the Sun
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2018
» CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a Nasa spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its mysteries by getting closer than any object sent before.
US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack
Associated Press, Published on 12/08/2018
» BERKELEY, Calif: California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200.
New US sanctions on Russia over UK poisonings
Associated Press, Published on 09/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: New sanctions against Russia will be imposed later this month for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempted assassination of a former spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this year, the United States said.
US slammed for leaving UN's Human Rights Council
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States is leaving the United Nations' Human Rights Council, which Ambassador Nikki Haley called “an organisation that is not worthy of its name.” It's the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.
EPL roundup: Liverpool into Champions League, City reach 100 points
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2018
» Liverpool qualified for the Champions League at the expense of Chelsea, Swansea were relegated, and champion Manchester City made it to 100 points as the loose ends were tied up on a typically high-scoring final day of the Premier League season on Sunday.
Myanmar army massacred dozens of Rohingya, survivors say
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2017
» UKHIA, Bangladesh: For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to the crackle of gunfire and the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home.
S.Korea braces for another possible N.Korea missile test
Associated Press, Published on 08/09/2017
» SEOUL -- South Korea is closely watching North Korea over the possibility it may launch another intercontinental ballistic missile as soon as Saturday when it celebrates its founding anniversary.
US flies bombers, fighters in show of force against N.Korea
Associated Press, Published on 31/08/2017
» SEOUL -- The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear bombs over Japan earlier this week, the US and South Korean militaries said.