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Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine
Associated Press, Published on 22/04/2019
» KIEV, Ukraine: A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election Sunday in what was seen as a reaction against the country's entrenched corruption and low standard of living.
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.
With a roar, flash flood smashes into a Maryland community
Associated Press, Published on 28/05/2018
» ELLICOTT CITY, Md: Roaring flash floods struck a Maryland city Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years ago, its main street turned into a raging river that reached the first floor of some buildings and swept away parked cars, authorities and witnesses say.
Myanmar parliament selects expected presidential choice
Associated Press, Published on 23/03/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's parliament took a first step Friday in selecting a replacement for President Htin Kyaw, who retired this week with ill health, by filling the empty seat of one of the country's three vice presidents.
18 dead in Kabul hotel siege
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» KABUL: A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan's capital killed at least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was slain Sunday.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
12 dead in New York City apartment blaze
Associated Press, Published on 29/12/2017
» NEW YORK: Twelve people were dead and four more were fighting for their lives late Thursday after a fire swept through a Bronx apartment building on one of the coldest nights so far this winter, city officials said.
All 58 Las Vegas victims 'died of gunshot wounds'
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2017
» LAS VEGAS: All 58 victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting died of gunshot wounds, a coroner said Thursday, revealing that no one was trampled to death trying to escape from an outdoor concert that turned into a massacre.
Fire guts luxury Myanmar hotel, 1 dead
Associated Press, Published on 19/10/2017
» YANGON: A fire gutted a luxury teak wood hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon before dawn Thursday, causing one death.
California fires:- 40 dead, 5,700 buildings gone
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» SONOMA, California: Fire-fighting authorities said Sunday they have turned a corner in battling several of the wildfires that have devastated wine country and other parts of the state over the past week.