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US first loosened limits on lion trophies, then elephants
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: A month before the Trump administration sparked outrage by reversing a ban on body parts from threatened African elephants, federal officials quietly loosened restrictions on the importation of heads and hides of lions shot for sport.
Russia confirms spike in radioactivity in the Urals
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2017
» MOSCOW: Russian authorities on Tuesday confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains.
Fired Zimbabwean VP says Mugabe should resign immediately
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2017
» HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should acknowledge the nation's “insatiable desire” for a leadership change and resign immediately, the recently fired vice president and likely successor to the 93-year-old leader said Tuesday, as impeachment proceedings were set to begin against the world's oldest head of state.
Forbes: Beyonce music's highest-earning woman
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2017
» NEW YORK: Forbes has crowned Beyonce as the highest paid woman in music.
Trump, Putin talk Syria, N.Korea in 1-hour call
Associated Press, Published on 22/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said Tuesday.
Teenage suicide bomber kills 50 in Nigeria mosque
Associated Press, Published on 22/11/2017
» LAGOS: A teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers as they gathered for morning prayers Tuesday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, police said, in one of the region's deadliest assaults in years.
Russia finally admits nuclear problem, radioactivity spike
Associated Press, Published on 22/11/2017
» MOSCOW: Russian authorities on Tuesday confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of contamination.
Papua New Guinea officials pressure refugees to leave camp
Associated Press, Published on 23/11/2017
» CANBERRA, Australia: Papua New Guinea authorities on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on more than 300 asylum seekers to abandon a decommissioned immigration camp, where refugees reported their shelters, beds and other belongings have been destroyed.
Ships, aircraft search Philippine Sea for 3 missing in crash
Associated Press, Published on 23/11/2017
» TOKYO: US and Japanese ships and aircraft were searching in the Philippine Sea on Thursday for three sailors missing since a US Navy aircraft crashed a day earlier.
UN envoy details systematic mass rapes of Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 23/11/2017
» UNITED NATIONS: Widespread atrocities against Rohingya Muslim women and girls have been orchestrated and perpetrated by Myanmar's military and may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict said Wednesday.