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20 dead in New York wedding limousine crash
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» NEW YORK: Twenty people have been killed in a limousine crash in New York state, police confirmed Sunday, with local media reporting that it slammed into a crowd of pedestrians at a country store.
Wife of missing Interpol chief says received knife emoji
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» LYON - The wife of missing Chinese Interpol president Meng Hongwei on Sunday said she received a message from his phone containing an image of a knife before his disappearance.
China says Interpol chief suspected 'of violating the law'
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» BEIJING - China said Monday the president of Interpol, who vanished after returning to his homeland, was under investigation for possible criminal activity as his wife voiced concern for his life after he sent her a final text message with a knife emoji.
Syria rebels say to remove heavy weapons from buffer zone within days
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» EL-EIS (SYRIA) - Turkish-backed rebels said Sunday they expected to finish withdrawing heavy weapons from a planned buffer zone in northwestern Syria within days under a deal to stave off a regime attack.
UN: Paradigm shift needed to avert climate chaos
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» INCHEON: Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale", the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.
Climate, development tipped for Nobel economics prize
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» STOCKHOLM - The 2018 Nobel season, marked by the lack of a literature award for the first time in 70 years, winds up Monday with the economics prize which experts say could go to research on the climate or development.
More bodies found as toll from Indonesia quake nears 2,000
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» PALU, Indonesia: Nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said Monday, warning the number would rise with thousands still missing.
Living by the bow and arrow in Bhutan
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» THIMPHU (BHUTAN) - Every weekend Bhutanese Pema Dorji channels his inner Robin Hood and aims for the bull's-eye, but not without generous sips of the local brew and a leg-kicking dance and song routine.
US needs answers on Saudi journalist: Washington Post
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States should "demand answers" from Saudi Arabia about the disappearance and alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post said late Sunday -- and punish the kingdom if cooperation is lacking.
Taylor Swift gets political, endorses Democrats in US polls
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: Pop star Taylor Swift is not really known for making political statements, but the "Bad Blood" singer is no longer holding back ahead of the midterm elections in November.