Published On: December 31, 2016 10:29 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec 31: Sixty people were injured at an Australian music festival in the crush of a crowd trying to leave a performance, police said Saturday.
Published On: December 30, 2016 02:01 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
US President-elect Donald Trump has responded to a slew of US election related sanctions against Russia with a call for the country to “move on” and a conciliatory pledge to meet US spy chiefs he has harshly criticized.
Published On: December 30, 2016 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PATNA, India, Dec 30: An official said Friday that at least six workers have been killed and at least six others remain trapped in a coal mine in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
Published On: December 29, 2016 08:55 PM NPT By: Reuters
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and had no qualms about doing it again.
Published On: December 29, 2016 05:47 PM NPT By: Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Syrian opposition groups and the Syrian government had signed a number of documents including a ceasefire deal that would take effect at midnight on the night of Dec. 29-30.
Published On: December 29, 2016 05:16 PM NPT By: IANS
WASHINGTON, Dec 29: For welcoming the New Year, you will have to wait a little longer than usual as timekeepers will add a "leap second" to the final minute of 2016.
Published On: December 29, 2016 03:40 PM NPT By: Agencies
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter in mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and had no qualms about doing it again.
Published On: December 28, 2016 08:51 PM NPT By: Reuters
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding no tsunami warning was issued.
Published On: December 28, 2016 03:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 28: Amid population declines for many wildlife species in Africa, conservationists are sounding alarm bells for the cheetah, the fastest animal on land.
Published On: December 27, 2016 05:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
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