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At soaring rate, Nepalis seeking jobs abroad come home dead
Published On: December 21, 2016 10:22 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec 21: A tiny young woman crouches just outside the airport, crying softly into her thin shawl. It's cold, but her sleeping toddler is warm in her arms.
Massive fireworks market blast kills at least 26 in Mexico
Published On: December 21, 2016 07:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TULTEPEC, Mexico, Dec 21: A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky.
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Solomon islands: USGS
Published On: December 20, 2016 05:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the second powerful tremor in the islands to Australia's north in less than two weeks .
‘Surreal’ declared Merriam-Webster’s 2016 word of the year
Published On: December 20, 2016 02:34 PM NPT By: Reuters
Surreal, meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream” was looked up so much by online users that Merriam-Webster on Monday dubbed it the 2016 word of the year.
Witness to an assassination: A photographer captures attack
Published On: December 20, 2016 10:13 AM NPT By: Burhan Ozbilici
People screamed, hid behind columns and under tables and lay on the floor. I was afraid and confused, but found partial cover behind a wall and did my job: taking photographs.
Invoking Syria, policeman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey
Published On: December 19, 2016 11:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey, DEC 19: A Turkish policeman fatally shot Russia's ambassador to Turkey on Monday in front of a shocked gathering at a photo exhibit and then, pacing near the body of his victim, appeared to condemn Russia's military role in Syria, shouting: "Don't forget Aleppo! Don't forget Syria!"
101-year-old UK man jailed for earlier child sex offenses
Published On: December 19, 2016 06:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Dec 19: A 101-year-old confessed sex offender has been jailed for 13 years for crimes committed against young children in the 1970s and 1980s.
U.S. electors expected to officially confirm Trump victory
Published On: December 19, 2016 03:17 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 19: The U.S. Electoral College is expected on Monday to officially select Republican Donald Trump as the next president in a vote that is usually routine but takes place this year amid allegations of Russian hacking to try to influence the election.
Muslim man buys giant Christmas tree for Baghdad’s Christians
Published On: December 18, 2016 07:10 PM NPT By: Agencies
A Muslim businessman has erected an 85-foot Christmas tree in Baghdad in a sign of solidarity with Christians during the festive season.
‘Frozen woman’ rescued by cops turns out to be a mannequin
Published On: December 18, 2016 04:35 PM NPT By: Agencies
NEW YORK, Dec 18: Police in the US state of New York broke into a vehicle to ‘rescue’ an apparently frozen woman, only to find it was a life-size mannequin, media reports said.
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