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In Yemen, world's worst cholera outbreak traced to eastern Africa

Published On: January 4, 2019 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Jan 4: Scientists have found that a strain of cholera causing an epidemic in Yemen – the worst in recorded history – came from eastern Africa and was probably borne into Yemen by migrants.

Drop beef to save millions of lives and cut greenhouse gas emissions: WEF

Published On: January 4, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

GENEVA, Jan 4: Switching from beef to alternative proteins could save millions of lives and dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions, the World Economic Forum said Thursday.

In Siberia, Chinese demand for prehistoric tusks fuels 'mammoth rush'

Published On: January 4, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Crouching near a wooden shed in his snowy backyard, Prokopy Nogovitsyn lifts up a grey tarpaulin and takes out a vertebra the size of a saucer: part of a mammoth skeleton.

Thailand braces for powerful storm Pabuk

Published On: January 4, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: Agencies

THAILAND, Jan 4: Thai authorities have suspended ferry services and evacuated locals and tourists ahead of a tropical storm expected to pound the country's southern beach resorts during peak tourism season.

U.S. House passes bills that would end government shutdown, without wall funds

Published On: January 4, 2019 10:25 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The U.S. House of Representatives, where Democrats now hold a majority, approved legislation on Thursday to end a partial government shutdown that began nearly two weeks ago at several federal agencies and fund the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 8.

China and U.S. to hold trade talks in Beijing on January 7-8

Published On: January 4, 2019 10:04 AM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, Jan 4: China and the United States will hold vice ministerial level trade talks in Beijing on Jan. 7-8, as the two sides look to end a dispute that is inflicting increasing pain on both economies and roiling global financial markets.

Annual migrant deaths in Mediterranean fall by over a quarter: UNHCR

Published On: January 3, 2019 07:29 PM NPT By: Agencies

PARIS, Jan 3: The number of migrants who died or went missing attempting to cross the Mediterranean fell by more than a quarter in 2018 over the previous year, to 2,262, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday.

Suspects in Khashoggi’s killing brought before Saudi court

Published On: January 3, 2019 05:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press

DUBAI, Jan 3: Saudi prosecutors will seek the death penalty for at least five people in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom’s state media reported on Thursday as 11 suspects attended their first court hearing.

China lunar rover successfully touches down on far side of the moon

Published On: January 3, 2019 12:45 PM NPT By: Agencies

BEIJING, Jan 3: In an historic first, China has successfully landed a rover on the far side of the moon, Chinese state media announced Thursday, a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space power.

Death toll in Russian apartment collapse reaches 19

Published On: January 2, 2019 05:01 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW, Jan 2: Search crews have pulled more bodies from a huge pile of rubble at a collapsed Russian apartment building, bringing the known death toll to 19.

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