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Sri Lanka crisis deepens with no-confidence motion passed against PM

Published On: November 14, 2018 11:34 AM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, Nov 14 : Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government on Wednesday, opposition lawmakers said, throwing the country deeper into crisis.

CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects

Published On: November 14, 2018 11:18 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 : Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information about potential attacks.

Incoming House members prep for do’s and don’ts on the Hill

Published On: November 13, 2018 05:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Nov 13: Don’t hire someone you can’t fire, like the son of a campaign donor or the child of the mayor. No matter what you may have said during the campaign about changing Congress, hire enough Hill veterans to make the office run smoothly.

California wildfires rage, death toll at 42, hundreds missing

Published On: November 13, 2018 12:34 PM NPT By: Agencies

PARADISE, Nov 13: At least 42 people have been killed in the wildfire raging in Northern California, making it the deadliest fire in the state's history.

Ongoing Israeli airstrikes against Gaza kill 3 Palestinians

Published On: November 13, 2018 11:48 AM NPT By: Agencies

GAZA, Nov 13: Israeli ongoing airstrikes in the Gaza Strip resulted in the death of three Palestinians, and at least five others were wounded as reported by the Palestinian state agency Wafa Monday.

China postpones on allowing tiger bone, rhino horn trading

Published On: November 13, 2018 11:18 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Nov 13 : China is postponing its decision to allow trading in tiger and rhinoceros parts a bare two weeks after the easing of the ban had raised fears the country was giving legal cover to poaching and smuggling of endangered wildlife.

Separated Bhutanese twins recovering well in Australia

Published On: November 13, 2018 10:14 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: A 15-month-old formerly conjoined twins were recovering well in an Australian hospital after last week's operation to separate them -- although according to hospital staff they still preferred to stay close by, international media reports said on Tuesday.