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Indonesia quake death toll nears 2,000 as more bodies are found
Published On: October 8, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
PALU, Oct 8: Nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said on Monday (Oct 8), warning the number would rise with thousands still missing.
Update: Haiti quake kills at least 14, aftershock jolts nervous residents
Published On: October 8, 2018 11:51 AM NPT By: Reuters
PORT-DE-PAIX, Oct 8: An earthquake hit northern Haiti late on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and sparking a scramble by rescue agencies to help residents of the worst-hit towns in the impoverished Caribbean country.
Far right, ex-military officer wins Brazil vote, faces leftist in runoff
Published On: October 8, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
BRASILIA, Oct 8: Far-right Congressman and former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, as voters’ anger at corruption drove a major shift to the right in Latin America’s largest nation.
Chinese government admits head of Interpol 'under investigation' after disappearance
Published On: October 8, 2018 09:25 AM NPT By: Agencies
Oct 8: The missing head of Interpol, who vanished after returning to his homeland, is under investigation in China, authorities in Beijing have confirmed.
20 dead in crash of limo headed to a birthday celebration
Published On: October 8, 2018 09:19 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct 8: A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians, officials and victims’ relatives said Sunday.
Kavanaugh sworn in as protesters chant outside Supreme Court
Published On: October 7, 2018 04:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarization — now encroaching on the court that the 53-year-old judge may well swing rightward for decades to come.
Neanderthal-like features in 450,000 yO Italian teeth shine light on evolution
Published On: October 7, 2018 04:28 PM NPT By: Agencies
ITALIA, Oct 7: Dental remains have found in Italy, testified to a peopling phase during a stage associated with one among the harshest climatic conditions in the Northern hemisphere during the entire Quaternary period.
Pompeo ends 4th NKorea trip
Published On: October 7, 2018 03:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, Oct 7: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wrapped up his fourth visit to North Korea after meeting Kim Jong Un to seek elusive progress in efforts to persuade him to give up his nuclear weapons.
Indonesia disaster death toll climbs to 1,763
Published On: October 7, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PALU, Oct 7: Indonesia’s disaster agency says the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi island has risen to 1,763, with more than 5,000 feared missing.
Honduras zoo struggles to replace the drug money that built it
Published On: October 7, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
HONDURAS, Oct 7: An imposingly tall giraffe, powerful African lions and proud Bengal tigers are among the many highlights of a zoo -- created by wealthy drug traffickers -- that is like a Garden of Eden in the green mountains of Honduras.
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