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California’s tough net neutrality bill prompts US lawsuit
Published On: October 1, 2018 08:52 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Oct 1: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing field online. The move prompted an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration.
Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 amid search for survivors
Published On: September 30, 2018 03:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PALU, Indonesia, Sept 30: Rescue officials feared the full scale of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami could climb far past the more than 800 already confirmed dead, as several large coastal towns remained cut off Sunday by damaged roads and downed communication lines.
S.African lion cubs conceived artificially in world first
Published On: September 30, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
"These are the first ever lion cubs to be born by means of artificial insemination -- the first such pair anywhere in the world," announced the University of Pretoria, whose scientists are researching the reproductive system of female African lions.
Pakistan calls for UN probe into Kashmir rights abuses
Published On: September 30, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Agencies
Pakistan's FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi tells UN General Assembly Islamabad will allow inquiry commission to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, hoping "India too will do the same", after Indian FM Sushma Swaraj accused Islamabad of "hypocrisy".
Polls open in landmark referendum on Macedonia's name
Published On: September 30, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SKOPJE, Sept 30: Macedonians were deciding Sunday on their country's future, voting in a referendum on whether to accept a landmark deal ending a decades-old dispute with neighboring Greece by changing their country's name to North Macedonia, paving the way to NATO membership.
UN report confronts nations with tough choices on climate
Published On: September 30, 2018 12:10 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
Sept 30: The world's nations will gather at a UN conference in South Korea on Monday to review and approve a 20-page bombshell -- distilled from more than 6,000 scientific studies -- laying out narrowing options for staving off climate catastrophe.
Typhoon Trami injures 50, readies direct hit on Japan mainland
Published On: September 30, 2018 11:45 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
JAPAN, Sept 30: A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan's mainland Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands, as weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain could trigger landslides and floods.
Trump urges supporters to vote in wake of Kavanaugh hearing
Published On: September 30, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WHEELING, Sept 30: President Donald Trump on Saturday turned his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh into a rallying cry for Republicans to vote in November, saying they can reject the “ruthless and outrageous tactics” he says Democrats used against the judge.
NKorea: US needs to build our trust, and sanctions lower it
Published On: September 30, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30: North Korea needs more trust in the U.S. and their developing relationship before it will get rid of its nuclear weapons, Pyongyang’s top diplomat said Saturday as an envoy from another of the international community’s biggest worries — Syria — demanded that the U.S., France and Turkey withdraw their troops from his civil-war-wracked country.
Death toll seen rising after Indonesia quake, tsunami kills hundreds
Published On: September 30, 2018 07:10 AM NPT By: Reuters
PALU, Sept 30: More than 400 people were confirmed killed, many swept away as tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake crashed into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, and authorities expected the toll to rise sharply on Sunday as news arrives from remote areas.
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