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Magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles quake-hit PNG highlands as toll rises
Published On: March 5, 2018 01:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, Mar 5: Strong aftershocks rocked Papua New Guinea’s remote and rugged highlands on Monday, as the death toll climbed to 55 from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake a week ago, and is expected to rise further.
China to cut more coal, steel output to defend ‘blue skies’
Published On: March 5, 2018 12:16 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Mar 5: China’s state planner pledged on Monday to cut more steel and coal production capacity this year, putting the country on track to beat its long-term targets, as Beijing reinforced its vow to beat smog and make “skies blue again”.
South Korea to send high-level officials to North for talks
Published On: March 4, 2018 05:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, Mar 4: South Korea’s president will send a delegation led by his national security director to North Korea this week for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, officials said Sunday.
White House shooting: Man shoots and kills himself outside fence
Published On: March 4, 2018 11:19 AM NPT By: Agencies
March 4: A man has shot and killed himself outside the White House in Washington, the Secret Service says.
Malaysia says search for missing plane to end in June
Published On: March 3, 2018 04:58 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 3: A Malaysian official said Saturday that the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by a U.S. company will likely end in June, as families of passengers marked the fourth anniversary of the plane’s disappearance with renewed hope that the world’s biggest aviation mystery will be solved.
Nor’easter hits East Coast, grounds flights and halts trains
Published On: March 3, 2018 12:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BOSTON, March 3: A nor’easter pounded the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force winds and sideways rain and snow Friday, flooding streets, grounding flights, stopping trains and leaving 1.6 million customers without power from North Carolina to Maine. At least five people were killed by falling trees or branches.
$275K going to family of each person slain in Vegas shooting
Published On: March 3, 2018 11:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, March 3: A $31.5 million victims’ fund that started as a GoFundMe effort announced plans Friday to pay $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 people killed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
U.N. points to likely war crimes in Syria's Ghouta
Published On: March 3, 2018 10:34 AM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA, March 3: Syrian government air strikes on the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta and shelling from the rebel-held zone into Damascus probably constitute war crimes and must be prosecuted, the top U.N. human rights official said on Friday.
Explosions rock Burkina Faso capital in extremist attack
Published On: March 2, 2018 07:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press
OUAGADOUGOU, Mar 2: Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso’s capital early Friday in what the police said was a suspected attack by Islamic extremists.
28-year-old student tries to derail next German government
Published On: March 2, 2018 03:57 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BERLIN, Mar 2: The young rebel behind a political campaign that could cause turmoil across Europe looks like a typical German university student — he’s usually in sneakers, jeans and a hoodie, has soft features, short blond hair and an overall polite demeanor.
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