WORLD
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
WELLINGTON, Sept 29: The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Legal abortion services can prevent 47,000 women dying each year - UN
Legal abortion services can prevent 47,000 women dying each...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29: “Unsafe abortions cause the deaths of some 47,000 women each year and a further five million suffer some form of temporary or permanent disability,” said the UN Human Rights Council Working group, on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
GAZA CITY, Sept 29: Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians, two of them children, and wounded dozens more, Palestinian health officials said, in the deadliest day in recent weeks as Gaza’s Hamas rulers stepped up protests along the border fence.
Sep 29, 2018
Lifestyle
California signs bill banning sale of animal-tested cosmetics
California signs bill banning sale of animal-tested cosmetic...
CALIFORNIA, Sept 29: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday signed a bill banning the sale of cosmetics that undergo animal testing, making California the first state to approve such a ban.
Sep 29, 2018
Lifestyle
Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach
Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach
NEW YORK, Sept 29: Facebook reported a major security breach in which 50 million user accounts were accessed by unknown attackers.
Sep 29, 2018
SOCIETY
Solukhumbu District Court orders release of prisoners who slaughtered cow
Solukhumbu District Court orders release of prisoners who sl...
SOLUKHUMBU, Sept 29: The District Court, Solukhumbu has issued an order to release four people serving jail sentence for cow slaughter.
Sep 29, 2018
SPORTS
Ronaldo accused by US woman of rape in Las Vegas hotel room - reports
Ronaldo accused by US woman of rape in Las Vegas hotel room...
HAMBURG, Sept 29: Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of raping a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009, and subsequently paying her $375,000 hush money to keep quiet about the incident, German news outlet Der Spiegel reports.
Sep 29, 2018
SOCIETY
Two killed, 32 injured in road accident
Two killed, 32 injured in road accident
NAWALPARASI, Sept 29: Two people died while 32 others were injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck at Kawasoti-16, Nawalparasi early this morning.
Sep 29, 2018
POLITICS
Disagreement over province's name shuts down life in Dhangadi
Disagreement over province's name shuts down life in Dhangad...
DHANGADI, Sept 29: Cadres of Nepali Congress and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) have shut down Dhangadi against a two-third majority decision to name and relocate Province 7's capital. The cadres have called for an indefinite strike against the provincial assembly's decision to name Province 7 a...
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
At Least 30 Killed by 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake, Tsunami in Indonesia
At Least 30 Killed by 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake, Tsunami in I...
INDONESIA, Sept 29: At least 30 people were killed after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake followed by a massive tsunami hit the coastal city of Palu in Indonesia.
Sep 29, 2018