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Shootings prompt other countries to warn about travel to US

Published On: August 9, 2019 12:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press

CARACAS, August 9: The United States often takes a leading role in calling out the world’s most dangerous places, warning its people about the risks of traveling to countries that are at war, under terrorist threats, experiencing civil unrest or displaying significant anti-American sentiment.

Pakistani foreign minister visiting China to discuss Kashmir

Published On: August 9, 2019 12:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, August 9:  Pakistan’s foreign minister is visiting China as part of efforts to pressure India to reverse its decision revoking the special status of the disputed region of Kashmir.

Kashmir’s streets silent as people’s despair and rage grow

Published On: August 9, 2019 11:01 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SRINAGAR, India, Aug 9: An unusual silence cloaks the center of the city. Its streets, once teeming with traffic, are dotted with spools of concertina wire, blocking movement. Every road is sealed off.

Uzo Aduba post-‘Orange’: ‘The work will come.’

Published On: August 9, 2019 08:41 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Uzo Aduba said the upcoming FX limited series “Mrs. America” encompasses a whole lot of what she loves best about acting.

Case dismissed against man arrested near Taylor Swift’s home

Published On: August 8, 2019 05:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

The case of a man arrested near Taylor Swift’s beachfront mansion in Rhode Island for carrying burglary tools has been dismissed by prosecutors.

Pakistan says it’s not planning military action

Published On: August 8, 2019 05:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Pakistan’s foreign minister says Islamabad is not considering any military actions and instead is looking at political and legal options to challenge India’s changes to disputed Kashmir’s status.

New UN warming report sees hungry future that can be avoided

Published On: August 8, 2019 03:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 8: On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it counts: the stomach — not to mention the forests, plants and animals.

Attacker kills 4, wounds 2 in California stabbing rampage

Published On: August 8, 2019 02:53 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Aug 8: A man who was “full of anger” stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage that killed four people and wounded two others who were apparently targeted at random, authorities said.

China imports from US fall 19% in July amid trade war

Published On: August 8, 2019 02:18 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Aug 8: Chinese imports of American goods plunged in July as a tariff war with Washington intensified.

Fox: Jussie Smollet gone from ‘Empire,’ character lives on

Published On: August 8, 2019 12:31 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Jussie Smollett is gone from “Empire” but his character will live on, at least in photos.

Serena Williams advances in Rogers Cup

Published On: August 8, 2019 10:59 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TORONTO, Aug 8: Serena Williams won her first match since losing the Wimbledon final, beating Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Rogers Cup.

Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests

Published On: August 8, 2019 10:26 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MORTON, Aug 8: U.S. immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.

Hundreds of poor migrant workers flee Kashmir under lockdown

Published On: August 8, 2019 09:07 AM NPT By: Associated Press

JAMMU, August 8: Hit by a complete security lockdown in Kashmir, hundreds of poor migrant workers have begun fleeing the Himalayan region to return to their far-away villages in northern and eastern India.

Paris child at risk of lead poisoning after Notre Dame fire

Published On: August 7, 2019 09:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PARIS, Aug 7:  Health officials in Paris said Wednesday that a young boy needs medical monitoring because tests conducted after the Notre Dame Cathedral fire showed that he was at risk of lead poisoning.

Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president

Published On: August 7, 2019 12:34 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars.

World mourns the death of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison

Published On: August 7, 2019 12:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ″Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88.

Kim says North Korean launches were warning to US, South

Published On: August 7, 2019 09:05 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, August 7: North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.

India’s former foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, dies at 67

Published On: August 7, 2019 06:43 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI, August 7: Sushma Swaraj, India’s former external affairs minister and a leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at a hospital in New Delhi. She was 67.

Taliban say differences resolved on US troop withdrawal

Published On: August 6, 2019 08:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KABUL, Aug 6:  The United States and the Taliban have resolved differences in peace talks over the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and guarantees from the insurgents that they will cut ties with other extremist groups, a Taliban official said Tuesday.

Hajj trip may help Christchurch mosque victims heal

Published On: August 6, 2019 05:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

CHRISTCHURCH, Aug 6: The scars from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left side like a knotty rope.