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World powers meet Iran in Vienna to salvage nuclear deal
Published On: July 28, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
VIENNA, July 28: Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, plan to meet with Iran’s representative in Vienna on Sunday to discuss how to salvage the unraveling accord.
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
Published On: July 28, 2019 04:48 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, July 28: Russian group that monitors police arrests says nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, the largest number of detentions at a protest in the Russian capital this decade.
Hong Kong protesters, police ready for another likely clash
Published On: July 28, 2019 02:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, July 28: Protesters and police prepared Sunday for a likely showdown in central Hong Kong, one day after clashes led to 11 arrests and left at least two dozen injured in an outlying district toward the border with mainland China.
Police: 1 dead, 11 others shot near Brooklyn playground
Published On: July 28, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 28: Gunfire at a large, outdoor event in Brooklyn killed one man and injured at least 11 others late Saturday night, police said.
Rapper RZA says arrested A$AP Rocky is a hostage in Sweden
Published On: July 28, 2019 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
RZA (RIHZ’-uh) of the Wu-Tang Clan says he’s concerned over what he calls a hostage situation for fellow rapper A$AP Rocky, who’s charged with assault in Sweden.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Schrieffer dies in Florida
Published On: July 28, 2019 10:59 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, July 28: John Robert Schrieffer, a physicist who shared in the 1972 Nobel Prize in physics for developing a pioneering theory of superconductivity, has died. He was 88.
Anne Hathaway: ‘Modern Love’ role gave her more compassion
Published On: July 28, 2019 10:50 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Anne Hathaway says playing a bipolar character in Amazon’s new series “Modern Love” affected her emotionally long after she wrapped the role.
Russi Taylor, longtime voice of Minnie Mouse, dies at 75
Published On: July 28, 2019 10:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Russi Taylor, an actress who gave voice to Minnie Mouse for more than three decades, has died. Walt Disney Co. chairman Bob Iger announced Taylor’s death in a statement Saturday. Taylor died Friday in Glendale, California, Disney said. She was 75. The cause was not immediately clear.
Romanian leader floats harsher penalties for murder, rape
Published On: July 28, 2019 09:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BUCHAREST, July 28: Romania’s prime minister said Saturday she is considering a referendum on harsher penalties for crimes like murder, rape and pedophilia in the wake of the rape and killing of a 15-year-old girl that has shocked the country.
Indonesia’s leader says sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall
Published On: July 28, 2019 09:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, July 28: Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea, lending renewed backing and a sense of urgency to a slow-moving and politically contested mega project.
Syrian rebel town pounded, 11 killed in market airstrike
Published On: July 28, 2019 07:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIRUT, July 28: A Syrian government airstrike hit a busy open-air market in the country’s northwest on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, most of them children, according to activists. The town of Ariha has been particularly targeted over the last week as the government escalates its offensive against the country’s last rebel stronghold.
Russian police arrest hundreds at Moscow election protest
Published On: July 27, 2019 08:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, July 27: Russian police wrestled with demonstrators and arrested hundreds of people in central Moscow on Saturday at a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council.
Tear gas fired, bricks thrown in Hong Kong clash over banned march
Published On: July 27, 2019 07:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, July 27: Police fired volleys of tear gas and protesters hurled bricks during clashes in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend.
UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research
Published On: July 27, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, July 27: The head of Britain’s leading charity funding scientific research has written to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning about the threat to science if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal.
Syria activists: Government airstrike kills 9 at busy market
Published On: July 27, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIRUT, July 27: Syrian activists and a doctor say a government airstrike hit a busy open-air market in a town in the last rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria, killing nine people.
Post-war South Sudan tries to protect wildlife from poaching
Published On: July 27, 2019 05:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BIRE KPATOUS GAME RESERVE, July 27: Charles Matthew secures his beret, slings a rifle over his shoulder and prepares a team for an overnight foot patrol in Bire Kpatous, one of South Sudan’s game reserves that survived the country’s civil war but are now increasingly threatened by poachers and encroaching human settlements.
8 dead, 60 hurt as quakes shake northern Philippine isles
Published On: July 27, 2019 03:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MANILA, July 27: Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, injuring about 60 and damaging ancestral houses famous among tourists.
Thousands defy police ban, march in Hong Kong district
Published On: July 27, 2019 02:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, July 27: Thousands of protesters began marching Saturday in a Hong Kong district despite police warnings that their presence would spark confrontations with local residents.
50 Cent: ‘Power’ being overlooked by Emmys is racial
Published On: July 27, 2019 01:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
50 Cent said he thinks ‘Power’ being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of popular Starz series that has a prominently black cast.
U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall
Published On: July 27, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 27: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.
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