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Libya’s coast guard recovers dozens of bodies of migrants
Published On: July 27, 2019 10:27 AM NPT By: Associated Press
CAIRO, July 27: Libya’s coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after up to 150 people, including women and children, went missing and were feared drowned when their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China
Published On: July 27, 2019 10:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 27: President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves “developing” countries.
Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
Published On: July 27, 2019 10:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 27: The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.
There’s no place like home for the ‘The Brady Bunch’
Published On: July 26, 2019 07:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
There’s no place like home for ‘The Brady Bunch,’ even if was just a facade.
Saudi Arabia suspends visas to people from Congo over Ebola
Published On: July 26, 2019 07:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KINSHASA, July 26: Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing visas to people from Congo while citing the Ebola outbreak there, even as the World Health Organization recommends against travel restrictions.
Belgium sees first death as a result of record heat wave
Published On: July 26, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BRUSSELS, July 26: Belgium suffered a first death as a direct result of the record-breaking heat wave when a woman was found dead near her caravan close to the beach.
Tunisia prepares for president’s funeral, new elections
Published On: July 26, 2019 03:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TUNIS, July 26: Tunisia is inviting world leaders to attend the funeral for its president who died in office and preparing a new election to replace him.
‘Orange Is the New Black’ offers fans a way to give back
Published On: July 26, 2019 02:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black” isn’t content with leaving behind a legacy of good television. It wants to do good in the real world, too. The series creative team said Thursday it has formed a fund that will support advocacy groups pressing for criminal justice reform and women re-entering society from prison, protect immigrants rights and end mass incarceration.
After 10 years of Boko Haram violence, Nigerians crave peace
Published On: July 26, 2019 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MAIDUGURI, July 26: Suicide bombings, mass kidnappings, tens of thousands of people killed. A ghastly insurgency by the homegrown Islamic extremist group Boko Haram marks 10 years this week in northeastern Nigeria, where many residents say life has been set back by decades.
North Korea's Kim says missile test a warning to South Korean 'warmongers'
Published On: July 26, 2019 01:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, July 26: North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that analysts said was also aimed at the United States.
Seoul: N Korea in worst economic contraction in 2 decades
Published On: July 26, 2019 12:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, July 26: South Korea says North Korea has suffered its worst economic contraction in more than 20 years due to international sanctions and bad weather.
Drake signs creative partnership with SiriusXM and Pandora
Published On: July 26, 2019 12:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Drake has two new partners: SiriusXM and Pandora. The two companies which merged earlier this year announced Thursday that they have signed a new creative partnership with the superstar rapper.
SAG Awards shift date, avoid schedule conflict with Grammys
Published On: July 26, 2019 11:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press
The Screen Actors Guild Awards will shift a week earlier than planned and avoid airing at the same time as the Grammy Awards.
Prosecutor: More people could be charged in R Kelly case
Published On: July 26, 2019 11:04 AM NPT By: Associated Press
More charges and more defendants could be added to the federal case against R. Kelly in Chicago that currently alleges child pornography and other crimes by the R&B singer and two associates, a prosecutor told a judge Thursday.
16 Marines arrested in migrant smuggling investigation
Published On: July 26, 2019 10:19 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, July 26: An investigation into Marines accused of helping smuggle migrants into the United States led to the arrest Thursday of 16 of their fellow Marines at California’s Camp Pendleton, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is pregnant with baby No. 2
Published On: July 25, 2019 04:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Anne Hathaway is signing up for more diaper duty. The 36-year-old actress announced Wednesday on her Instagram account that she and her husband, actor and jewelry designer Adam Shulman, are expecting their second child.
HBO chief: Sorry, fans, no ‘Game of Thrones’ do-over
Published On: July 25, 2019 04:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The clamor from “Game of Thrones” fans for a do-over of the drama’s final season has been in vain.
Hundreds of US returnees dumped in Mexico’s Monterrey
Published On: July 25, 2019 01:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MONTERREY, July 25: The bus carrying dozens of Central Americans from the Texas border arrived in this northern Mexican city late at night and pulled up next to the station. Men and women disembarked with children in their arms or staggering sleepily by their sides, looked around fearfully and wondered what to do.
Actor Rutger Hauer, of ‘Blade Runner’ fame, has died at 75
Published On: July 25, 2019 11:48 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in “Blade Runner” opposite Harrison Ford, has died. He was 75.
Europe heat wave breaks records, mercury set to go higher
Published On: July 25, 2019 08:52 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BERLIN, July 25: Europeans cooled off in public fountains Wednesday as a new heat wave spread across parts of the continent and was already breaking records.
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