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Rapper Juelz Santana sentenced to prison for gun in airport
Published On: December 20, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. Dec 20: Rapper Juelz Santana has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for trying to get a loaded gun onto a plane at a New York-area airport.
UN General Assembly endorses global migration accord
Published On: December 20, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20: The U.N. General Assembly endorsed a sweeping accord to ensure safe and orderly migration Wednesday over opposition from five countries, including the United States and Hungary.
Official says US to withdraw all American troops in Syria
Published On: December 19, 2018 10:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 : The Trump administration will withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops in Syria, according to a U.S. official, as the White House declared victory Wednesday in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants there.
53 journalists killed worldwide so far in 2018
Published On: December 19, 2018 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec 19: The number of journalists killed worldwide in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year, according to an annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
A look at status of Trump’s US-Mexico border wall
Published On: December 19, 2018 12:44 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 : President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers are in a standoff over funding the government, and the main sticking point is Trump’s demand for $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Japan to spend more on defense, refit 1st aircraft carrier
Published On: December 18, 2018 12:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TOKYO, Dec 18: Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defense guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its need to counter potential threats from North Korea and China and other vulnerabilities.
Meghan’s father Thomas Markle appeals to her to call home
Published On: December 18, 2018 12:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Dec 18: Thomas Markle appealed to his daughter Meghan to call home, saying Monday they hadn’t spoken since her wedding to Prince Harry in May.
China will ‘never seek hegemony,’ Xi says in reform speech
Published On: December 18, 2018 11:59 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Dec 18 : Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised that the country will “never seek hegemony” even as it approaches the center of the world stage.
Indian troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir protest march
Published On: December 17, 2018 04:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, Dec 17: Soldiers and police fanned out across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday to enforce a security lockdown for a second straight day to stop anti-India protests and foil a call by separatists for a march toward India’s main military garrison in the disputed region.
Talks adopt ‘rulebook’ to put Paris climate deal into action
Published On: December 17, 2018 04:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KATOWICE, Dec 17: Almost 200 nations, including the world’s top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them.
Nissan to replace rock-star chairman amid arrest scandal
Published On: December 17, 2018 02:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TOKYO, Dec 17: Nissan’s board is meeting to pick a chairman to replace Carlos Ghosn, arrested last month on charges of violating financial regulations.
Sri Lankan president doubts he can work with reappointed PM
Published On: December 17, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
COLOMBO, Dec 17: Sri Lanka’s president accused newly reappointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of corrupt leadership in a scathing speech Sunday in which he voiced doubts about their ability to work together and signaled the 2-month political crisis is far from resolved.
Philippines contestant Catriona Gray named Miss Universe
Published On: December 17, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BANGKOK, Dec 17: Catriona Gray of the Philippines was named a winner of the Miss Universe 2018 competition in the Thai capital Bangkok, besting contestants from 93 other countries to claim the prize.
Fighting around Yemen’s Hodeida leaves 12 dead, 25 wounded
Published On: December 17, 2018 09:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SANAA, Dec 17: Fighting has erupted between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government near the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeida, leaving at least 12 people dead and 25 others wounded from both sides, officials said on Sunday, just two days ahead of the implementation of a cease-fire agreed in talks in Sweden earlier this week.
Indonesia’s Soputan volcano erupts, ejecting thick ash
Published On: December 16, 2018 03:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Dec 16: A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, ejecting columns of thick ash as high as 7,500 meters (24,606 feet) into the sky.
Strike, lockdown shut Kashmir amid anger over killings
Published On: December 16, 2018 02:42 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, a day after chaotic protests and fighting killed seven civilians and four combatants in the disputed region.
Pakistan army chief confirms death sentence for 15 militants
Published On: December 16, 2018 12:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 : Pakistan’s army chief has approved death sentences for 15 people convicted by military courts of involvement in attacks that killed 32 security forces and two civilians.
Tear gas in Paris, but fewer protesters and bigger demands
Published On: December 16, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS, Dec 16: A protest movement that has brought the French into the streets for five Saturdays in a row in a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron lost momentum in its latest nationwide outcry, but the smaller crowds pushed fervently for one of their expanding demands, a citizen’s referendum to help define policy.
Nations at UN climate talks back universal emissions rules
Published On: December 16, 2018 11:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KATOWICE, Dec 16: After two weeks of bruising negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries agreed Saturday on universal, transparent rules that will govern efforts to cut emissions and curb global warming.
Disney actor Stoney Westmoreland fired after arrest
Published On: December 16, 2018 10:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec 16: Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been fired after he was arrested in Salt Lake City for allegedly attempting to have a sexual relationship with an online acquaintance he believed was 13 years old.
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