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China reverses ban on trade in tiger, rhino products
Published On: October 30, 2018 11:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Oct 30 : China says it will allow trading in products made from endangered tigers and rhinos under “special circumstances,” reversing a previous ban and bringing condemnation from conservation groups.
Brazil elects far-right president, worrying rights groups
Published On: October 29, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SAO PAULO, Oct 29: In some of his first words to the nation as president-elect, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro promised to defend the constitution and unite a bitterly divided populace.
Indonesia’s Lion Air says it’s lost contact with airplane
Published On: October 29, 2018 08:43 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct 29 : Indonesia’s Lion Air said Monday it has lost contact with a passenger jet flying from Jakarta to an island off Sumatra.
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre leaves 11 dead, 6 wounded
Published On: October 28, 2018 07:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Oct 28: A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history.
Sri Lanka’s president suspends parliament, deepening crisis
Published On: October 27, 2018 01:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct 27 : Sri Lanka’s president suspended parliament on Saturday even as the prime minister he fired the previous day claimed he has majority support, adding to a growing political crisis in the island nation.
Google reveals 48 employees fired for sexual harassment
Published On: October 26, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 26: Google announced that it has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment during the past two years and sent them away without severance packages, hours after a news report that it had protected some male executives facing sexual misconduct allegations and offered them large sums to leave the company.
Saudi Arabia again changes its story on Khashoggi killing
Published On: October 26, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
RIYADH, Oct 26: Signaling a major pivot in its narrative, Saudi Arabia on Thursday said evidence shows that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated, an apparent effort to ease international outrage over the death of a prominent critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
2 Yosemite National Park visitors die in fall from overlook
Published On: October 26, 2018 10:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 26: Two visitors died in a fall from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park that allows people to walk to the cliff’s edge, where there is no railing, an official said Thursday.
Typhoon crumbles homes, kills 1 in Northern Mariana Islands
Published On: October 26, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED STATES, Oct 26: The strongest storm to hit any part of the United States this year crumbled concrete houses, smashed cars and killed at least one person in the Northern Mariana Islands, shocking residents and officials used to riding out monster storms in the U.S. territory in the Pacific.
China denies spying on Trump’s iPhone, says he should switch to Huawei
Published On: October 25, 2018 07:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING , Oct 25: China on Thursday denounced a U.S. newspaper report that it is listening to President Donald Trump's phone calls as "fake news," and suggested he exchange his iPhone for a cellphone made by Chinese manufacturer Huawei.
Former Armstrong team manager gets lifetime ban from cycling
Published On: October 25, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Oct 25: Lance Armstrong’s former team manager has been given a lifetime ban from cycling for his role in a doping program that helped Armstrong win the Tour de France seven times.
Pipe bombs target Democrats, CNN as political tensions mount
Published On: October 25, 2018 09:50 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: Pipe bombs packed with shards of glass were intercepted en route to several prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama, in an unnerving wave that deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm elections.
Agents nab possible explosive devices sent to Obama, Clinton
Published On: October 24, 2018 07:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: The U.S. Secret Service says agents have intercepted packages containing “possible explosive devices” addressed to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Numbers drawn for record $1.6B Mega Millions jackpot
Published On: October 24, 2018 03:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
IOWA, Oct 24: The winning numbers have been drawn for the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot, but it isn't immediately clear if there's a winner .
Turkey's President Erdogan says Saudis planned writer’s murder
Published On: October 23, 2018 03:28 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct 23: Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudia Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.
Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on; still far from US
Published On: October 23, 2018 02:38 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TAPACHULA, Oct 23: Thousands of Central American migrants resumed an arduous trek toward the U.S. border Monday, with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe joins exodus from Facebook
Published On: October 23, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23: A co-founder of Facebook’s virtual-reality division is joining the exodus of executives to leave the company after striking it rich in lucrative sales of their startups.
Dangerous Cat 4 Hurricane Willa closes in on Mexico coast
Published On: October 23, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Oct 23: Authorities rushed to evacuate low-lying areas and set up shelters as an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Willa with winds of 145 mph (230 kph) headed toward a Tuesday afternoon landfall along a stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast dotted with high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages.
Russia fires back at Trump's plan to pull U.S. out of nuclear arms treaty
Published On: October 22, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Oct 22: Russia is firing back at President Trump's new threat to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. One Russian official warns – breaking the pact would be "a very dangerous step."
6 shot on street near north Florida stadium before NFL game
Published On: October 22, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Oct 22: Six people have been wounded in a street shooting blocks from the Florida stadium where the NFL’s Houston Texans played and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
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