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Burials begin in quake- and tsunami-hit Indonesian region
Published On: October 1, 2018 09:12 AM NPT By: Associated Press
PALU, Oct 1: A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate.
California’s tough net neutrality bill prompts US lawsuit
Published On: October 1, 2018 08:52 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Oct 1: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing field online. The move prompted an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration.
Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 amid search for survivors
Published On: September 30, 2018 03:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PALU, Indonesia, Sept 30: Rescue officials feared the full scale of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami could climb far past the more than 800 already confirmed dead, as several large coastal towns remained cut off Sunday by damaged roads and downed communication lines.
Polls open in landmark referendum on Macedonia's name
Published On: September 30, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SKOPJE, Sept 30: Macedonians were deciding Sunday on their country's future, voting in a referendum on whether to accept a landmark deal ending a decades-old dispute with neighboring Greece by changing their country's name to North Macedonia, paving the way to NATO membership.
Trump urges supporters to vote in wake of Kavanaugh hearing
Published On: September 30, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WHEELING, Sept 30: President Donald Trump on Saturday turned his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh into a rallying cry for Republicans to vote in November, saying they can reject the “ruthless and outrageous tactics” he says Democrats used against the judge.
Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush dies at 84
Published On: September 30, 2018 11:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
CHICAGO, Sept 30: Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, whose passionate, jazz-tinged music influenced artists from Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton to the rock band Led Zeppelin, died Saturday at the age of 84, his longtime manager said.
NKorea: US needs to build our trust, and sanctions lower it
Published On: September 30, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30: North Korea needs more trust in the U.S. and their developing relationship before it will get rid of its nuclear weapons, Pyongyang’s top diplomat said Saturday as an envoy from another of the international community’s biggest worries — Syria — demanded that the U.S., France and Turkey withdraw their troops from his civil-war-wracked country.
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
Published On: September 29, 2018 12:35 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept 29: Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area bands performed, has died. He was 76.
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
Published On: September 29, 2018 12:01 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WELLINGTON, Sept 29: The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
Published On: September 29, 2018 11:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Sept 29: Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians, two of them children, and wounded dozens more, Palestinian health officials said, in the deadliest day in recent weeks as Gaza’s Hamas rulers stepped up protests along the border fence.
Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach
Published On: September 29, 2018 11:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept 29: Facebook reported a major security breach in which 50 million user accounts were accessed by unknown attackers.
Winfrey to present literary award to Toni Morrison
Published On: September 28, 2018 11:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept 28: The latest prize for Nobel laureate Toni Morrison will be presented by Oprah Winfrey.
Everybody survives plane’s crash-landing in Pacific lagoon
Published On: September 28, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WELLINGTON, Sept 28: Dozens of passengers and crew have survived a plane’s crash-landing in a Pacific lagoon.
UN court asked to probe Venezuela; leader defiant in speech
Published On: September 27, 2018 05:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 27: Six nations made the unprecedented move Wednesday of asking the U.N.’s International Criminal Court to investigate Venezuela for possible crimes against humanity, even as President Nicolas Maduro made an unexpected trip to the world body’s headquarters to deliver a nearly hourlong speech declaring his nation “will never give in.”
‘America’s Got Talent’ finale gives boost to NBC
Published On: September 27, 2018 01:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept 27: “America’s Got Talent” ended its summer run last week with the most-watched entertainment programs on television since May, although its popularity dipped this summer.
UN rushes aid to hunger-stricken Yemeni district
Published On: September 25, 2018 02:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CAIRO, Sept 25: The United Nations and individual donors are rushing food to a desperate corner of northern Yemen where starving villagers were found to be living off leaves. Aid officials are searching for ways to ensure aid reaches those in need amid alarm that the country’s hunger crisis is worsening beyond the relief effort’s already strained capabilities.
Celine Dion to end Las Vegas concert residency next year
Published On: September 25, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, Sept 25: Las Vegas will soon have to find a way to go on without Celine Dion, who announced Monday that her concert residency will end next year.
Cosby prosecutor asks for 5 to 10 years in prison
Published On: September 25, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NORRISTOWN, Sept 25: Declaring Bill Cosby doesn’t deserve a free pass because of his advanced age, prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence the comedian to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while the defense argued that he is too old and helpless to do time behind bars.
Instagram co-founders resign from social media company
Published On: September 25, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25: The co-founders of Instagram are resigning their positions with the social media company without explanation.
‘Rocket Man’ to ‘Terrific’: Trump lauds Kim in UN return
Published On: September 25, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25: President Donald Trump raised hopes at the United Nations on Monday that a second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could occur “quite soon,” striking a conciliatory tone one year after he used his debut at the U.N. to deride the autocrat as “Little Rocket Man” and threaten to “totally destroy North Korea.”
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