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Train's arrival in Beijing raises speculation of Kim visit
Published On: March 27, 2018 12:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Mar 27: The arrival of a special train in Beijing and unusually heavy security at a guesthouse where prominent North Koreans have stayed in the past have raised speculation that Kim Jong Un is making his first visit to China as the North's leader.
US stocks rally; Dow surges 669, clawing back lost ground
Published On: March 27, 2018 09:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press
March 27: News that the U.S. and China are open to negotiating to avert a trade war put investors in a buying mood Monday, giving the market its best day in more than two years and erasing about half of its huge losses last week.
US expels 60 Russian diplomats, shutters Seattle consulate
Published On: March 26, 2018 08:04 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 26: The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia’s consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish Moscow for its alleged role in poisoning an ex-spy in Britain.
Egyptians vote, with President el-Sissi certain winner
Published On: March 26, 2018 04:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CAIRO, March 26: Polls opened on Monday in Egypt’s presidential election with the outcome — a second, four-year term for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi — a foregone conclusion in a vote critics see as a sign the country is sliding back to the authoritarian rule that had prevailed since the 1950s.
Russian shopping mall fire kills 53; more missing (Update)
Published On: March 26, 2018 02:31 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, March 26: At least 53 people have died and more are missing in a fire at a shopping mall in a Siberian city, officials said on Monday.
Porn star says she was warned to keep silent about Trump
Published On: March 26, 2018 02:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 26: Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, telling her story in a highly anticipated interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday.
Russian shopping mall fire kills at least 48, report says (update)
Published On: March 26, 2018 12:44 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, March 26: A fire at a shopping mall in a Siberian city killed at least 48 people, Russian officials said Monday.
Bubba Watson wins Match Play for 2nd World Golf Championship
Published On: March 26, 2018 10:39 AM NPT By: Associated Press
AUSTIN, March 26: Bubba Watson was in high spirits for someone with such low expectations at the Dell Technologies Match Play.
37 dead, 69 missing in Russian shopping center fire
Published On: March 26, 2018 09:31 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, March 26: A devastating fire at a shopping center in a Siberian city killed 37 people and left 69 others missing Sunday, many of them children, a Russian state news agency reported.
Germany arrests fugitive ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont
Published On: March 25, 2018 06:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BARCELONA, March 25: Carles Puigdemont, the fugitive ex-leader of Catalonia and ardent separatist, was arrested Sunday by German police on an international warrant as he tried to enter the country from Denmark.
Heartbroken by gun violence: Rallies across US demand change
Published On: March 25, 2018 12:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 25: They came from a place of heartbreak to claim their spot in history: Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and supporters, rallying across the United States for tougher laws to fight gun violence.
‘Chicago Fire’ actress DuShon Monique Brown dead at 49
Published On: March 25, 2018 12:17 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CHICAGO, March 25: Actress DuShon Monique Brown, who played a secretary in the NBC show “Chicago Fire,” has died at age 49.
'Vote them out!': Hundreds of thousands demand gun control
Published On: March 25, 2018 11:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Mar 25: In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the U.S. against gun violence Saturday, vowing to transform fear and grief into a "vote-them-out" movement and tougher laws against weapons and ammo.
Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving
Published On: March 24, 2018 12:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. March 24: President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances,” following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving.
UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals
Published On: March 23, 2018 09:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 23: Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports on biodiversity.
MeToo takes off in South Korea, but justice harder to attain
Published On: March 22, 2018 12:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, March 22: The #MeToo movement has taken off with surprising rapidity in South Korea, toppling male celebrities and a prominent politician in a country where men have long brushed off sexual misconduct allegations and continued with their careers.
Suicide bomber kills 26 as Afghans celebrate new year
Published On: March 21, 2018 02:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 21: A suicide bomber struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year, an official said.
Ex-French president Sarkozy held on Gadhafi claims - source
Published On: March 20, 2018 02:57 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS, Mar 20: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Putin claims crushing victory in Russian presidential vote
Published On: March 19, 2018 09:01 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, March 19: Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing re-election victory Sunday for six more years as Russia’s president, and he told cheering supporters in a triumphant but brief speech that “we are bound for success.”
Diphtheria outbreak kills dozens, spreads rapidly in war-torn Yemen
Published On: March 18, 2018 12:29 PM NPT By: Associated Press
YEMEN, Mar 18: The World Health Organisation says a diphtheria outbreak in war-torn Yemen has spread rapidly nationwide and infected more than 1,300 people.
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