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At least 7 dead, 12 missing in boat accident in Indonesia
Published On: July 25, 2017 06:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 25: A speedboat carrying 48 people capsized Tuesday in central Indonesia, killing seven people and leaving 12 others missing, an official said.
‘Despacito’ singers veto Venezuelan leader’s campaign remix
Published On: July 25, 2017 04:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CARACAS, July 25: There’s a new take on the hit Latin pop song “Despacito.” And this one is not garnering accolades from its producers.
Heavy monsoon rains lash western India, killing 16
Published On: July 25, 2017 02:12 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, July 25: At least 16 people have been killed this week in heavy monsoon rains that have lashed western India, including the desert state of Rajasthan, with more than 24,000 villagers evacuated to higher ground, officials said Tuesday.
Futuristic NY pier project pits billionaire vs billionaire
Published On: July 25, 2017 01:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press
A battle between two New York billionaires has been holding up a plan to replace a crumbling pier on Manhattan’s Hudson River waterfront with an avant-garde park on pilings rising above the riverbed.
Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack
Published On: July 25, 2017 10:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 25: Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was announced by his family.
Bieber cancels rest of tour for 'unforeseen circumstances'
Published On: July 25, 2017 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 25: Justin Bieber is canceling the rest of his Purpose World Tour "due to unforeseen circumstances."
Israel removes metal detectors from holy site entrance
Published On: July 25, 2017 09:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, July 25: Israel began removing metal detectors from entrances to a major Jerusalem shrine early Tuesday morning to defuse a crisis over the site that angered the Muslim world and triggered some of the worst Israeli-Palestinian clashes in years.
McCain making dramatic Senate return for crucial health vote
Published On: July 25, 2017 09:12 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 25: John McCain will make a dramatic return to the Senate for a make-or-break vote on Republican health care legislation Tuesday just days after getting diagnosed with brain cancer, giving an emotional and arithmetical boost to his party's reeling effort to repeal Obamacare.
Trump son-in-law Kushner denies collusion with Russia
Published On: July 24, 2017 05:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 24: Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is denying that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia, saying in a statement ahead of congressional interviews that he has “nothing to hide.”
64 years after Korean war, north still digging up bombs
Published On: July 24, 2017 03:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HAMHUNG, North Korea, July 24: In the 10 years he has been digging up ordnance from the Korean War, Maj. Jong Il Hyon has lost five colleagues to explosions. He carries a lighter one gave him before he died. He also bears a scar on his left cheek from a bomb disposal mission gone wrong.
Suicide bombing kills 24 in Afghan capital
Published On: July 24, 2017 11:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, July 24: An Afghan government official says the death toll from a suicide car bombing in a western neighborhood of Kabul has climbed to 24.
5 reasons why health care bill would fail, 3 why it may not
Published On: July 24, 2017 10:29 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 24: There are many reasons why the Senate will probably reject Republicans’ crowning bill razing much of former President Barack Obama’s health care law. There are fewer why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might revive it and avert a GOP humiliation.
9 die in immigrant-smuggling attempt in sweltering truck in Texas
Published On: July 24, 2017 06:37 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO, July 24: At least nine people died after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, victims of what authorities said on Sunday was an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong.
England beats India to win fourth Women's Cricket World Cup
Published On: July 24, 2017 06:29 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, July 24: England lifted the Women's Cricket World Cup for the fourth time after beating India by nine runs at Lord's on Sunday.
2 Jordanians killed, 1 Israeli wounded at Israeli embassy in Jordan
Published On: July 24, 2017 06:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
AMMAN, July 24: Two Jordanians were killed and an Israeli was wounded by gunfire Sunday in a residential building in the heavily fortified Israeli embassy compound in Jordan's capital, the kingdom's Public Security Directorate said.
Chelsea apology to China for player’s offensive online posts
Published On: July 23, 2017 09:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, July 23: Chelsea apologized to China on Sunday for social media comments by Brazilian player Kenedy which it accepted “caused great offense and hurt the feelings” of the country during the Premier League champions’ pre-season tour.
Israel installs new security cameras at Jerusalem holy site
Published On: July 23, 2017 06:35 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, July 23: Israel installed new security cameras Sunday at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, as officials began indicating it was considering “alternatives” to the metal detectors at the contested shrine that set off a weekend of violence and raised tensions in the region.
Actor John Heard, of ‘Home Alone’ movies, dies at 71
Published On: July 23, 2017 05:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 23: Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the “Home Alone” series and a corrupt detective in “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 71.
Princes William, Harry remember their final call with Diana
Published On: July 23, 2017 05:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, July 23: It was a typical phone call between two boys and their mother, who was on vacation in France. It was brief — the boys wanted to get back to playing with their cousins, not spend time on the phone chatting.
8 people found dead in truck in ‘human trafficking crime’
Published On: July 23, 2017 03:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO, July 23: Eight people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart in Texas in what police are calling a horrific human trafficking case.
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