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Bus falls into gorge in north Indian hill state, killing 28

Published On: July 20, 2017 06:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI, July 20:  An inter-city bus plunged into a deep gorge in a northern Indian hill state on Thursday, killing 28 people and injuring 10 others, officials said.

Malaysia bans ‘Despacito’ on state radio, TV due to lyrics

Published On: July 20, 2017 02:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20: Malaysia has banned “Despacito” on state radio and television, though it might be hard to slow the song’s record-breaking popularity.

Trump rages at Sessions in New York Times interview

Published On: July 20, 2017 09:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 20: President Donald Trump told The New York Times in an interview Wednesday that he never would have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation.

4 Wimbledon, French Open matches flagged for unusual betting

Published On: July 20, 2017 08:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The Tennis Integrity Unit says a total of four matches at Wimbledon and the French Open have been flagged for unusual betting patterns.

Chelsea strikes deal to sign Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid

Published On: July 20, 2017 08:36 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, July 20: Chelsea is set to strengthen its attacking options for its Premier League title defense by signing Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid.

Trump making last-ditch effort after health bill collapse

Published On: July 19, 2017 06:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 19:  President Donald Trump says it’s probably time to “just let Obamacare fail” after the latest humiliating heath bill collapse in the Senate. Still, he’s making a last-ditch effort to find some way to revive his party’s seemingly failed efforts on the bill.

Tokyo airport police find 30 bullets in US plane crew's bag

Published On: July 19, 2017 05:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TOKYO, July 19: Japanese airport police have found 30 bullets in an American Airlines crewmember's carry-on bag and said Wednesday that the flight attendant apparently carried them through his security checks at U.S. airports.

Swiss identify glacier bodies as couple missing since 1942

Published On: July 19, 2017 04:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BERLIN, July 19:  Swiss police say they’ve formally identified two bodies found on an Alpine glacier as those of a couple missing for nearly 75 years.

Comic-Con blasts into San Diego with movies, games, shows

Published On: July 19, 2017 03:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, july 19: Calling all superheroes, sci-fi fans and genre lovers of all kinds: Comic-Con is here.

Brain scans may change care for some people with memory loss

Published On: July 19, 2017 03:24 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 19: Does it really take an expensive brain scan to diagnose Alzheimer’s? Not everybody needs one but new research suggests that for a surprising number of patients whose memory problems are hard to pin down, PET scans may lead to changes in treatment.

Conte signs new 2-year deal at Chelsea after winning EPL

Published On: July 19, 2017 09:19 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, July 19: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has signed a new two-year contract with the English Premier League champions.

Report: Hundreds of boys abused at German choir school

Published On: July 19, 2017 09:03 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BERLIN, July 19: At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys' choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday.

Lawyer: Russian developer's staffer also at Trump Tower meet

Published On: July 19, 2017 08:53 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 19: Revelations that a Russian developer's representative was the eighth attendee at a Trump Tower campaign meeting arranged by President Donald Trump's eldest son prompted a new round of castigation on Tuesday from Democrats. It also brought word that the special counsel investigating possible Trump campaign ties to Russia wants more information about the sit-down.

Trump had second conversation with Putin in Germany

Published On: July 19, 2017 08:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 19: President Donald Trump had another, previously undisclosed conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Germany this month.

China users report WhatsApp disruption amid censorship fears

Published On: July 18, 2017 06:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, July 18: Users of WhatsApp in China and security researchers have reported widespread service disruptions amid fears that the popular messaging service may be at least partially blocked by authorities in the world's most populous country.

SLanka beats Zimbabwe by 4 wickets in test

Published On: July 18, 2017 04:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 18: Sri Lanka has beaten Zimbabwe by four wickets in the one-off test on Tuesday.

Health care bill collapse leaves divided GOP at crossroads

Published On: July 18, 2017 03:24 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 18: The implosion of the Senate Republican health care bill leaves a divided GOP with its flagship legislative priority in tatters and confronts a wounded President Donald Trump and congressional leaders with dicey decisions about addressing their perhaps unattainable seven-year-old promise of repealing President Barack Obama’s law.

US-Russia talks resume; Moscow demands dachas’ return

Published On: July 18, 2017 09:14 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 18: The United States and Russia on Monday resumed high-level talks aimed at resolving irritants between Washington and Moscow, as Russian patience dwindles for the return of two seized diplomatic compounds.

2 more GOP senators oppose health bill, killing it for now

Published On: July 18, 2017 08:58 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 18: The latest GOP effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare” was fatally wounded in the Senate Monday night when two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the legislation strongly backed by President Donald Trump.

George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77

Published On: July 17, 2017 05:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 17: George Romero, whose classic “Night of the Living Dead” and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and homages, has died. He was 77.