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Chinese Lunar New Year feast begins with drums and dumplings
Published On: January 27, 2017 02:06 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LIUMINYING VILLAGE, China, Jan 27: Four men in traditional yellow costumes bang large drums to announce the start of the New Year's Eve banquet in Liuminying village. Inside the meeting hall, 100 tables are set with a dozen plates, bearing sausages, nuts and fruit.
India military death toll rises to 14 in Kashmir avalanche
Published On: January 27, 2017 12:35 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, India, Jan 27: The Indian army says the death toll from an avalanche has risen to 14 as the bodies of four more soldiers who went missing in the accident were recovered in the highly militarized Line of Control area in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Avalanches hit Indian army post, patrol in Kashmir; 6 killed
Published On: January 26, 2017 02:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, India, Jan 26: The Indian army says six soldiers were killed when avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the highly militarized Line of Control that separates the Indian and Pakistani-held portions of the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
No more nerds, sex bombs: Female animators draw away clichés
Published On: January 25, 2017 11:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney’s desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years, though for a long time almost all were men.
Electrical tape-bikinis and sun for perfect tan lines in Rio
Published On: January 25, 2017 10:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Welcome to the latest fashion fad in beauty-obsessed Rio de Janeiro, where some women are sun-baking in bikinis made of black tape in search of tan lines so perfect that they practically jump off the skin.
Oscars go gaga for 'La La Land' with record-tying 14 nods
Published On: January 24, 2017 08:21 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The candy-colored love letter to musicals "La La Land" on Tuesday landed a record-tying 14 nominations to the Academy Awards, which fielded a notably more diverse field of nominees following two straight years of "OscarsSoWhite" backlash.
List of nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards
Published On: January 24, 2017 07:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Jan 24: The latest on the 89th annual Oscar nominations announced Tuesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from Beverly Hills, California.
UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament
Published On: January 24, 2017 04:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Jan 24: Britain's government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruling Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to trigger negotiations by the end of March.
Kuwait declares state of emergency over oil leak on shore
Published On: January 23, 2017 12:57 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 23: Kuwait's national oil company has declared a state of emergency over an oil leak in one of its southwestern oil fields.
18 dead amid reported tornadoes, other storms in the South
Published On: January 23, 2017 12:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ADEL, Ga, Jan 23: A severe storm system that spun off apparent tornadoes, pulverized mobile homes and scattered other destruction around the Southeast has claimed at least 18 lives on a two-day assault on the region, authorities said.
Costa returns to Chelsea side, scores on 100th appearance
Published On: January 23, 2017 12:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Jan 23: Still to clear up the ambiguity over last weekend's absence from the Chelsea team, Diego Costa did his talking on the pitch on Sunday.
Samsung: Batteries only problem with fire-prone Note 7s
Published On: January 23, 2017 11:31 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan 23: Samsung Electronics said Monday that tests of more than 200,000 Galaxy Note 7 smartphones found defects in two sets of batteries from two different manufacturers that made the devices prone to catch fire.
A-list celebs out in force for anti-Trump women’s marches
Published On: January 22, 2017 11:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
If you wondered where many of Hollywood’s A-list celebrities had gone during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, you didn’t have to wonder any longer on Saturday, when scores of them showed up at huge women’s marches in Washington and other cities to send the new president a pointed message that he was in for a fight - and that, as so many signs said, women’s rights are human rights.
Murray out in 4th-round upset, Federer advances in Australia
Published On: January 22, 2017 06:12 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan 22: Andy Murray had already been upset by Mischa Zverev, undone by some old-school serve and volley, and Roger Federer was down 5-1 in the first set against Kei Nishikori.
Magnitude 8 quake hits Solomon Islands, tsunami possible
Published On: January 22, 2017 11:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan 22: A powerful magnitude 8 earthquake hit the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands on Sunday and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it could generate
At least 36 killed as train derails in Andhra Pradesh, India (Update)
Published On: January 22, 2017 09:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Jan 22: At least 36 people were killed and 50 injured on Saturday night when nine coaches of a passenger train derailed in Andhra Pradesh, in the latest disaster to hit the vast and accident-prone state railways, police said.
Rooney sets Man United scoring record; Man City, Spurs draw
Published On: January 22, 2017 08:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MANCHESTER, England, Jan 21: Deep into stoppage time with Manchester United facing defeat, Wayne Rooney bent a free kick high over the defense and into the Stoke goal.
2 killed, 10 missing in central China landslide
Published On: January 21, 2017 12:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Jan 21: At least two people have been killed and 10 others are missing after a hotel in central China was buried in a landslide.
Bomb blast kill 20, wounds at least 50 in northwest Pakistan
Published On: January 21, 2017 12:18 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 21: A bomb exploded Saturday in a market in a northwest tribal region that borders Afghanistan, killing 20 people and wounding at least 50, officials said.
Protesters, Trump supporters clash outside 'DeploraBall'
Published On: January 20, 2017 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 20: Protesters and supporters of President-elect Donald Trump clashed outside a pro-Trump event in Washington the night before his inauguration. Police used chemical spray on some protesters in an effort to control the unruly crowd.
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