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Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, dies at 68
Published On: October 27, 2023 08:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68.
4 suspected North Korean defectors found in a small boat in South Korean waters
Published On: October 25, 2023 08:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four North Koreans were found in a small wooden boat in South Korean waters on Tuesday in what is likely a rare case of North Koreans taking a risky sea voyage to flee to the South, Seoul officials said.
Hamas frees two Israeli women as US advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captives
Published On: October 24, 2023 06:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, Oct 24: Hamas on Monday released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.
South Korea, US and Japan hold first-ever trilateral aerial exercise in face of North Korean threats
Published On: October 23, 2023 07:43 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese militaries conducted their first-ever trilateral aerial exercise on Sunday in response to evolving North Korean nuclear threats, South Korea’s air force said.
Pakistan’s self-exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of a parliamentary vote
Published On: October 22, 2023 09:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home Saturday on a chartered plane from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London as he seeks to rally supporters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January.
Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas
Published On: October 20, 2023 06:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil.
After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region
Published On: October 18, 2023 09:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, Oct 18: A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants.
Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published On: October 17, 2023 12:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad.
Hamas says Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed 13 hostages held by the group, including foreigners
Published On: October 13, 2023 01:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, Oct 13: Hamas says Israel’s heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed 13 hostages, including foreigners, held by the group.
Hollywood writers vote to approve contract deal that ended strike as actors negotiate
Published On: October 10, 2023 01:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct 10: Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months, while actors remain in negotiations to find a way out of their own strike.
‘The Exorcist: Believer’ takes possession of box office with $27.2 million opening
Published On: October 9, 2023 02:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Ovt 9: “The Exorcist: Believer” drove out all foes at the box office, but its numbers didn’t entirely make heads spin.
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression
Published On: October 6, 2023 03:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press
OSLO, Norway: Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi, who has campaigned for women’s rights, democracy and against the death penalty in Iran for years, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it ‘mind-blowing’
Published On: October 5, 2023 10:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press
After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday.
More than 20 Indian soldiers missing after flash floods in northeastern Sikkim state
Published On: October 4, 2023 12:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Twenty-three Indian army soldiers were missing Wednesday after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the northeastern state of Sikkim, the army said in a statement.
Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
Published On: October 3, 2023 02:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct 3: Late-night talk shows began their return to the air after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors completed the first day of talks that could end their own long work walk-off.
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
Published On: October 1, 2023 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal.
Maldives opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz wins the presidential runoff, local media say
Published On: October 1, 2023 12:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MALE, Maldives: Opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz won the Maldives presidential runoff on Saturday, securing more than 53% of the vote, local media reported.
Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire
Published On: September 27, 2023 05:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept 27: A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president’s companies removed from his control and dissolved.
Writers strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal
Published On: September 26, 2023 01:41 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Sept 26:The deal is made, the pickets have been suspended, and Hollywood’s writers are on the verge of getting back to work after months on strike. Actors, meanwhile, wait in the wings for their own resolution.
Sophie Turner sues to force estranged husband Joe Jonas to turn over children’s passports
Published On: September 22, 2023 04:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept 22: Actor Sophie Turner sued her estranged pop star husband Joe Jonas on Thursday to force him to turn over the passports of the couple’s two young daughters so she can take them to England.
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