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Imani Barbarin on disability rights, COV...

Imani Barbarin on disability rights, COVID and the war on Gaza

Imani Barbarin on disability rights, COVID and the war on Gaza ## Disability Advocate Imani Barbarin Challenges Conventional Perceptions, Urges Global Inclusivity Imani Barbarin, a prominent voice in the disability rights movement, is leveraging her platform to challenge societal norms and advocate... read more »

Instacart settles Federal Trade Commissi...

Instacart settles Federal Trade Commissions claim it deceived US shoppers

Instacart settles Federal Trade Commissions claim it deceived US shoppers ## Instacart Reaches Settlement with FTC Over Alleged Deceptive Practices San Francisco, CA – Grocery delivery platform Instacart has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) following accusations of... read more »

Retired NASCAR driver among seven killed...

Retired NASCAR driver among seven killed in North Carolina plane crash

Retired NASCAR driver among seven killed in North Carolina plane crash ## Aviation Tragedy Claims Seven Lives in North Carolina; Former NASCAR Driver Reportedly Involved **EDEN, NC** – A devastating plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina has claimed the lives of all seven individuals... read more »

Model, 22, dies in horror car crash whil...

Model, 22, dies in horror car crash while buying Christmas toys for kids

Model, 22, dies in horror car crash while buying Christmas toys for kids ## Young Woman Dies in Single-Vehicle Accident While En Route to Holiday Shopping **[City, State] –** A 22-year-old woman tragically lost her life in a single-vehicle accident on [Highway Name] near [Landmark] on [Date],... read more »

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Africa

Nelson Mandela was on U.S. terror list until 2008

Nelson Mandela was on U.S. terror list until 2008

Washington – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away last night following recurring lung infection, had remained on the United States terrorism watch list until... read more »

Nelson Mandela took history in his hands: Obama

Nelson Mandela took history in his hands: Obama

Washington – America’s first black President, Barack Obama, in a moving and eloquent tribute, remembered South Africa’s first black... read more »

Tributes pour in for Nelson Mandela

Mandela's transformational leadership to last forever

Johannesburg – World leaders mourned the death of anti-apartheid icon and South Afri! ca’s first black president Nelson Mandela who died Thursday... read more »

Hundreds of South Africans gather outside Mandela’s hom...

Hundreds of South Africans gather outside Mandela’s home

Johannesburg – Hundreds of South Africans have gathered at Nelson Mandela’s home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, to pay their respects to the... read more »

South Africa has lost its greatest son: Zuma

South Africa has lost its greatest son: Zuma

Johannesburg – “This is a moment of deepest sorrow for South Africa as the nation has lost its greatest son” said President Jacob Zuma as he... read more »

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Asia

Pakistan’s first indigenous drone kills 3 militants

PESHAWAR: Pakistan for the first time on Monday used an indigenous drone to attack a terrorist compound in restive North Waziristan, killing at least three high-profile militants. “The... read more »

Four killed, 56 injured in suicide bomb attack in ...

Peshawar: At least four persons were killed and 56 others injured today when a suicide bomber targeted a vehicle of a line officer in... read more »

China says 197 punished in crackdown on online rumors

People recently punished in China’s campaign against online rumors include those who circulated an inflated death toll in the Tianjin blasts and who... read more »

Protesters in western Nepal kill police with spears, ax...

Protesters in western Nepal kill police with spears, axesKathmandu, Nepal (CNN)Protesters in western Nepal have killed at least seven police officers as... read more »

Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe takes office as new Pri...

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister on Friday as the island nation’s two major political parties signed an agreement to... read more »

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China

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

QINGDAO – The death toll from Friday’s oil pipeline blasts in east China’s Shandong Province rose to 52 after four bodies were found at the scene, rescue headquarters said... read more »

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

China oil pipeline blast toll rises to 44

The death toll from two huge blasts caused by a leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city has risen to 44 with 166 injured... read more »

China successfully tests its first drone

China successfully tests its first drone

Beijing – The Chinese military carried out a successful test flight of the Asian nation’s first jet-powered stealth drone, the South China Morning... read more »

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

Beijing – China has successfully conducted the first test fl! ight of the domestically built and designed stealth unmanned aerial veh! icle (UAV), media... read more »

China Mobile’s ex-vice president gets life senten...

China Mobile's ex-vice president gets life sentence

Beijing – The former vice president of China Mobile, the country’s largest telecom operator, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes,... read more »

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Middle East

Israeli Army kills suspected murderers of Jewish teens

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians suspected of having kidnapped and murdered three Jewish teenagers in June have been killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli security forces in the West Bank early... read more »

1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now... read more »

Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese sold...

9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security... read more »

France conducts first airstrike in Iraq, destroys logis...

PARIS: France says it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group. The office of President... read more »

Libya’s Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shu...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. The El... read more »

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South Asia

US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

US hopes India will persuade ‘friend’ Karzai on troop...

Washington – The United States has expressed hope India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay post-2014. Testifying before a Senate committee, a... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahe...

Islamabad – Pakistan has said it cannot move ahead with the Iran gas pipeline project unless the issue of possible US sanctions is... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US ...

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm

London – Chinese hackers reportedly snooped on five European foreign ministries with malware-infected emails over the summer, new research from US... read more »

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader

Dhaka – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh late Tuesday halted the execution of Abdul Quader Molla hours before the convicted war criminal was to be hanged,... read more »

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in hi...

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in high treason case

Islamabad – The Pakistan government has decided to press five charges against former President General Pervez Musharraf in the ‘high treason’... read more »

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Europe

Costa Concordia Captain abandoned ship leaving almost 300 people on board

Costa Concordia Captain abandoned ship leaving almost 300 people ...

Washington – An Italian court has heard that a coastguard official aboard the doomed cruise liner Costa Concordia had told its captain, Francesco Schettino, to get back on the ship as he fled... read more »

Putin creates ‘Ministry of Truth’ news agency to control Russian media

Putin creates ‘Ministry of Truth’ news agency to c...

Washington – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a news agency in a move to further strengthen Kremlin control over... read more »

French cops open new inquiry in Princess Diana’s `murde...

Britain’s SAS not involved in Diana’s death: Police

London – Mere days after the Met Police announced that they had finished looking into Princess Diana’s supposed ‘murder plot’, French cops have... read more »

Matteo Renzi elected Italian left’s new leader

Matteo Renzi elected Italian left's new leader

Rome – Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi won a resounding victory in the race to lead Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, part of the coalition... read more »

Sweden partner in NSA snoop-op on Russia, documents rev...

Snowden denies wanting asylum in exchange for information

Wellington – Sweden has been reportedly collaborating with the US in spying on Russia, documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed. The... read more »

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North America

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

US says China air defence zone unacceptable, shouldn’t be i...

Washington – The White House said on Thursday that China’s new air defence zone over the East China Sea was “unacceptable” and urged Beijing not to implement it, but stopped... read more »

Snowden leaks have identified areas of concerns: Obama

Snowden leaks have identified areas of concerns: O...

U.S. President Barack Obama has acknowledged that leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden have identified some areas of legitimate concerns with regard... read more »

We will not see the likes of Mandela again: Obama

We will not see the likes of Mandela again: Obama

Describing himself as one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela, US President Barack Obama mourned the death on Friday of the... read more »

‘Some progress’ made in peace talks: John K...

'Some progress' made in peace talks: John Kerry

Jerusalem – US Secretary of State John Kerry said here Thursday that despit! e reports to the contrary, there is “some progress” in the talks... read more »

Canada to claim North Pole in Arctic claim at UN

Canada to claim North Pole in Arctic claim at UN

Johannesburg – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ordered the inclusion of the North Pole in the country’s Arctic claim, following a UN... read more »

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Parents of youngest Bondi Beach attack victim, 10, in tears as they break silence

Parents of youngest Bondi Beach attack victim, 10, in tears as they break silence ## Bondi Community Mourns Loss of Youngest Victim as Parents Issue Heartfelt Statement **Sydney,... read more »

The disused airport being revamped into a 22 billion city

The disused airport being revamped into a 22 billion city ## Downsview Airport Set for Ambitious Redevelopment into Urban Hub Toronto, Ontario – Downsview Airport, a sprawling 370-acre... read more »

Bondi Beach shooters' 'trip to IS hotbed' as mum tells how they targeted vi...

Bondi Beach shooters' 'trip to IS hotbed' as mum tells how they targeted victim, 10 ## Bondi Attack: Investigators Focus on Suspects’ Travel History and Alleged... read more »

Top Trump aide suggests boat strikes aim to topple Venezuelas Maduro

Top Trump aide suggests boat strikes aim to topple Venezuelas Maduro White House's Susie wiles appears to contradict the official narrative portraying the attacks as an antidrug... read more »

Man who drove into Liverpool parade jailed for 21 years

Man who drove into Liverpool parade jailed for 21 years ## Driver Sentenced to Over Two Decades for Liverpool Parade Attack **Liverpool, UK** – A man was sentenced to 21 years and six months in... read more »

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