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Nepal rescuers find bodies of five climbers killed last year
KATHMANDU, Aug 8 — Rescuers in Nepal have found the bodies of five mountaineers, including three foreigners, killed in an avalanche last year near the Chinese border, a local government official said today. “Five bodies, three foreigners and two Nepalis, who
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Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
THE HAGUE, Aug 8 — A fire broke out last night at a recycling plant near the port of Rotterdam, spewing thick smoke across the area before being brought under control in an all-night operation, authorities said. The blaze prompted
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India’s youth protests leave Modi government facing pressure over jobs, trust and dissent
NEW DELHI, Aug 8 — Two weeks after youth-led protests forced India’s education minister to resign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years. Led by the online Cockroach Janta
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Trump moves to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook again over mortgage fraud allegations
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 — US President Donald Trump is moving forward with an attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, according to a White House letter seen by AFP yesterday, after the Supreme Court batted
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Boy who killed grandparents before Thailand school shooting described as ‘troubled’ and bullied
NONTHABURI, Aug 7 — A 14-year-old boy in Thailand, described as “troubled” and “bullied” by a classmate, killed his grandparents before shooting dead five more people at a school on Friday, police said. First he shot dead his two grandparents,
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Spain police bust migrant and drug trafficking network using high-speed boats
MADRID, Aug 7 — Spanish police said today they had dismantled what they called one of the largest criminal networks involved in smuggling migrants across the Mediterranean, arresting 78 people and seizing 18 high-speed boats. The network allegedly used the vessels
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Floodwaters submerge Assam villages as India’s northeast reels from deluge
NEW DELHI, Aug 7 — Floods in India’s northeast have killed nearly 100 people, according to an official toll update today with villages buried in mud after one of Assam state’s worst deluges in years. At least 97 people have died
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Locked room in South Jakarta school hid hundreds of guns, drugs and porn videos — and only its ousted foundation chief had the keys
JAKARTA, Aug 7 — Nearly 1,000 firearms and airsoft guns, along with ammunition, suspected narcotics, and pornographic video discs, were discovered in a locked room at a private school in South Jakarta. Lawyer Hermawanto, who represents the school’s foundation, said
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Measles scare prompts warning for thousands who visited Universal Studios Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 — Recent visitors to the popular Universal Studios theme park in California may have been exposed to measles, the local health department said, as cases of the once-eradicated disease soar in the United States. A person
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Iran and Oman agree on new Strait of Hormuz shipping route
TEHRAN, Aug 6 — Iran and Oman have agreed a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and were finalising arrangements for jointly managing the strategic waterway, Tehran said Wednesday, even as fresh security incidents highlighted continued risks for
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