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New Zealand police suspend search for two missing in deadly volcanic eruption
New Zealand police said today they were ending the search for the bodies of two people still missing following the deadly eruption of a volcano earlier this month. “The search for the two missing victims of the Whakaari/ White Island
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Leading Republican senator says impeachment witnesses not ruled out
WASHINGTON: US senators yesterday sparred over the shape of an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, with Republican leader Mitch McConnell saying he has not ruled out hearing from witnesses as Democrats have demanded. McConnell, speaking on Fox News, stopped
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‘Do whatever it takes to end it’: Iranian Ayatollah’s ultimatum to end unrest
After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to be impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them. That order, confirmed by
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Five put to death for Khashoggi’s murder, UN rep calls it ‘mockery’
RIYADH/WASHINGTON: Yesterday, Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death and three to jail over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but a UN investigator accused it of making a “mockery” of justice by allowing the masterminds of last year’s
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‘No news is good news’ for families of Australia’s volunteer firefighters
PICTON: When Australian volunteer firefighter Andrew Hain is out battling bushfires, he sends emojis to his wife Kate to let her know he is safe. They have also discussed that “no news is good news” and that she should not
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Boeing fires CEO Muilenburg to restore confidence amid 737 crisis
Boeing Co has fired chief executive Dennis Muilenburg after repeatedly failing to contain the fallout from a pair of fatal crashes that halted output of its best-selling jetliner and tarnished its reputation with airlines and regulators. Boeing – beset by
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US soldier killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
A United States soldier has been killed in action in an attack claimed by the Taliban group in northern Afghanistan. A US military statement today did not identify the soldier or say where in Afghanistan the service member was killed. It stressed that in accordance with the
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Ethiopia crash: Victims’ relatives were hounded by US law firms
Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented US law firms. They showed up uninvited at memorials and
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Missing boy for more than two years found in the closet of a child pornography suspect
PUCHONG: In a news report by CNN yesterday, a teenager who has been missing for two and half years has been found alive in a closet of a child pornography suspect in west Germany. According to the police, the 15-year old boy
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Australia burns as government resists calls for climate action
Australia’s government is resisting growing calls for a more ambitious response to climate change, even as the country battles devastating bushfires triggered by record temperatures that have sent air pollution to critical levels. Hundreds of homes were confirmed lost last week as enormous
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