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‘Traumatised’ Puerto Ricans rocked by another strong quake
YAUCO: A 5.2 magnitude earthquake cracked walls and brought down power lines in Puerto Rico yesterday as the Caribbean island was recovering from its worst quake in over a century on Tuesday. The latest quake took place at 6:26 p.m.
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Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies
DUBAI: Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said died yesterday evening, state media said early today without mentioning a cause of death, and a three-day period of national mourning was declared. Western-backed Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he
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Iran to probe black boxes after missile blamed for plane crash
DUBAI: Tehran said yesterday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard, amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake. The crash
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Australia urges quarter of a million to flee as winds fan huge bushfires
Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes today and prepared military backup as authorities said the next few hours could be “very, very challenging” even as rain poured down in some parts. Defense personnel
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France ready to contribute to Ukrainian jet crash probe
France is available to contribute to the probe on a Ukrainian airliner that crashed on Wednesday in Iran, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said today. “It is important that as much clarity as possible is made and as quickly
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Justin Bieber been fighting with Lyme disease and mono
Canadian pop superstar Justin Bieber revealed on Wednesday that he had been battling Lyme disease and a serious case of mononucleosis but said he was overcoming his health issues. On Instagram, Bieber noted that some people had recently criticised his
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Oscars to go host-less for second year
The 2020 Oscars ceremony in February will again have no host, the head of ABC Television Entertainment said on Wednesday. “Let me confirm it now. Together with the Academy (of Motion Pictures), we have decided there will be no traditional
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World is watching our democracy, Taiwan president says on election eve
The world is watching what choice Taiwan makes as the only Chinese-speaking democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said today, the eve of elections in which Tsai said a vote for her would be a vote for freedom. Taiwan holds presidential and
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US House votes to rein in Trump’s war powers as US-Iran tensions stay high
The US House of Representatives voted yesterday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran as the Middle East remained tense after the US killing of a top Iranian commander and Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes. The resolution
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US to join probe of Ukrainian jet disaster that killed 176
The NTSB said in a statement its Response Operations Centre had received formal notification from Iran of Wednesday’s crash of the Boeing 737-800 that killed all 176 on board. “The NTSB has designated an accredited representative to the investigation of
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