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    Bodies of 26 Ethiopians found in mass grave in Malawi
    International

    Bodies of 26 Ethiopians found in mass grave in Malawi

    Blantyre (Malawi), Oct 20: Officials in Malawi have exhumed the bodies of 26 suspected Ethiopian migrants from a mass grave 255 kilometres (155 miles) north of the capital city, Lilongwe. Villagers found the bodies in a forest located near the main road that connects Malawi and Tanzania, which...
    Hacker holds Australian health insurer
    International

    Hacker holds Australian health insurer's data for ransom

    Canberra, Oct 20: A cybercriminal was holding for ransom an Australian health insurer's customer data including diagnoses and treatments, in the nation's second major privacy breach in a month, officials said on Thursday. Trade in Medibank shares has been halted on the Australian Securities...
    North fires more shells toward inter-Korean sea buffer zone
    International

    North fires more shells toward inter-Korean sea buffer zone

    Seoul, Oct 19: North Korea fired about 100 more artillery shells toward the sea Wednesday in response to South Korean live-firing drills at border areas as the rivals accuse each other of dialing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula with weapons tests. The drills conducted by both sides come amid...
    Astronaut James McDivitt commander of Apollo 9 mission dies at 93
    Sci - Tech

    Astronaut James McDivitt commander of Apollo 9 mission dies at 93

    Washington, Oct 18: James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965's Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His...
    Business

    'Bad situation': Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide

    Washington, Oct 18: The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village 70 miles south of the Egyptian capital to save money. Gamal, 28, stayed behind, working two jobs, sharing an...
    Hong Kong nixes US sanctions on Russian-owned superyacht
    International

    Hong Kong nixes US sanctions on Russian-owned superyacht

    Hong Kong, Oct 11: Hong Kong's leader John Lee said Tuesday he will only implement United Nations sanctions, after the U.S. Warned the territory's status as a financial center could be affected if it acts as a safe haven for sanctioned individuals. Lee's statement Tuesday came days after a...
    Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
    International

    Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

    Oslo, Oct 7: This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, a strong rebuke to Russia's President Vladimir Putin on his 70th birthday. Berit Reiss-Andersen,...
    Lionel Messi says World Cup in Qatar will be his last
    International

    Lionel Messi says World Cup in Qatar will be his last

    Buenos Aires, Oct 07: Lionel Messi has confirmed that the World Cup in Qatar next month will be the last of his career. The 35-year-old Argentina star will play in his fifth World Cup but is still seeking his first title at the showpiece tournament. "There's some anxiety and nerves at the same...
    Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer
    International

    Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer

    Uthai Sawan (Thailand), Oct 7: Friends hugged sobbing family members struggling with staggering loss on Friday in a rural northeastern Thailand community mourning the children and other victims slain by a fired police officer in the nation's deadliest shooting rampage. At least 24 of the 36...
    French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
    International

    French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature

    Stockholm, Oct 6: This year's Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to French author Annie Ernaux. Ernaux, 82, was cited for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory," the Nobel committee said. Mats Malm,...
    35 killed in attack beginning at Thailand childcare center
    International

    35 killed in attack beginning at Thailand childcare center

    Bangkok, Oct 6: At least 24 children and 11 adults were killed Thursday in an attack that began at a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, authorities said. The gunman then fled the scene, shooting from his car as he drove home, where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life,...
    Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 10-year prison term
    International

    Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 10-year prison term

    Bangkok, Oct 6: A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 10-year prison sentence to a Japanese journalist who was arrested after filming an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat said Thursday. Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese Embassy, said Toru Kubota...
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