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Powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes in the Pacific Ocean near Fiji and Tonga
This is Money 19 Aug 2018
A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was so deep that it was not expected to cause any damage, the U.S ... A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in ......
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Iran says U.S. "action group" will fail to overthrow Iranian state
Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2018
LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Sunday that a new Iran Action Group in the U.S ... He was speaking on the 65th anniversary of a U.S.-backed coup that overthrew a democratically elected Iranian prime minister, an occasion when anti-American sentiment runs particularly high in the Islamic Republic ... Now an “Action Group” dreams of doing the same through pressure, misinformation & demagoguery....
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China nabs 26 suspected tomb robbers, recovers valuable relics
Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2018
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has arrested 26 suspects and retrieved almost 650 cultural relics stolen from an ancient burial site in northwestern Qinghai province, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday ... Several of the arrests were made in provinces further east following ......
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14 hurt at Backstreet Boys concert in Oklahoma when storm knocks over structure
Penn Live 19 Aug 2018
The casino in Thackerville said in a notice posted on Twitter Saturday that the accident occurred after it had begun an evacuation at about 5 p.m ... However, it said, 150 patrons standing in line for the concert did not heed ... unfortunately, due to damage sustained in the storm earlier this evening, we are unable to perform the show tonight....
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800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state
CNBC 19 Aug 2018
Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India's Kerala state, as authorities rushed to bring drinking water to the most affected areas, officials said Sunday ... ....
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Colombian City Advises Residents To Avoid Daytime Sex During Heatwave
WorldNews.com 17 Aug 2018
It’s been a sweltering summer in many parts of the world, with millions scrambling for ways to cool off ... In his radio interview, Salas said medical facilities have been overwhelmed with heat stroke cases, the Associated Press reported.Santa Marta isn’t alone. Cities across the world, from Tokyo to Montreal, have set all-time heat records in ......
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Djokovic into Cincinnati Final, Federer in his Way Again
The National Herald 19 Aug 2018
And the same nemesis is standing in his way, all over again. It’s a moment in time ... Djokovic closed in on a Western & Southern Open title with his 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic on Saturday. Then he watched Roger Federer advance to the finals as well when David Goffin retired in the second set with a shoulder injury. The two tennis greats haven’t faced each other in two years because of injuries....
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Kim again slams international sanctions on N.Korea
The Siasat Daily 19 Aug 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, for the second time in less than a week, slammed international sanctions on his country, state media reported on Sunday ... Kim Jong-un said during the inspection of a reconstruction project in the Samjiyon district, where his late father and former leader, Kim Jong-il, was born....
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China rejects 'irresponsible' Pentagon report on bombers
The Economic Times 18 Aug 2018
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the report was "presumptuous and irresponsible", stating it was "in total disregard of facts" in a Saturday statement ... ....
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Priyanka, Nick 'seal relationship' with 'roka' ceremony
Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2018
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas on Saturday solemnised their relationship with a traditional Indian 'roka' ceremony -- considered the first wedding ritual for Punjabis -- in the presence of their close family and friends here ... "Priyanka Chopra is heavenly in Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla Couture at her roka ceremony ... She will also be seen in "Isn't It Romantic?"....
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Imran Khan Who Struggled For 22-yrs Becomes Pakistan's PM
Kashmir Observer 18 Aug 2018
Khan took oath as Pakistan's 22nd Prime Minister after leading his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) to the victory in the elections and subsequently proving his majority in the National Assembly. The 65-year-old flamboyant former captain, described as one of Pakistan's greatest cricketers who transformed his shaky team into champions in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, emerged as an inspiring leader in politics too....
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Kofi Annan dead: Former UN secretary-general dies aged 80
The Independent 18 Aug 2018
He died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday morning ... In a statement posted on social media, they said ... More follows…. . ....
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More Than 300 Killed During Worst Monsoon in Nearly a Century in Kerala, India
WorldNews.com 17 Aug 2018
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the death toll from the current heavy rains reached 174 on Friday, but more than 320 have died during this monsoon season, as the "grave" flooding situation continued in Kerala, according to The Hindustan Times ... Meteorologists said heavy rains were predicted for isolated regions in northern Kerala, coastal Karnataka, and some southern portions through Aug....
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Google deploys ‘person finder’ for Kerala
Deccan Herald 18 Aug 2018
The floods in Kerala is one of the worst disasters India has seen so far. With at least 300 confirmed dead and thousands trapped, there is panic among people in other states who have friends and family in Kerala ... items for NGOs in the case of Amazon....
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Archaeologists Find World's Oldest Cheese in Egyptian Tomb
WorldNews.com 17 Aug 2018
The new analysis published in the journal Analytical Chemistry now says those researchers found a 3,200-year-old piece of cheese, one of the oldest ever found ... Enrico Greco of Italy's University of Catania and current research assistant at Peking University in Beijing, said the cheese was found in the tomb of Ptahmes, a 13th century BC mayor of Memphis, Egypt ... “It would be high in moisture; it would be spreadable,” he said....
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