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Climate change 'greatest threat to humanity'

PARIS, Dec 03 (BBC): The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years.The broadcaster said it could lead to the collapse of civilisations and the extinction of "much of the natural world".He was speaking at the opening ceremony of United Nations-sponsored climate...

US seeks Imran's help for Afghan peace talks

NEW YORK, Dec 03 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump has sought Pakistan's help with Afghan peace talks in a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the South Asian nation's information minister, Fawad Chaudhry, said on Monday.Trump wants to end a 17-year-old war between Afghan security forces and the Afghan Taliban...

Bush's service dog pays touching tribute

NEW YORK, Dec 03 (BBC): The golden labrador who worked as a service dog for President George HW Bush has been pictured resting beside his coffin, in a moving tribute.Mr Bush, who served as the 41st US president between 1989 and 1993, died late on Friday at the age of...

French PM holds talks with parties’ representatives

PARIS, Dec 03 (AP): French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris.More than 100 people were injured in the French capital and 412 have been arrested over the weekend during France's worst...

UP violence leaves two dead over cow slaughtering

BULADSHAHR, Dec 03 (NDTV): Two people including a police inspector have died in violence that flared up at a village in Bulandshahr, western Uttar Pradesh (UP), when carcasses of 25 cows were found today.Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh died when the mob, throwing stones, took on the police who had arrived...

DR Congo clashes claim 15 lives

BUKAVU, Dec 03 (AFP): Fifteen people have been killed in eastern DR Congo in clashes between troops and rebels loyal to a former general, the army said on Monday.It said the fighting was continuing Monday in Fizi, a region of South Kivu, a mineral-rich province which is prone to ethnic...

News in Brief (4-12-2018)

Buhari denies rumours over his ill healthABUJA, Dec 03: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday quashed a rumour stemming from his ill health that he had died and been replaced by a lookalike impostor from Sudan, his spokesman said. "It's real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my...