US diplomats upbeat about negotiation with DPRK
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (Agencies): Senior US diplomats said here on Monday that America keeps diplomacy "very much alive" with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the leaders of the two countries remain "open to the dialogue.""The diplomacy is still very much alive," said Stephen Biegun, US special representative...
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Dozens of IS fighters die in Syria’s Baghouz
DAMASCUS, Mar 11 (Agencies): The Kurdish-led forces in Syria have said 38 ISIL fighters have been killed in a US-backed offensive against the group's final enclave after the area saw heavy bombardments overnight.Three Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters were also killed in the battle, Mustafa Bali, the head of the...
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Flooding leaves 11 dead in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Mar 11 (Xinhua): Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 11 people and injured another six in Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo and the greater metropolitan area, local officials said on Monday.In a downpour on Sunday night, five people drowned and six people were killed by mudslides,...
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Minor boy writes to airline boss for ‘CEO advice’
SYDNEY, Mar 12 (BBC): Dreaming of starting an airline but don't know where to begin? One 10-year-old boy went straight to the top for advice.Alex Jacquot, from Australia, decided to write to the chief executive of Qantas to ask about founding a carrier."Please take me seriously," he wrote in the...
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Air pollution kills 8.8m people worldwide per yr
PARIS, Mar 12 (AFP): Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released on Monday.Between 40 and 80 percent of those excess deaths are caused by heart attacks, strokes and other types of cardiovascular disease underestimated up...
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Countries set sights to curb plastic waste
NAIROBI, Mar 12 (AFP): Countries from around the world set their sights on Monday on a pivotal deal to curb plastic waste, a source of long-term pollution and worsening contamination of the ocean's food chain.Thousands of delegates, business leaders and campaigners are in Nairobi for the five-day UN Environment Assembly,...
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Macron warns of Chinese risk to African sovereignty
DJIBOUTI, Mar 12 (Reuters): French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday of risks to the sovereignty of African countries from China's increasing economic presence as he began a visit to the east of the continent. Macron arrived in Djibouti looking to reassert French influence in a former colony on the...
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Italy bans unvaccinated children from school
ROME, Mar 11 (BBC): Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated.The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination.Parents risk being fined up to €500 (£425; $560) if they send their unvaccinated children to school. Children...
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News in Brief -(13-03-2019)
11 police killed in fresh clashes in AfghanistanKABUL, Mar 12: At least 11 police officers were killed after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis overnight, local media Tolo News TV reported on Tuesday. — Xinhua
Scientific body opens new robot research facilityCANBERRA, Mar 12: Australia's...
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