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New gen drug shows promise

NEW YORK, Nov 13 (AP): Researchers on Wednesday reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria's growing resistance to medication - one involving a new class of drugs.Switzerland-based Novartis released results of what it called a next-generation treatment. A study of its experimental drug in 12 African countries found it...

World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025

PARIS, Nov 13 (AFP): Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research published Thursday that also warns curbing warming under 1.5C would now be essentially "impossible".The annual Global Carbon Budget report looks at humanity's emissions of planet-heating CO2 from burning hydrocarbons, cement...

Trump signs govt funding bill ending shutdown

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (AP): President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington...

37 perish as bus plunges into ravine in Peru

LIMA, Nov 13 (AFP): At least 37 people were killed and 24 injured in southern Peru on Wednesday when a double-decker bus plunged into a ravine after colliding with a pickup truck, officials said.The accident in Arequipa is one of the worst in recent years in the South American nation,...

G7 calls for urgent Ukraine truce

OTTAWA, Nov 13 (AFP): G7 foreign ministers on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and raised the alarm about the escalating crisis in Sudan, as they wrapped up a meeting in Canada.In a joint statement, the top diplomats from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United...

Australia cops arrest 'fortune teller'

SYDNEY, Nov 13 (BBC): A mother-and-daughter duo - one claiming to be a fortune teller and a feng shui master - have been charged over allegedly scamming almost A$70m ($46m; £35m) from "vulnerable" Vietnamese targets in Australia.The mother, 53, was arrested in the exclusive suburb of Dover Heights in Sydney...