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64 feared dead in Nigeria boat accident

ZAMFARA, Sept 15 (Reuters): At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said on Saturday.A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi...

SpaceX crew return to Earth

NEW YORK, Sept 15 (BBC): SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew has returned to Earth after five days in orbit, following a historic mission featuring the world's first commercial spacewalk.The Dragon capsule made splashdown off the coast of Florida shortly after 03:37 local time (07:37 GMT), in an event stream lived by...

Eight perish after Channel crossing attempt

PARIS, Sept 15 (BBC): Eight people have died overnight while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French police say.Rescue services were alerted after the boat got into difficulty in waters north of Boulogne-sur-mer in the northern Pas-de-Calais region after 01:00 local time (00:00 BST).The rubber vessel had...

Jordan's King to appoint US-educated technocrat as PM

AMMAN, Sept 15 (Reuters): Jordan's King Abdullah was expected to appoint key palace aide Jafar Hassan as prime minister after the government resigned on Sunday, days after a parliamentary election that saw some gains for the Islamist opposition in the US-allied kingdom, officials familiar with the matter said.Hassan, now head...

Missile from Yemen falls in central Israel

JERUSALEM, Sept 15 (AFP): A Yemeni rebel missile fired from Yemen triggered a rush to shelters in central Israel on Sunday, causing no injuries but again adding to regional tensions nearly a year into the Gaza war.After the incident, AFP photographers saw firefighters putting out a brush fire near Lod...

China prepares for heavy rain

SHANGHAI, Sept 15 (AFP): Chinese authorities prepared for heavy rain on Sunday as a strong typhoon approached the country's heavily populated eastern seaboard.Typhoon Bebinca was expected to make landfall along a swath of coastline including the megacity of Shanghai between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to Beijing's emergency management...

British PM breaches parliament's rules over clothing donations to wife

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has breached parliamentary rules by not declaring a wealthy businessman and Labour Party donor bought high-end clothes for his wife Victoria, the Sunday Times reported on Saturday.According to the Sunday Times, Starmer, in power since July, faces an investigation after "neglecting...

NATO, others back Ukraine's use of long range weapons to hit Russia

PRAGUE, Sep 15 (AP): The head of NATO's military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage - reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies - even as the Biden administration balks at allowing Kyiv...

US denies claim CIA plotted to kill Maduro

NEW YORK, Sept 15 (BBC): The United States has dismissed claims made by Venezuela that the CIA plotted to assassinate President Maduro and other top officials.Three US citizens, two Spaniards and one Czech national have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to destabilise the country, the Interior Minister said.Calling the...