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Blinken seeks progress in Gaza truce deal

CAIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters/AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for progress towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal as he visited Egypt on Tuesday, but major areas of dispute are still to be resolved in talks planned for later this week.Blinken flew to Egypt from Tel Aviv,...

Biden eyes legacy in emotional farewell

CHICAGO, Aug 20 (BBC): It was not the speech Joe Biden wanted to give. At least, not this year, under these circumstances.But if anyone knows how quickly fortunes can change, it's this president - whose personal and professional life has been scarred by tragedy and adversity.Speaking to a packed arena...

Flights cancelled in Japan after scissors go missing

TOKYO, Aug 20 (BBC): Thirty six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.Security checks at Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport domestic terminal were suspended for about two hours on Saturday morning,...

Mpox not the new Covid, says WHO

GENEVA, Aug 20 (AFP): The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it.While more research is needed on the Clade 1b strain which triggered the UN agency into declaring a public health...

SpaceX a week away from first private spacewalk

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (AFP): Four members of a SpaceX mission that will carry out the first ever private spacewalk arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of their takeoff next week.The five-day expedition, named Polaris Dawn, will be led by US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who already chartered the first all-civilian orbital...

India's top court creates task force on workplace safety

NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (AP): India's top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests.The Supreme Court said...

'Unprecedented' flooding kills 2 in Connecticut

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (AFP): Two women died after they were swept away during 'historic' flooding in the northeast US state of Connecticut, local officials said Monday.The women were inside separate vehicles Sunday that became caught in flood waters in the town of Oxford, Connecticut located about 35 miles (55...

105 defect this year until June from N Korea to South

SEOUL, Aug 20 (AFP): A North Korean defected to the South by walking across the heavily fortified border that separates the peninsula, Seoul's military said Tuesday.Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s, but the majority cross...