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One child dies in boat capsize, Greece rescues 25 migrants

Mohammed Jahanfar ATHENS, Sept 28 (Agencies): More than 20 migrants or refugees were rescued and one child died Thursday on a Greek island after the boat they sailed from the Turkish coast overnight either capsized or sank, Greek authorities said.Greece's coast guard said a vessel from the European border agency...

Abe faces new challenge as he calls snap election

Party of Hope chief Yuriko Koike TOKYO, Sept 28 (Agencies): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of the parliament ahead of a snap election.The poll, announced on Monday and which comes a year early, will take place on 22 October.Mr Abe is seeking a fresh mandate...

Blast at Ukraine arms depot

KIEV: Buildings near the ammunition depot were destroyed, but there were no reports of fatalities. — Reuters KIEV, Sept 28 (Al Jazeera): More than 30,000 people have been evacuated in Ukraine's central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded, in what authorities said was...

Researchers conduct DNA surgery on embryos to remove disease

BEIJING, Sept 28 (BBC): Precise "chemical surgery" has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC.The team at Sun Yat-sen University used a technique called base editing to correct a single error out of the three billion "letters" of our...

'Fake news' kingpin Horner dies due to ‘drug overdose’

Paul Horner NEW YORK, Sept 28 (BBC): A writer who became notorious for peddling "fake news" during the 2016 US election campaign has died at 38.Paul Horner was found dead in his bed in Laveen, Arizona, on 18 September, after a suspected drug overdose, officials said.Horner, who published fraudulent articles...

Yingluck now in Dubai

BANGKOK, Sept 28 (AP): Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be staying in the Mideast commercial hub of Dubai after fleeing a criminal conviction, Thailand's prime minister said Thursday in the first word on her whereabouts."We have received a preliminary informal report from the Foreign Ministry indicating that...