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58 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting
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Los Angeles: A gunman killed at least 58 people and wounded more than 500 others when he opened fire on a country music concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
Police said the gunman, a 64-year-old…
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Sikh man becomes first minority politician to lead major party in Canada
Toronto: Jagmeet Singh, a 38-year-old Sikh criminal lawyer, was today elected the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major party in the country.
Singh, the Ontario provincial…
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Trump says he ”won’t fail” with North Korea
Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that negotiations with North Korea were a "waste of time" and said he "won't fail" on a front where three of his predecessors Bill Clinton, George W Bush…
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As Brexit pressures mount, UK PM rallies her party
Manchester: British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party gathers today for its annual conference, dominated by questions about her leadership and splits on Brexit.
Four months after losing her parliamentary majority in a June…
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China opens new highway in Tibet close to Arunachal border
Beijing: China today opened a 409-km new expressway costing about USD 5.8 billion linking Tibet's provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi, which is close to Arunachal Pradesh border.
The 409-km toll-free expressway has linked the two major…
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Air France A380 makes emergency landing with damaged engine
Paris: An Air France A380 superjumbo carrying more than 500 people made an emergency landing in Canada after suffering "serious damage" to one of its engines, with passengers recounting hearing a loud bang followed by violent shaking.…
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Hafiz Saeed challenges Pak’s order to extend his detention
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Lahore: Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed has challenged the order of Pakistan's Punjab government to extend his detention for 60 more days.
The Punjab Home Department issued an order on July 28…
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US must declare Pakistan state sponsor of terrorism: Pressler
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Washington: The US must declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, a former top senator who was instrumental in imposing tough sanctions on Pakistan in 1990s has said as he welcomed President Donald Trump's decision to elevate…
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Blue Whale challenge: 17-yr-old Russian ‘mastermind’ girl arrested
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MOSCOW: A 17-year-old Russian girl has been arrested for allegedly being the mastermind behind the deadly Blue Whale Challenge that encouraged players to commit suicide.
The teenager, who has now been arrested, allegedly threatened…
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7.0-magnitude quake jolts China; 5 killed
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Beijing: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake tonight rattled Jiuzhaigou County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province, killing at least five people and injuring 63 others.
Citing a statement issued by the China Earthquake Networks Center…
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