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Disease fears as more bodies found in Indonesia disaster

Palu, Indonesia : Rescuers picking through the grim aftermath of Indonesia’s quake-tsunami issued a fresh public health warning Saturday as more decaying corpses were unearthed from beneath the ruined city of Palu. More than a thousand people may still be missing in the seaside city on...

DR Congo’s Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Murad win Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO: Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world. The pair won the award “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed...

Cameroon economy hard hit by anglophone unrest, jihadist attacks

Yaounde : In theory Cameroon’s economy has a lot to recommend it: a wealth of commodities such as oil, diamonds and gold, and good agricultural conditions. But as 85-year-old Paul Biya seeks a seventh term in office in Sunday’s presidential election, the economic outlook is far from...

More than 1,000 may still be missing in Indonesia disaster: official

Palu, Indonesia :- More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia’s devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the total number of people unaccounted for a week after the disaster. Palu city on Sulawesi island has been left in ruins after it was...

Putin to arrive in New Delhi

New Delhi [India] : Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the 19th India-Russia bilateral annual summit, scheduled to begin the following day. The signing of a deal for Russia’s S-400 Triumf air defence system is the key feature of the visit. Putin...

Chinese armed drones now flying across Mideast battlefields

Dubai, United Arab Emirates : High above Yemen’s rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered as an SUV carrying a top Shiite Houthi rebel official turned onto a small street and stopped, waiting for another vehicle in its convoy to catch up.
Seconds later, the SUV...

Air pollutants inside a home may change your behaviour

Washington D.C. [USA]: Identifying nasty microscopic air pollutants in your home can be a difficult task, but what if you could? Researchers from the University of Utah conducted a study to determine if homeowners change the way they live if they could visualize the air quality in their house. It...

Seoul: North Korea estimated to have 20-60 nuclear weapons

Seoul, South Korea : A top South Korean official told lawmakers that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul’s first public comment about the size of the North’s secrecy-clouded weapons arsenal.
Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told parliament Monday the...

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