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Four go on trial in UK over toppling of slave trader statue

Posted on December 14, 2021 by News Desk

London, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):Four people went on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the toppling of a statue of a 17th century slave trader during anti-racism protests. Demonstrators pulled down the bronze memorial to Edward Colston in Bristol, western England, on June 7 […]

Biden to visit tornado-hit Kentucky on Wednesday

Posted on December 14, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):US President Joe Biden will visit Kentucky on Wednesday, the White House said, after tornadoes left a trail of destruction across the US state and killed scores of people. Biden will survey damage in the devastated towns of Mayfield and Dawson Springs, […]

Night of devastating tornadoes likely kills more than 100 in Kentucky

Posted on December 13, 2021 by News Desk

Mayfield – December 12 (Online): At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S. Midwest and South, demolishing homes, levelling businesses and setting off a scramble to find survivors beneath the rubble, officials […]

Three dead, six missing in Sicily blast as search continues

Posted on December 13, 2021 by News Desk

Rome, Dec 12 (AFP/APP):Firefighters on the Italian island of Sicily searched through piles of rubble Sunday for survivors of a massive blast that toppled multiple residential buildings and killed at least three people. Although two women were recovered alive from the debris early Sunday following […]

India Modi’s personal Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’

Posted on December 13, 2021 by News Desk

New Delhi – December 12 (Online): India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter handle was “very briefly compromised,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet early on Sunday. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the Prime Minister’s personal twitter handle @narendramodi was […]

Kentucky tornado death toll rises to at least 80: governor

Posted on December 12, 2021 by News Desk

Mayfield, United States, Dec 12 (AFP/APP):The death toll from powerful tornadoes that lashed the United States has risen to more than 80 in Kentucky alone, the state’s governor said Sunday, adding he expects the statewide fatalities from the disaster to surpass 100. “The confirmation process […]

Guinea junta returns ex-leader’s residence to family

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Conakry, Dec 11 (AFP/APP):Guinea’s ruling military junta has returned the residence of the west African country’s first post-independence leader to his family more than three decades after the army first seized it. A previous military junta took power and seized the property in the capital […]

Suspect in 2017 Istanbul nightclub attack detained in Kyrgyzstan: official

Posted on December 11, 2021 by News Desk

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dec 10 (AFP/APP):A suspect in the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that left 39 people dead has been detained in Kyrgyzstan, security services in the Central Asian country said on Friday. Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security said “it was established that […]

Deal on new Bulgaria govt ends political crisis

Posted on December 11, 2021 by News Desk

Sofia, Dec 10 (AFP/APP):A newly formed Bulgarian anti-corruption party which won last month’s parliamentary elections struck a deal on forming a government with three other parties Friday, ending the country’s prolonged political crisis. “The coalition agreement was signed by all our coalition partners just now,” […]

Palestinian killed by Israel army in West Bank: ministry

Posted on December 11, 2021 by News Desk

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, Dec 10 (AFP/APP):A Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops during a clash in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The man sustained a gunshot wound to the head during clashes with Israeli forces in the village […]

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Four go on trial in UK over toppling of slave trader statue

Biden to visit tornado-hit Kentucky on Wednesday

Night of devastating tornadoes likely kills more than 100 in Kentucky

Three dead, six missing in Sicily blast as search continues

India Modi’s personal Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’

Kentucky tornado death toll rises to at least 80: governor

Guinea junta returns ex-leader’s residence to family

Suspect in 2017 Istanbul nightclub attack detained in Kyrgyzstan: official

Deal on new Bulgaria govt ends political crisis

Palestinian killed by Israel army in West Bank: ministry

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