Traffic chaos, schools shut as Riyadh hit by rare flooding
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Traffic backed up and schools were shut in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday after the desert…
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Bus, truck collision kills 19 in Pakistan
MULTAN,Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 19 people including two children were killed in a collision between a passenger bus and…
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Lebanon deploys army in Sidon after bomb killed senior Fatah official
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - The Lebanese army was deployed in the southern city of Sidon on Tuesday (April 12) after…
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Philippines, Vietnam reaffirm strategic partnership: Commit to step up Maritime Security Cooperation
IN his maiden foreign visit as Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Rene D. Almendras paid a courtesy call to newly-appointed…
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Uber launches in Argentina; taxi drivers protest
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - As Uber launched its service in Argentina on Tuesday (April 12), taxi drivers choked downtown Buenos…
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Sinkhole forms in California street
A SINKHOLE in the middle of a California street. This was what a policeman in California recently captured in…
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North Korean soldiers conduct live-fire drill
Reuters - North Korea's state-run television KRT on Tuesday (April 12) released still photographs of soldiers conducting a live-fire drill…
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Dutch police arrest one person outside Amsterdam airport
SCHIPHOL AIRPORT, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Access to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport returned to normal in the early hours of Wednesday…
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120 million euro “lost Caravaggio” discovered in French attic
PARIS, France (Reuters) - A painting discovered two years ago in a leaky attic in the south of France is…
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Six-storey building collapses in Uganda, at least one dead
Reuters - A six-storey building under construction collapsed in Uganda's capital Kampala on Monday, leaving at least one dead. Seven…
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