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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits western Japan, no tsunami warning

  TOKYO, April 17, 2024 (AFP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on…

Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains

By Talek Harris, Sahar Al-Attar and Amanda Mouawad DUBAI, April 17, 2024 (AFP) - Dubai's giant highways were clogged by…

Snake on a train delays Japanese bullet service

TOKYO, April 17, 2024 (AFP) - Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still…

Dubai airport diverts flights as ‘exceptional weather’ hits Gulf

https://youtube.com/shorts/L6XBv74ucmM?feature=share By Talek Harris with Rasha Al Ebrahim in Manama Dubai's major international airport diverted scores of incoming flights on…

US says new sanctions on Iran coming soon

By Beiyi SEOW The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program…

Sydney church livestream attack declared terrorist act, teen detained

SYDNEY, April 15, 2024 (AFP) - Australian police on Tuesday said a brutal live-streamed knife attack at a church service…

Ticking time bomb: IAEA warns Ukraine nuclear plant dangerously close to accident

UNITED NATIONS, United States, April 15, 2024 (AFP) - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is dangerously close to…

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations halt traffic on Golden Gate Bridge, other US roads

LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2024 (AFP) - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, completely halting traffic…

Jury selection begins at Trump’s landmark criminal trial in New York

By Gregory Walton Agence France-Presse (AFP) — Donald Trump's New York criminal trial opened Monday in a historic first for…

‘Rust’ armorer sentenced to 18 months over deadly on-set shooting

By Huw Griffith Agence France-Presse (AFP) — The armorer who loaded the gun that killed a cinematographer on the set…

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