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Malware hits over 4,200 govt sites of US, UK

Malware hits over 4,200 govt sites of US, UK

-- 2018-02-12 12:51:22

Thousands of websites, including ones run by US and UK government agencies, were infected for several hours on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies. More than...

Merkel calls for younger ministers in cabinet

Merkel calls for younger ministers in cabinet

-- 2018-02-12 12:02:44

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for younger members of her party to fill ministerial positions in the new government. "We need to ensure that not only the over-60s are considered but also...

Egyptian army kills 16 insurgents in major raid

Egyptian army kills 16 insurgents in major raid

-- 2018-02-12 11:50:35

Egypt’s military said on Sunday that sixteen insurgents were killed and four others arrested in a major security operation aimed at crushing militants behind a string of attacks. Sixty-six targ...

Bolivia Oruro carnival blast takes eight lives

Bolivia Oruro carnival blast takes eight lives

-- 2018-02-12 11:21:37

A gas canister used by a street vendor exploded during Oruro's famous carnival celebrations in Bolivia, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 40 others, authorities said. Several victi...

Sun to be cooler by 2050, study tells

Sun to be cooler by 2050, study tells

-- 2018-02-12 11:17:03

The sun might be unusually cool by 2050, according to a new study. Based on the cooling spiral of recent solar cycles, scientists from University of California, San Diego believe the next "grand-mini...

California private plane crash leaves four dead

California private plane crash leaves four dead

-- 2018-02-12 11:01:03

A small, home-built plane crashed near a mountain town in Southern California in the United States, killing four people on Sunday, authorities said. The private plane went down late Sunday morning in...

Tokyo school plans to adopt ‘expensive’ Armani uniforms

Tokyo school plans to adopt ‘expensive’ Armani uniforms

-- 2018-02-11 15:07:06

A public elementary school in Tokyo’s upscale shopping district of Ginza has raised parents’ eyebrows with a plan to adopt uniforms designed by Italian fashion brand Giorgio Armani for its...

US cops shot dead responding to 911 call

US cops shot dead responding to 911 call

-- 2018-02-11 14:55:39

Two police officers in the mid-western US state of Ohio was shot to death while responding to a 911 call at the Columbus suburb of Westerville on Saturday, officials said. A suspect was wounded in th...

SL local polls: Ex-leader’s party heading for victory

SL local polls: Ex-leader’s party heading for victory

-- 2018-02-11 14:17:33

A political party backed by Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa looks set for a landslide victory in local polls, early results showed on Sunday. The results are potentially undermin...

‘Polyploid cells can protect liver against cancer’

‘Polyploid cells can protect liver against cancer’

-- 2018-02-11 13:43:31

Polyploid cells in the liver can protect the liver against cancer, said researchers from the US University of Texas (UT) Southwestern on Friday. Researchers of the Children's Medical Center Research...

Thousands take to streets in Italy against racism

Thousands take to streets in Italy against racism

-- 2018-02-11 12:58:09

Thousands of people marched in an anti-racism rally in the Italian city of Macerata on Saturday, a week after a far-right extremist targeted African citizens in a racially motivated attack. An estima...

UK economy continues stable growth

UK economy continues stable growth

-- 2018-02-11 12:49:39

The British economy continues to show stable growth, with the uncertainties around Brexit failing to blunt GDP expansion, according to an economic research institute report. The British economy grew...

Colombia keen to build Venezuela financial rescue plan

Colombia keen to build Venezuela financial rescue plan

-- 2018-02-11 12:46:49

Colombia has contacted international lending agencies about devising a financial rescue plan worth up to $60 billion for neighbouring Venezuela if President Nicholas Maduro leaves power, Colombia&rsqu...

US Grand Canyon chopper crash kills three tourists

US Grand Canyon chopper crash kills three tourists

-- 2018-02-11 12:32:07

Three people have been killed and four others wounded after a tourist helicopter crashed in the United States’ one of the top tourist destinations, Grand Canyon on Saturday, Arizona media and a...

NASA giving finishing touch on atomic clock

NASA giving finishing touch on atomic clock

-- 2018-02-11 12:11:55

For 20 years, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been perfecting the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), an instrument perfect for deep space...

Mild tremor shakes South Korea

Mild tremor shakes South Korea

-- 2018-02-11 12:06:03

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook the North Gyeongsang province in southeast South Korea, the weather service said Sunday. The tremor hit an area, 5 km northwest of the northern district in the countr...

Merkel refuses to interfere with Polish Holocaust law

Merkel refuses to interfere with Polish Holocaust law

-- 2018-02-11 10:57:10

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declined to comment on a Polish law that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust. Merkel said on Saturday that she did not wan...

Boko Haram frees 13 hostages

Boko Haram frees 13 hostages

-- 2018-02-11 10:36:05

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has freed 13 hostages after the Nigerian authorities negotiated their release with the insurgents, Nigeria’s presidency said on Saturday. The kidnappings...

China lifts 13m people out of poverty each year

China lifts 13m people out of poverty each year

-- 2018-02-10 18:26:58

China lifts at least 13 million people out of poverty each year, according to the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development. The country's poverty rate dropped from 1...

India garment factory fire kills one

India garment factory fire kills one

-- 2018-02-10 15:57:28

A 35-year-old man died after a major fire broke out at a garment factory in the Indian capital Delhi Saturday, officials said. "The fire erupted at a jeans factory on Tank Road in central Delhi this...

Turkish police detain 31 ‘IS members’

Turkish police detain 31 ‘IS members’

-- 2018-02-10 15:26:17

Turkish police have detained 31 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul who were preparing to launch an attack, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. Police raided six addresses in...

Eiffel Tower remains shut as snowfall hits Paris

Eiffel Tower remains shut as snowfall hits Paris

-- 2018-02-10 15:12:18

Paris's Eiffel Tower, which attracts six million tourists every year, will remain closed until Sunday as a result of heavy snowfall in the city. The tower, a symbol of Paris, has been closed since Tu...

Merkel’s critics vow to block coalition projects

Merkel’s critics vow to block coalition projects

-- 2018-02-10 13:24:48

The business wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives vowed to block certain projects included in this week’s coalition agreement with the Social Democrats (SPD), as tensions roile...

Israel retaliates after Iran drone attack

Israel retaliates after Iran drone attack

-- 2018-02-10 12:20:45

Israel shot down an Iranian drone launched from Syria and in response also struck Iranian targets there on Saturday, the Israeli military said. “A combat helicopter successfully intercepted an...

Iraq seeks $100b for reconstruction

Iraq seeks $100b for reconstruction

-- 2018-02-10 12:03:09

Iraq seeks around $100 billion in foreign investment in transport, energy and agriculture as part of a plan to rebuild parts of the country and revive the economy after a three-year war on Islamic Sta...

Brief US govt shutdown ends

Brief US govt shutdown ends

-- 2018-02-10 11:59:59

A brief US government shutdown ended on Friday after Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law a temporary spending deal expected to push budget deficits past $1 trillion annually wit...

Militants attack India-controlled Kashmir army camp

Militants attack India-controlled Kashmir army camp

-- 2018-02-10 11:56:13

An army soldier and his daughter have been wounded after militants stormed a military camp in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday morning, said police. The gunmen, believed to be fidayeen (...

Libya mosque bombing claims three lives

Libya mosque bombing claims three lives

-- 2018-02-10 11:25:21

A twin bombing at a small mosque in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi has killed three people and wounded at least 48 others, medics said. The explosions occurred during Friday prayers at the mo...

Venezuelan exodus: Colombia beef up security on border

Venezuelan exodus: Colombia beef up security on border

-- 2018-02-10 09:52:53

Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to border crossings with Colombia after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced a tightening of controls. Only those who have registered for a special bo...

Stocks witness precipitous losses on political jitters

Stocks witness precipitous losses on political jitters

Babul Barman 2018-02-10 09:46:04

Stocks extended the losing streak for the second straight week that ended Thursday as investors were selling shares amid political tension. Analysts said the investors went for selling shares, keepin...