2 dead, 2 missing as rain pounds New Zealand’s largest city
AP :Police said Saturday that two people had died and two more were missing as record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing...
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Trump heads to New Hampshire, South Carolina in bid to jump-start campaign
Reuters :Former US President Donald Trump will swing through New Hampshire and South Carolina on Saturday in the first two stops of a presidential campaign...
5 dead, 12 missing after Cuba migrant boat sinks
AFP :Five people died and another 12 were unaccounted for after an improvised boat they were using to reach the United States from Cuba sank,...
Maldives ruling party holds high-stakes presidential primary
Al Jazeera :The Maldives’s governing party is set to hold a primary that is pitting incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih against his former ally and...
One killed in attack on Azerbaijan embassy in Iran
AFP :A man armed with a Kalashnikov shot dead an official in charge of security at Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran on Friday and wounded two...
Democratic senators call for ban on marketing guns to kids
AFP :Outraged Democratic lawmakers called Thursday for a halt to a marketing campaign aimed at children for a semi-automatic rifle called the JR-15.“What are we...
Blast kills at least 50 in north central Nigeria
Reuters :Dozens of cattle herders and bystanders were killed and several injured by a suspected bomb blast in Nigeria’s north central region, a state government...
Power surge crashes Pakistan grid, plunging millions into darkness
Reuters :Pakistan’s generators produced more power than was required on Monday, causing volta ge fluctuations that culminated in a system collapse that plunged 220 million...
Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death
AFP :US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern...
Israel strikes as rockets fired from Gaza
Reuters :Palestinian group on Friday fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel that were intercepted by missile defenses, and Israel then carried...
Myanmar junta sets out tough new rules for political parties
AFP :Myanmar’s junta on Friday gave political parties two months to re-register under a strict new electoral law written by the military, the latest sign...
Canada to send four combat-ready Leopard tanks to Ukraine
AFP :Canada said Thursday it will join the United States, Germany and other countries in supplying heavy tanks to Ukraine to fight off Russian forces,...