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US pushes oil embargo on N. Korea, takes aim at Kim Jong-Un

The United States on Wednesday asked the United Nations to slap an oil embargo on North Korea and freeze the assets of leader Kim Jong-Un, setting up a potential clash with Russia and China over how to respond to Pyongyang's sixth and biggest nuclear test. A draft Security Council resolution obtained by AFP demands not only a ban on oil and gas supplies to North Korea, but also an end to textile exports and to payments made to North Korean guest workers, cutting off revenue to Kim's regime. Ch
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Syria govt behind sarin gas attack in April: UN probe

This photo ? taken on April 04, 2017 ? shows destruction at a hospital room in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack. AFP/Omar Haj Kadour/Files GENEVA: United Nations war crimes investigators said Wednesday that they had evidence Syrian government forces were behind a chemical attack which killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April. In the first UN report to officially blame Damascus, the UN Commission of Inqui
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Oil up after Harvey fallout; Irma heads toward Florida

Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on Wednesday as strong global refining margins and the reopening of US Gulf Coast refineries provided a more bullish outlook after sharp drops due to Hurricane Harvey. But traders remained wary of Hurricane Irma, ranked as one of the five most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in the last 80 years, which was passing over the northernmost Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon and headed toward Florida at the weekend, raising concerns that it could knock out a major
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Disgraced mogul 'Pharma Bro' selling or breaking Wu-Tang album

Disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is selling his coveted single copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album -- but he might also destroy it. The 34-year-old businessman -- whose price hike of a critical HIV drug and smug demeanor have earned him the moniker "The Most Hated Man in America" -- in 2015 bought "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin," of which the celebrated rap ensemble made a sole edition. A month after his conviction for securities fraud, Shkreli late Tuesday put the album for sale on eB
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DNA test shows Spanish psychic is 'not Dali's daughter'

This photo ? taken on June 27, 2017 ? shows Spanish national Pilar Abel Martinez, who claimed to Salvador Dali's daughter, speaking during an interview in Barcelona. AFP/Lluis Gene/Files MADRID: A DNA test on the exhumed remains of Salvador Dali show he is not the father of a Spanish psychic claiming to be his illegitimate daughter, the Dali Foundation said Wednesday. A court had ordered Dali's exhumation to settle the paternity suit lodged by Pilar Abel, who would have been entitled to a shar
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Mayweather-McGregor gate receipts short of record

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor's money-spinning superfight failed to break the record for gate receipts at a Las Vegas boxing bout, figures released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission revealed Wednesday. The controversial August 26 fight raked in $55,414,865.79, well short of the $72,198,500 generated by Mayweather's 2015 "Fight of the Century" against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand. The Mayweather-McGregor bout, staged at the T-Mobile Arena, sold 13,094 tickets, well short of the v
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The '500 club' of Test matches

LONDON: England's James Anderson will start the third Test against the West Indies at Lord's on Thursday just three wickets away from becoming only the sixth bowler in history to take 500 Test wickets. Below are the five current members of one of the cricket's most exclusive clubs. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka/ICC) 800 wickets at an average of 22.72 in 133 Tests ? 1992-2010 Arguably cricket's most controversial bowler, Muralitharan's unorthodox action ? something he insisted was the resul
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Cognitive therapy found to cut 'cyberchondria' health anxiety

Up to 20 percent of UK hospital appointments for heart or brain scans and other exploratory tests are taken up by patients suffering from excessive health anxiety or hypochondria, experts said on Thursday. And while the problem is worsening - due in part to people with disproportionate health worries researching symptoms online in a phenomenon known as ?cyberchondria? - it can be effectively treated with psychological therapy, they said. Presenting results of a study of the condition, research
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Catalonia launches its independence challenge against Spain

Catalonia's regional parliament passed a law Wednesday paving the way for an independence referendum on October 1 which is fiercely opposed by Madrid, setting a course for Spain's deepest political crisis in decades. The looming showdown comes three weeks after jihadist attacks in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, and a seaside resort which killed 16 people and wounded more than 120. The law was adopted with 72 votes in favour and 11 abstentions after 12 hours of often stormy debate in the
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Thousands hit by malaria, dengue as South Asia's worst floods in a decade recede

Thousands of people are suffering from an outbreak of diarrhoea, malaria and dengue in Bangladesh and Nepal as the waters from the worst floods in a decade recede, officials and aid agencies said on Wednesday. More than 1,400 people have died in the floods that have swept South Asia over the past two months and tens of thousands are living in tents, schools and even just under tarpaulins. ?These people need our help, and we are doing all we can to meet their needs,? said Martin Faller, deputy
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FIFA orders SAfrica to replay Senegal WC qualifier

FIFA on Wednesday ordered a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be replayed after the referee was banned for match fixing. The November 2016 tie, which will be restaged in November, was won by South Africa 2-1 after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey awarded them a controversial penalty. Lamptey was initially suspended for three months by African football's ruling body CAF for awarding a penalty for a non-existant handball", with FIFA handing down the life ban in March. News
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China out of World Cup despite victory

China's faint hopes of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals in Russia finally ended on Tuesday, despite securing the victory they needed in Qatar with just 10 men. Syria's draw in Iran and Uzbekistan's goalless stalemate with South Korea meant that two late goals to secure a 2-1 win in Doha were ultimately futile in China's desperate bid to snatch a play-off place for next year's tournament. As well as coming from behind, China also took the lead after their captain Zheng Zhi had been s
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States file lawsuit challenging Trump decision on Dreamers

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announces the filing of a multistate lawsuit to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients at a press conference at John Jay College in New York City, US, September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney  NEW YORK: Fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump?s decision to end protections and benefits for young people who were brought into the United States illegally as child
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Pope prays for peace in Colombia, Venezuela

Pope Francis landed in Colombia on Wednesday to plead for lasting peace in a country moving towards the end of a half-century war, and praying for stability in its crisis-stricken neighbor Venezuela. The 80-year-old Argentine pontiff descended the steps of his plane at a military airport in Bogota and was greeted by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and a crowd waving white handkerchiefs. His visit comes two days after Colombia's government and the country's last active guerrilla group, t
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Trump Jr. to testify privately to US Senate committee Thursday

Donald Trump Jr. stands on stage with his father the now-US President Donald Trump after the latter's debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, US, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump?s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will testify privately to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as it investigates allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Trump Jr. had been invited to testi
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United will not face fines after passenger dragging incident: US official

A screen shows the schedule times of United at Newark International airport in New Jersey, US, November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Files WASHINGTON: The US government told United Continental Holdings Inc it would not face fines after a 69-year-old man was dragged from a flight in April, a US official said on Wednesday, a decision that was criticized by a passenger rights groups. The Transportation Department notified United of its decision in a May 12 letter made public on Wednesday by pa
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Huge protests in Togo for constitutional reform

A mass rally in Togo on Wednesday heaped pressure on President Faure Gnassingbe to enact constitutional reform, as opposition leaders warned against any attempt to delay change. Amnesty International country head Aime Adi told AFP "at least 100,000" were in the capital, Lome. Demonstrations also took place in the cities of Sokode, Dapaong and Kara and half a dozen other locations. Opposition party leader Jean-Pierre Fabre called the demonstration "unprecedented" and estimated that "more than
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One dead after light aircraft collides on Caernarfon runway

Emergency services were dispatched to Caernarfon Airport in Wales this evening following the plane crash. Image Courtesy: Mirror UK British Police said that one person died after a light aircraft collision at Caernarfon Airport in Wales on Thursday. The police said in a Facebook post that the pilot of the aircraft had died after it collided on the runway and caught fire. ?A cordon is in place around the site and we are urging the public to remain clear of the area to allow the emergency servi
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In Irma's path, Haitians face storm's fury alone

Poor Haitians have been left to face the fury of Hurricane Irma alone as authorities in Cap-Haitien showed little sign Wednesday of preparing for what forecasters say could be a catastrophic event. Irma, a Category Five storm with 185 mile-an-hour (300 kilometers per hour) winds, is on track to swipe Haiti's northern coast Thursday, but few Haitians in its path have been warned that it's coming. "It's thanks to word of mouth that we always learn about these things," said Josue Rosse, as he cro
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Facebook says likely Russian-based operation spent money on ads on issues

The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Files  SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said Wednesday it had found that an influence operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on ads promoting divisive social and political messages in a two-year-period through May. The dominant social network said that many of the ads promoted 470 ?inauthentic? accounts and pages that it has now suspended and the ads
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US demands crippling new North Korea sanctions

The United States on Wednesday demanded an oil embargo on North Korea and a freeze on the foreign assets of leader Kim Jong-Un, in a dramatic bid to force an end to the perilous nuclear stand-off. A draft US-authored resolution submitted to the UN Security Council would go far beyond seven previous rounds of sanctions -- and would rock Kim´s isolated authoritarian regime. The draft, obtained by AFP, demands not only an oil embargo and a freeze on any assets Kim holds abroad, but also a ban on
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Two dead, two left injured after Irma hits French Carribean Islands

PARIS: France said two people had been killed on St Barts and St Martin after the two eastern Caribbean islands were hit by Hurricane Irma, and announced it would set up an emergency fund to help them rebuild. "At the present moment, there are reports of two dead and two seriously injured," the French minister for overseas affairs, Annick Girardin, told the news channel BFMTV. "But obviously, the situation can change very, very quickly." Separately, French President Emmanuel Macron, after chai
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Pakistan?s power supply registers new record-high at 20,000 MW: Kh. Asif

BACKGROUND IMAGE: Power transmission towers are seen on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files  Minister of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif said late Wednesday night citing fresh statistics that power generation in Pakistan has achieved a new record-high as of 9 PM the same night. Asif posted a tweet just before 11 PM saying that the production of electricity was registered at 20,000 megawatts (MW) and that the country is almost nearing the completion of
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Myanmar plays diplomatic card to avert UN censure over Rohingya

Myanmar said on Wednesday it is negotiating with China and Russia to ensure they block any UN Security Council censure over the violence that has forced an exodus of nearly 150,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh in less than two weeks. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi blamed ?terrorists? for ?a huge iceberg of misinformation? on the strife in the northwestern state of Rakhine but, in a statement, she made no mention of the Rohingya who have fled. She has come under increasing pressure from coun
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London mayor tackles city's affordable housing crisis with purchase plan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks during a television interview during London Fashion Week Men's 2017 in London, Britain, January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files  LONDON: The mayor of London plans to spend £250 million ($326 million) buying land to tackle the city?s affordable housing crisis, which he described on Wednesday as the single biggest barrier to prosperity for Londoners. The money will be used to buy land to sell to homebuilders, and the proceeds used to purchase additional sites
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