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Biden's new endorsement reflects battle for Latino support 23 Dec 2019 - 07:03 pm

Joe Biden’s presidential bid got a boost Monday from one of the leading Latinos in Congress, with the chairman of the Hispanic Caucus'...

Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD pioneer, dies at 88 23 Dec 2019 - 07:03 pm

MAUI, Hawaii: Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to...

Algeria's army chief dies after severe heart attack 23 Dec 2019 - 06:57 pm

Algiers : Algeria's army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah has died today of a heart attack at age 80, Algerian media reported on...

Actor Kevin Costner returns to Iowa to support Buttigieg 23 Dec 2019 - 05:20 pm

INDIANOLA: "Field of Dreams” actor Kevin Costner returned to Iowa on Sunday to go to bat for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, pitching...

Uzbekistan elects new parliament with no opposition 23 Dec 2019 - 02:53 pm

MOSCOW: Election officials in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan on Monday announced the preliminary results of a parliamentary vote that offered no...

India's main opposition party stages protest against new law 23 Dec 2019 - 02:04 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition party staged a silent protest in the capital on Monday against a contentious new citizenship law, a day...

Venice faces new exceptional flooding, but below peak 23 Dec 2019 - 01:44 pm

ROME: The Italian city of Venice is facing more intense floods on Monday while still recovering from the exceptional high tide that hit...

Three university students found dead in flooded Indonesian cave 23 Dec 2019 - 10:24 am

Bandung, Indonesia: Three university students were found dead in a cave in Indonesia after they were trapped inside by floodwaters, officials said Monday....

Winners of world's richest lottery 'El Gordo' celebrate 23 Dec 2019 - 12:43 am

Madrid: Winners of Spain's "El Gordo" lottery were celebrating Sunday after more than two billion euros were paid out as the lucky numbers...

Fazle Abed, founder of world's biggest non-government organisation BRAC, dies aged 83 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm

LONDON: Fazle Abed, the founder of BRAC, the world's largest non-governmental development organisation, died on Friday at the age of 83 in his...

Iran denies parole for UK-Iranian, rights activist 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm

Tehran: Iran's prosecutor general has denied conditional release for a jailed British-Iranian mother and a prominent human rights activist, a lawyer for the...

Texas man to be exonerated after DNA leads to new arrest 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm

HOUSTON: Authorities said they will begin the process to exonerate a Houston man who was convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing that investigators...

Australia's leader apologizes for vacation amid wildfires 22 Dec 2019 - 09:31 pm

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Sunday for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several states, destroying...

Trump has one of best weeks - apart from impeachment 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

Washington: Donald Trump kicked off Christmas vacation on Friday after a series of legislative victories gave him one of his best weeks in...

Trump hits out at evangelical magazine that called for his ouster 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump lashed out on Friday at a leading evangelical Christian publication after it published a scathing editorial that branded...

26 dead as Modi seeks to soothe India's Muslims over new citizenship law 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought Sunday to reassure India's Muslims as a wave of deadly protests against a new citizenship law...

GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

LINCOLN, Neb.: An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in...

Battles lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

WASHINGTON: The White House on Sunday signaled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial,...