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India bans e-cigarettes as global backlash at vaping gathers pace 18 Sep 2019 - 05:17 pm

NEW DELHI: India banned the sale of electronic cigarettes on Wednesday and warned of an "epidemic" among young people, in the latest and...

Trump taps hostage negotiator O’Brien for top security job 18 Sep 2019 - 04:59 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named US hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien as his choice to replace John Bolton as his national...

Fire at school outside Liberia's capital kills at least 27 18 Sep 2019 - 04:11 pm

PAYNESVILLE, Liberia: Police in Liberia say a fire at a Quranic school east of the capital, Monrovia, has killed at least 27 people...

Liberia school fire kills at least 26 children: presidency 18 Sep 2019 - 03:30 pm

Monrovia: A fire at a Koranic school near the Liberian capital Monrovia has killed at least 26 children and two teachers, the president's...

S.Africa court says spanking children unconstitutional 18 Sep 2019 - 03:19 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's highest court on Wednesday upheld a ruling that spanking or corporal punishment of children at home was unconstitutional, saying the...

'Flying' river taxi tests Seine waters in Paris 18 Sep 2019 - 02:45 pm

Paris: A "flying" electric river taxi hailed by its creators as the future of clean city transport is being put through a battery...

Suicide bomber detonates inside govt building in east Afghanistan 18 Sep 2019 - 12:56 pm

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber has detonated inside a government building in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Wednesday, with casualties feared in...

Afghanistan's Taliban tells teachers, students to block presidential elections or risk death 18 Sep 2019 - 12:32 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban insurgent group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying...

A panda is the mascot for the 2020 Beijing Winter Olympics 18 Sep 2019 - 12:19 pm

Beijing: A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing. The...

Scientists release sterile mosquitoes in Burkina to fight malaria 18 Sep 2019 - 12:02 pm

SOUROUKOUDINGA, Burkina Faso: Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics...

Tropical storm Imelda threatens Houston with three-day deluge 18 Sep 2019 - 11:43 am

Newly-named Tropical Storm Imelda, nearing Freeport, Texas, is headed toward Houston, the nation’s oil, refining and chemical hub, carrying as much as 10...

Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1 18 Sep 2019 - 10:03 am

Kuala Lumpur: Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality...

Cargo plane carrying four missing in eastern Indonesia 18 Sep 2019 - 09:59 am

Timika, Indonesia: An Indonesian cargo plane with four people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Wednesday, an official said, the...

UK Supreme Court to hear more arguments on suspension of parliament 18 Sep 2019 - 09:41 am

London: Britain's Supreme Court will continue hearing legal arguments on Wednesday from the government and its opponents on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

U2 announce first ever India concert 18 Sep 2019 - 09:06 am

New Delhi: Irish rockers U2 have announced they are to play their first ever concert in India, wrapping up the band's Joshua Tree...

Three people injured when car smashes into Trump Plaza lobby in New York suburb 18 Sep 2019 - 08:41 am

A car plowed into the main hall of a Trump Plaza in suburban New York on Tuesday night, causing minor injuries to two...

Haze closes Malaysia schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1 18 Sep 2019 - 08:28 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia closed more than 1,000 schools nationwide Wednesday and air quality worsened in Singapore days before the city's Formula One race,...