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[ "Why did this happen?\n\nPlease make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy.", "A 45-year old woman who lives in Iloilo city in the central Philippines has the virus, Dr Eric Taya...	The Zika virus outbreak in Singapore which has infected over 200 people likely evolved from Southeast Asia.
[ "RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Richmond-Times Dispatch is endorsing Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson for president.\n\nIn a lengthy editorial posted late Saturday night, the newspaper said the former New Mexico governor is a man of “good integrity, apparently normal ego and sound ideas.” Johnson met with the new...	The Richmond Times-Dispatch of Virginia is first to endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president and the first newspaper media endorsement of a third-party nominee in this election cycle.
[ "BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats were beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a north-eastern state election on Sunday, TV exit polls showed.\n\nIn a stinging defeat for Merkel in her home district that could weaken...	Voters in the federal German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern head to the polls in a regional election to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to gain strongly.
[ "Tensions were high as pro-democracy parties sought to maintain a majority of democratically elected seats in the Legislative Council that allows them to block certain legislation.\n\nPeople were still voting at some polling stations at 2 a.m. local time Monday morning, three and half hours after the 10:30 p.m. dea...	Voters in Hong Kong go to the polls for a Legislative Council election, the first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy street protests. Several young pro-independence candidates win seats in the election.
[ "KABUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, killing the last gunman holding out after an attack that began when a car bomber blew himself up in a prosperous business and residential area.\n\nPolice sealed off the centre of the city as they battled three a...	Two successive suicide bombers on foot kill at least 24 people and injure 91 others, including senior security and police officials, after striking close to the Afghan Ministry of Defence in Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility by disclosing the death of 58 officers and commanders. Another bombing took place not lo...
[ "Near-simultaneous bombings claimed by the Islamic State group struck in and around strongholds of the Syrian government and Kurdish troops Monday, killing at least 48 people in a wave of attacks that came a day after the militants lost a vital link to the outside world along the Syrian-Turkish border.\n\nThe IS-ru...	Several bombings kill at least 40 people in government and Kurdish held territory across Syria, including Tartus, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
[ "(CNN) It's not uncommon for Filipinos to have nicknames: sometimes holdovers from childhood; sometimes affectionately acquired as young adults.\n\nPhilippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald Dela Rosa's moniker -- \"Bato,\" which translates to \"the Rock,\" is one of the more apt -- an immovable, unbreakable obj...	With 2,400 people dead so far, Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines, says that "plenty will be killed" in the war against drugs.
[ "To mark what would have been Freddie Mercury‘s 70th birthday, Queen guitarist and actual astrophysicist Brian May announced that an asteroid orbiting around Mars and Jupiter has been named after the singer.\n\n“I’m happy to be able to announce that the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has tod...	An asteroid is named in honour of Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 70th birthday.
[ "Phyllis Schlafly is interviewed while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, in Washington, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.\n\nAssociated Press", "Phyllis Schlafly, the US conservative icon and grass-roots activist for traditional family roles who led the successful campaign against the Equal Rights Amen...	American Conservative icon Phyllis Schafly dies at the age of 92.
[ "Saudi formin says would go along with a freeze if oil producers agree one\n\nLONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would go along with a freeze in oil output if other producers agreed one but cautioned that Iran could foil any attempt to limit output.\n\n\"If there's a freeze, Saudi Arabia wil...	Russia and Saudi Arabia agree on a plan to manipulate oil output.
[ "MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will suspend more of the country’s mines for violating environmental regulations after already halting operations at 10 sites, the mining minister said on Monday, as the government wrapped up a seven-week review.\n\nThe Southeast Asian nation, the world’s top nickel ore supplier,...	The Duterte administration suspends more Philippine mines for violating environmental regulations.
[ "A parking garage under construction in northern Tel Aviv collapsed on Monday morning, killing two people and injuring 23 others lightly to moderately, police said.\n\nAt least five more people were reported missing and feared trapped inside the underground structure in the Ramat Hahayal neighborhood, on the corner...	A Tel Aviv, Israel, four story parking lot under construction collapses and kills at least two people and injures 18 others.
[ "Image copyright Reuters Image caption Political activists from the Oromo ethnic group are believed to be held in the jail\n\nAt least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held, the government has said.\n\nA government statement says 21 died ...	At least 23 inmates are killed in a fire and stampede at Kaliti Prison near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia during an attempted jailbreak.
[ "A meeting between US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in China on Monday had a ‘businesslike tone’ and went on longer than anticipated, a senior US administration official said.\n\n Obama and Putin discussed core issues on both the Syria and Ukraine crise...	U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin fail to agree on a peace deal regarding the Syrian civil war.
[ "VIENTIANE- Sept 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama canceled what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte described Obama in vulgar terms, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday.\n\nObama, who is in Laos for meetings with South Asian leaders, instead will meet wit...	U.S. President Barack Obama cancels a scheduled meeting with the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte referred to Obama as a "son of a whore", while adding "I am no American puppet", in response to Obama's recent criticism of his war on drugs.
[ "SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, South Korea’s military said, in a show of force timed to the G-20 economic summit in China.\n\nNorth Korea regularly engages in missile and rocket tests, especially when international attention is turned to Northeast As...	South Korea reports that North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
[ "Aiming to restrain China's unilateral advances in the South China Sea, Japan has decided to provide two large patrol vessels to the Philippines to help strengthen that country's maritime security capabilities.\n\nJapan will provide 90-meter (295-foot) patrol vessels, the largest that Japan has ever provided to ano...	Chinese vessels are seen positioned near the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the coast of the Philippines.
[ "Kerry Brown is professor of Chinese Studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London, and an Associate Fellow of the Asia programme at Chatham House. The opinions expressed in this article belong to the author.\n\n(CNN) The Hong Kong elections for the city's Legislative Council held Sunday...	Nathan Law becomes the youngest-ever Hong Kong legislator at age 23.
[ "What If: Could Gary Johnson get hot and play the spoiler?\n\nPHOENIX (AP) — Unpopular among many Americans, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have opened the door for a third-party spoiler in the presidential campaign — and just as Gary Johnson is starting to warm up.\n\nVoters like Carlos Moreno could help him cat...	Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson qualifies in Connecticut giving him ballot access to 48 states.
[ "(CNN) Philae, the little space robot that has captured hearts around the world, was thought to be forever lost.\n\nBut delighted scientists announced Sunday that the European Space Agency's comet lander has come back from the cosmic dead.\n\nNew images downloaded from the Rosetta probe in orbit around the awkwardl...	The European Space Agency's robotic lander Philae is discovered wedged in a crack between some rocks in the shadow of a cliff on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta space probe after being lost since 2014.
[ "VIENTIANE: US President Barack Obama urged Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte Thursday to conduct his crime war “the right way”, as the pair clashed at an Asian summit over the crackdown that has claimed 3,000 lives.\n\nThe showdown was a fitting climax to a brutal few days of diplomacy that began with the famously...	Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declares a state of emergency in the whole country. In a warning to Abu Sayyaf, Duterte says "I will eat you alive."
[ "Explosions and erratic gunfire rang out Tuesday in an ongoing militant attack on a Kabul charity, which erupted hours after a Taliban double bombing killed at least 24 people and left dozens of others wounded.\n\nAt least one person died in the assault on a charity called Pamlarena, which means care in Pashto, but...	A suicide bomber attacks a charity in the Kabul suburb of Shāre Naw with the Taliban claiming responsibility.
[ "BANGKOK (Reuters) - A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of a Thai elementary school as parents were dropping off their children on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the troubled south.\n\nThe bomb went off in Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-majority province...	A motorcycle bomb kills a father and daughter outside an elementary school in Narathiwat province.
[ "\"In total there are less than a handful of URLs out of millions of proven piracy URLs reported for taking down by error,\" Wang said in an email. \"None of the four URLs on legitimate sites were ever removed because it's an obvious error.\"", "Warner Brothers has taken its piracy policing to the extreme by repo...	Warner Brothers is accused of self-censorship after it tagged its own websites for copyright infringement through the search engine Google.
[ "Bayer AG BAYRY 1.19% raised its offer to buy Monsanto Co. and create a new global leader in seeds and pesticides, though the German firm said the higher price depended on achieving a “negotiated transaction.”\n\nBayer, which has been discussing a deal with Monsanto since mid-May, said it would pay $127.50 a share ...	Bayer reproposes to buy Monsanto at a new exchange of US$65 billion including debt.
[ "Fox News prizes stability. But right now the proverbial ground there is shaking as a result of the Roger Ailes sexual harassment scandal.\n\nGreta Van Susteren's sudden departure from the network is just the latest aftershock. Uncertainty abounds -- not so much about the business, which remains rock solid, but abo...	Fox News On The Record host Greta Van Susteren leaves the channel after 14 years.
[ "Tropical storm Newton, located 350 kilometers southeast of Cabo San Lucas, has reached hurricane strength, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) said at 4:00pm CDT.\n\nThe federal government has issued a hurricane warning for the west coast of Baja California Sur from north of Puerto Cortés to Cabo San...	Hurricane Newton makes its way towards the resort town of Los Cabos, Mexico.
[ "Flooding following heavy rain has killed 60 people and left over 44,000 homeless in North Korea, the United Nations said on Tuesday, after the country reported that a northeastern river suffered its worst-ever flood.\n\nAdvertising\n\nPyongyang said the Tumen river, which partially marks the border with China and ...	The death toll rises to at least 114 as 60 more people are killed in floods after the typhoon hits North Korea, displacing over 44,000 people. Fifteen people are also missing.
[ "The average time it takes to test and develop a new drug takes about 12 years – but when a virus without any known treatment starts to cause fetal development complications in pregnant mothers, that development process is 12 years and 9 months too late\n\nHowever, according to the work of a diverse research team a...	A new infection of the Zika virus spreads to the Philippines.
[ "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption In 2006, Isabelle Dinoire described the moment she saw her disfigured face\n\nThe first-ever person to have a face transplant, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, has died, French doctors say.\n\nIn 2005, surgeons gave her a new nose and mouth after she was disf...	Isabelle Dinoire, who received the world's first face transplant, is reported to have died from cancer at the age of 49 in April 2016.
[ "Xieng Khoung, Laos (CNN) For two years after the accident, Yei Yang refused to leave his home.\n\n\"I couldn't farm, I couldn't go to see friends, as they might be afraid of me,\" Yang tells CNN.\n\n\"I didn't want to live.\"\n\nYang was just 22 and burning rubbish near his village in the province of Xieng Khoung ...	Laos prepares to host the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit.
[ "He walked near the river of Mekong where women sell coconut drinks and tasted the local refreshment, posing for photographs and conversing with locals.\n\nObama arrived in Laos Tuesday morning (September 6), becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit landlocked Laos, where the United States waged a \"secre...	Barack Obama pledges US$90 million to clear Laos of unexploded ordnance dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War.
[ "Nearly 27 Years After Abduction, Jacob Wetterling's Remains Have Been Found\n\nEnlarge this image toggle caption Craig Lassig/AP Craig Lassig/AP\n\nNearly 27 years ago, Jacob Wetterling was abducted at gunpoint while out for a bike ride with his brother and a friend in St. Joseph, Minn. The masked assailant let th...	About 27 years after his abduction, the remains of Jacob Wetterling are discovered.
[ "NEW YORK – (BUSINESS WIRE) – 21st Century Fox today issued the following statement announcing it has settled Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit.\n\n“21st Century Fox is pleased to announce that it has settled Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit. During her tenure at Fox News, Gretchen exhibited the highest standards of journalism ...	21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, settles a sexual harassment case by Gretchen Carlson for US$20 million.
[ "Image copyright AP Image caption Mr Cosby (R) at Wednesday's hearing\n\nA judge in Pennsylvania has set a trial date for Bill Cosby, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.\n\nFormer Temple University employee Andrea Constand alleges the 79-year-old entertainer drug...	A judge in Pennsylvania schedules the dates for the trial of accused U.S. comedian Bill Cosby.
[ "German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday defended her government's handling of the refugee crisis, but said the poor election result showed there was work to be done to win back voter confidence.\n\n\"I am very unsatisfied with the outcome of the election,\" Merkel told reporters on the sidelines of the G-20 summ...	German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her stance regarding the European migrant crisis despite her party losing in the key election.
[ "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption John Pienaar looks back at Keith Vaz's political career\n\nLabour MP Keith Vaz has stepped down as chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee.\n\nIt follows newspaper claims he paid for the services of two male sex workers.\n\nHe said: \"It is in the be...	British MP Keith Vaz quits the Home Affairs Select Committee following allegations that he had engaged in sexual activity with male prostitutes.
[ "Giant storms that wreak havoc across China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines have grown 50% stronger in the past 40 years due to warming seas\n\n\n\n\n\nThe destructive power of the typhoons that wreak havoc across China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines has intensified by 50% in the past 40 years due to warming s...	A study concludes that typhoons in Asia are becoming stronger.
[ "(CNN) There's mixed news in the animal kingdom, as one beloved species celebrates increased numbers and another slips closer to extinction.\n\nThese developments come from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species , which assesses a species' conservation status.\n\nFirst, th...	The giant panda is removed from IUCN's endangered species list but is replaced by the Eastern gorilla.
[ "San Francisco 49ers fullback Bruce Miller has been arrested for assault, reports KTVU, Fox's local affiliate in San Francisco.\n\nFollowing reports of Miller's arrest, the team announced on Monday that the five-year veteran had been released.\n\nMiller, 29, reportedly tried to check into the Fisherman's Wharf Marr...	San Francisco 49ers football player Bruce Miller is charged with assault.
[ "This story contains graphic images, including some of child victims.\n\n(CNN) Fresh airstrikes rained down Wednesday on a rebel-held neighborhood in Syria's east Aleppo, killing two people at a market where an alleged chlorine gas attack injured more than 100 people a day earlier, an activist told CNN.\n\nThe two ...	A chlorine attack in Aleppo on Tuesday injures more than 100 people. The blast from barrel bombs dropped kills one person.
[ "A gang brought down a helicopter during a police operation in Mexico's troubled western state of Michoacan on Tuesday, killing the pilot and three officers, the governor said.\n\nThe aircraft was backing an operation to arrest leaders of criminal groups when the \"official helicopter was downed\" in an area with r...	A gang shoots down a police helicopter near Apatzingán, Michoacán, killing four people. The police had been conducting an operation against criminal groups and drug cartels.
[ "Image copyright PA Image caption Madonna and Ritchie married in 2000 and divorced eight years later\n\nMadonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie have settled a court dispute over the custody of their 16-year-old son Rocco.\n\nA spokesman for the New York State court system said the pair had reached an agreement, but did ...	The American pop star Madonna agrees on a settlement with her former husband Guy Ritchie over their son.
[ "next Image 1 of 3\n\nprev next Image 2 of 3\n\nprev Image 3 of 3\n\nLawyers for the Philippine government and heirs of Ferdinand Marcos say the late dictator is qualified to be buried at a heroes' cemetery as a former president and war veteran despite opposition from his regime's victims.\n\nSolicitor General Jose...	The Duterte administration defends its decision to bury the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippine heroes' cemetery.
[ "Image copyright Mbl.is/Hallur Mar Hallsson Image caption The sword was handed over to heritage officials on Monday\n\nA group of Icelandic goose hunters got more than they bargained for during a recent outing - they didn't catch a single bird, but stumbled upon a Viking sword thought to be more than 1,000 years ol...	Hunters discover a 1000-year-old sword in Iceland.
[ "Image copyright AP Image caption Ackerson Meadow is home to endangered wildlife\n\nYosemite National Park in California is to gain a 400-acre addition, its largest expansion in nearly 70 years.\n\nAckerson Meadow features wetlands and rolling hills that are home to endangered wildlife, park officials quoted by AP ...	The U.S. Yosemite National Park expands by 400 acres.
[ "James Titcomb has filed his latest dispatch live from San Fransisco, and it's a hands on with the new iPhone 7 Plus. Here's what he thinks:\n\nI’ve been able to barge my way through the throngs to have a quick play with the new iPhone 7 Plus, and collected some initial thoughts. The first thing to say is that to t...	Apple announces the release of the iPhone 7 along with the Apple Watch 2.
[ "A Chinese airline has come under fire after reportedly warning passengers to exercise caution when visiting areas of London \"mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people\".\n\nThe advice in Air China's inflight magazine came to light after Beijing-based journalist Haze Fan posted a picture of the arti...	Air China receives criticism in the United Kingdom after it releases an advertisement warning passengers from visiting areas of London populated by blacks, Indians and Pakistanis.
[ "Image copyright EPA\n\nUS firm Liberty Media has confirmed it is buying the racing business Formula 1 for $4.4bn (£3.3bn).\n\nThe move ends years of speculation about the ownership of the company.\n\nBernie Ecclestone will remain as chief executive but Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox, will become th...	Liberty Media confirms it is buying Formula One for US$4.4 billion; however, Bernie Ecclestone will remain as chief executive.
[ "PTI By\n\nNIAMEY: At least 38 people have been killed and more than 92,000 left homeless since June in disastrous floods in Niger, the United Nations have said.\n\nThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the deaths, up from a previous government toll of 14, followed torrential rains in Augu...	Flooding in Niger kills at least 38 people and leaves more than 92,000 people displaced.
[ "US senate blocks Zika funding for third time\n\nUS Senate Democrats blocked a $1.1 billion bill to combat the Zika virus for a third time after Republicans inserted provisions that would end funding for a major abortion provider.\n\nReturning from a seven-week break to the measure with which the last Senate sessio...	Malaysia reports its first pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus.
[ "VIENTIANE: US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal’s ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China Sea, driving tensions higher in a territorial row that threatens regional security.\n\nThe dispute has raised fears of military confrontation between the world’s sup...	The Duterte administration accuses China of building a "secret island" on the Scarborough Shoal.
[ "Image copyright AP Image caption Nabeel Rajab says he has been detained since the beginning of the summer\n\nThe US State Department has urged Bahrain to immediately release the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.\n\nA spokesman said the US was \"very concerned\" about Mr Rajab's detention and charges fi...	The Obama administration urges Bahrain to free Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist.
[ "This story is from September 7, 2016\n\nthe annual haj pilgrimage\n\nlogistics fell apart\n\nwar of words\n\n'Evil' Saudi royals don't deserve to manage holy sites\n\ncriticised Saudi Arabia\n\ncrush last year\n\nSons of \"magus\"\n\n\"Bigotry\"\n\nDUBAI: The bitter war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia inten...	The top cleric of Saudi Arabia says Iranians "are not Muslims."
[ "Story highlights A Russian fighter jet came within 10 feet of a US aircraft\n\nRussia has a long history of similar intercepts, which the Pentagon has protested\n\nWashington (CNN) A Russian fighter jet made an \"unsafe close-range intercept\" of a US aircraft over the Black Sea Wednesday, coming within 10 feet of...	A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet makes an "unsafe close-range intercept" of a United States Navy P-8A Poseidon over the Black Sea in international airspace, coming within 10 feet (3.3 m) of the U.S. aircraft.
[ "Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is facing local charges over her actions at an anti-pipeline protest in North Dakota.\n\nAuthorities in Morton County filed warrants Wednesday for the arrests of Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka, on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief, both misdemea...	The sheriff's department of Morton County, North Dakota, issues arrest warrants for United States Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, and her running-mate, Ajamu Baraka on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief. The county sheriff's department says that Stein and Baraka vandalized equipment at a...
[ "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mossack Fonseca said it had been hacked by servers based abroad\n\nDenmark will buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, Taxation Minister Karsten Lauritzen has announced.\n\nAn anonymous offer to sell data involving up to 600 Danish ci...	Denmark's government plans to buy the leaked Panama Papers containing Danish citizens.
[ "LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon’s President Ali Bongo shrugged off growing international pressure on Wednesday to recount last week’s disputed election, saying it was a matter for the constitutional court to decide.\n\nGabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba votes during the presidential election in Libreville, Gabon, Au...	Ali Bongo Ondimba rejects calls for a recount.
[ "Story highlights Freshly uncovered footprints found on a busy Western Australian beach\n\nPaleontologist says they may have come from four-meter long carnivore\n\n(CNN) Everyone knows you have to watch out for sharks on Australian beaches -- but what about dinosaurs?\n\nA 130-million year old dinosaur footprint ha...	A beachgoer in Australia discovers dinosaur footprints believed to be around 130 million years old while combing the shore for shells.
[ "More than 4,000 para-athletes are in Rio for the 2016 Paralympic Games - the first time this event has been held in Latin America.\n\nWhile sport takes centre-stage for the fortnight, organisers are hoping the Games will also serve as a catalyst for social change in Rio.\n\nBeach for Everyone, a project launched 1...	The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, i.e., (parallel Olympic Games), open in Rio de Janeiro.
[ "Hundreds of Taliban militants stormed a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan on Thursday and were fighting on multiple fronts with government forces, officials said.\n\nAfghan officials deployed reinforcements to Tarin Kot, in Uruzgan province, and Afghan and U.S.-led NATO warplanes were carrying out airstri...	Taliban militants storm the city of Tarinkot, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's Urozgan Province, with fighting reported on multiple fronts throughout the city. Local officials flee to the nearby Tarinkot Airport for shelter.
[ "An American flag that turned up in Washington state two years ago is believed to be the flag that was raised by firefighters above the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.\n\nThe Everett Police Department, with help from forensic experts, made the assessment after the flag turned up in 2...	The Police Department of Everett, Washington, identifies and returns the American flag from the September 11 attacks to Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site in New York City.
[ "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The ANC ordered the cars, believing it would be re-elected\n\nA new mayor in South Africa says he will give away a fleet of new luxury cars ordered by his predecessors.\n\nSolly Msimanga, from the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), said the vehicles would instead be giv...	Solly Msimanga, newly elected Democratic Alliance mayor of Tshwane, South Africa, rejects a fleet of luxury cars for himself and instead donates it to the city's police.
[ "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wells Fargo has long been the envy of the banking industry for its ability to sell multiple products to the same customer, but regulators on Thursday said those practices went too far in some instances.\n\nThe largest U.S. bank by market capitalization will pay $185 million in penalties and ...	International banking company Wells Fargo agrees to pay $190 million, including $100 million to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (largest ever for the agency), to settle a case involving deceptive sales that pushed customers into fee-generating accounts they never requested. The bank fired 5,300 employees ...
[ "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption First look at a Great Plague skeleton\n\nDNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London's Great Plague.\n\nThe plague of 1665-1666 was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain, killing nearly a quarter o...	German scientists confirm that the cause of the Great Plague of London from 1665–1666 was Yersinia pestis (cause of the Bubonic plague).
[ "Zimbabwe's High Court has overturned a two-week ban on protests in the capital following a legal challenge from political activists.\n\nPolice banned rallies in Harare and the surrounding district on Thursday, after several violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks.\n\nBut Judge...	The High Court of Zimbabwe overturns bans on protests in Harare.
[ "Image copyright Courtesy: Hindustan Times Image caption Preeti Rathi's parents grieve over a photograph of their daughter\n\nA man in the Indian city of Mumbai has been sentenced to death for a fatal acid attack on a woman at a busy railway station three years ago, in what is being seen as a legal landmark.\n\nPre...	A court in the Indian city of Mumbai convicts and sentences Ankur Panwar to the death penalty for a fatal acid-throwing attack.
[ "\"Right now, we think we've got some nut, who in the midst of one of our most emotional times here at our school started calling in these threats,\" Dodson said at an afternoon news conference, adding, \"Basically, he's what we're looking for right now.\"", "\"The shooter appears to have shot herself,\" Brewster...	A female student at Alpine High School in Texas, U.S., shoots herself dead in what appeared to be an "active shooter" event, resulting in a student and police officer being injured.
[ "Story highlights Teachers are accused of having links to Kurdish militants\n\nEducation Ministry: Number of suspended teachers could reach 14,000\n\nIstanbul (CNN) Turkey has suspended thousands of teachers over alleged links to a militant Kurdish group, according to sources and state-run news agency Anadolu.\n\nA...	Turkey suspends 11,500 teachers over alleged links to separatist terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) a week before the start of school.
[ "Move follows standoff in capital Yerevan between police and armed men, and could pave way for a coalition government\n\nThis article is more than 3 years old\n\nThis article is more than 3 years old\n\nThe prime minister of Armenia has announced his resignation following weeks of civil unrest and a sharp economic ...	Hovik Abrahamyan resigns as Prime Minister of Armenia citing civil unrest and a sharp economic downturn.
[ "Why did this happen?\n\nPlease make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy.", "Municipal bonds are yet to take off in India even as the Centre and the Securities and Exchange Boa...	A high court in the State of Palestine suspends upcoming municipal elections.
[ "Uzbekistan's parliament has appointed Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev as interim president after the death of Islam Karimov last week, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Thursday.\n\nMirziyoyev had been tipped as a favourite to succeed the late Karimov, who governed Uzbekistan with an iron fist since first...	Uzbekistan’s parliament appoints Shavkat Mirziyoyev as interim president after the death of President Islam Karimov.
[ "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday named a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general as the government’s first federal cyber security chief, a position announced eight months ago that is intended to improve defenses against hackers.\n\nGregory Touhill’s job will be to protect government networks and...	The Obama administration chooses retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Gregory Touhill the first federal CISO chief, who reports to the CIO of the U.S. Tony Scott.
[ "This story is from September 8, 2016\n\nGSLV-F05 lifts off from Sriharikota on Sept 8, 2016 (TOI pic by B A Raju)\n\nINSAT-3DR\n\nMastering cryogenic technology\n\nSRIHARIKOTA: More than two decades after the Indian cryogenic engine programme was formalised, an indigenous cryogenic engine developed by Indian Space...	The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches its meteorological satellite INSAT-3DR into a geostationary transfer orbit atop its GSLV Mk II launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
[ "Cape Canaveral, Florida (CNN) NASA on Thursday evening launched a space probe called OSIRIS-REx to chase down a dark, potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu . The probe will take a sample of the asteroid and -- in a US space first -- bring the sample back to Earth.\n\n\"NASA did it again!\" Jim Green, Planeta...	The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. The mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu and in 2023 to return a sample to Earth for detailed analysis. If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. spacecraft to return ...
[ "Image copyright Reuters\n\nIt is a famous, gentle giant of the African savannah, but the giraffe's genetics have just revealed that there is not one species, but four.\n\nGiraffes have previously been recognised to be a single species divided into several sub-species.\n\nBut this latest study of their DNA suggests...	Genetic tests show that the genus giraffa, previously thought to contain one extant species, actually consists of four.
[ "CLOSE The suspension stems from robbery claims that Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers made while in Rio for the summer Olympics. USA TODAY Sports\n\nRyan Lochte was suspended on Thursday for 10 months by the USOC and USA Swimming. (Photo: Rob Schumacher, USA TODAY Sports)\n\nTwelve-time Olympic medalist Ry...	American swimmer Ryan Lochte agrees to a 10-month suspension while his other colleagues get four.
[ "Story highlights There was a firefight on the ground in which seven enemy fighters were killed\n\nThe university has become a target of Taliban-linked insurgents in recent weeks\n\nWashington (CNN) A few days after an American and Australian were kidnapped from American University in Kabul last month, US Special O...	United States Navy SEALs, by high altitude parachuting, fail in a rescue attempt after the team does not find the American and Australian hostages who were kidnapped in Kabul last month.
[ "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed late on Friday in two suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State at a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.\n\nMore than 40 people were wounded in the attack at Nakheel Mall across from the oil ministry, the sources said. One bomb went off ...	Twin suicide bombings at the Nakheel Mall in eastern Baghdad kill 12 people and injure more than 40 others. ISIL claims responsibility.
[ "CLOSE Norway's largest newspaper accused Mark Zuckerberg of abusing his power after Facebook removed the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo from a post. Time\n\nNine-year-old Kim Phuc, center, ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing a napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places in Vietnam on June 8, 1972. (P...	The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten accuses Facebook of censorship because of the website's decision to remove the iconic Vietnam War–era photo "napalm girl" as child pornography.
[ "Sass as a Strategy: How Netflix’s Twitter Became Just as Entertaining as Its Shows and Movies", "General Motors Co. is recalling about 4 million vehicles worldwide to fix an air bag software defect that has been linked to one death.\n\nThe company said Friday that in rare cases, the car's computers can go into t...	General Motors recalls 4.3 million vehicles after a defect in the software for the airbag led to one fatality.
[ "A longtime Volkswagen engineer from Southern California pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he helped design and implement a software system that enabled the German automaker’s diesel engines to defeat emissions tests.\n\nThe plea is the first from a staffer involved in the cheating scandal, and it signals ...	An engineer from Volkswagen pleads guilty for his role in the emissions cheating scandal.
[ "BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on the legal challenges and coordination of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline (all times local):\n\nHundreds of people have gathered in three states in a show of solidarity with protesters trying to halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that will move oil from...	A U.S. federal judge denies a request to stop construction of a pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Reservation of the Sioux people.
[ "BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has said he'll rule by Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's lawsuit that challenges federal permits for the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges that the pipeline, which would be placed less than a mile upstream of the reservation, could...	Following this ruling, and to head off an immediate confrontation, the Obama administration temporarily suspends further construction of the pipeline on U.S. Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe, and asks the Dakota Access construction company to voluntarily pause all work within 20 miles of the lake.
[ "LEGAZPI CITY—The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday raised the alert level over Mt. Mayon in Albay province from zero to 1 after it observed abnormalities around the volcano.\n\nEd Laguerta, resident volcanologist of Phivolcs here, said 146 earthquakes had been recorded in ar...	The alert level for the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines is increased after more than a hundred earthquakes were detected in its vicinity.
[ "Image copyright EPA Image caption The mangled front coach of the Portuguese train near O Porrino station\n\nAt least four people have been killed and 47 hurt in a train derailment near O Porrino in north-western Spain.\n\nAbout 60 passengers were on the Portuguese train when it derailed at 09:30 (07:30 GMT) just o...	A train derails at a station in the town of O Porriño in Galicia, Spain, killing at least four people.
[ "After Cable Cars Got Stuck In The Alps, Dozens Spent Night Suspended In Midair\n\nEnlarge this image toggle caption Luca Bruno/AP Luca Bruno/AP\n\nOn Thursday night, a series of cable cars traveling over the Mont Blanc Alpine Massif stopped working — leaving more than 100 tourists stranded, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley...	More than a hundred tourists in the French Alps spend an evening suspended in midair inside cable cars that ceased to move.
[ "(CNN) Planes completed aerial spraying for mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus early Friday in the Miami area, despite concerns over possible effects that the insecticide Naled may have on health and the environment.\n\nSince the mosquito that carries Zika is most active at predawn and at sunset, all spraying must ...	Miami Beach authorities begin spraying for the Zika virus despite protests.
[ "SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday that North Korea’s nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state’s fifth and biggest nuclear test, carried out in defiance of U.N. sanctions.\n\nNorth Korea conducted the test on Friday and said it had mastered the abilit...	A 5.3 magnitude seismic event recorded in North Korea is confirmed to be the result of a nuclear weapons test.
[ "The possibility of Irish unity must be considered in Britain’s negotiations to leave the EU, so that both parts of a unified Ireland could be part of the EU, the Taoiseach has told a high-level British-Irish conference.\n\nEnda Kenny said that achieving Irish unity, by purely peaceful means and by consent, is a ly...	Taoiseach Enda Kenny says that Irish unity must be considered in Brexit talks.
[ "The Crimean peninsula can never be returned to Ukraine, notwithstanding the fact that it was “annexed,” Czech President Milos Zeman said in answering a reader’s question in the Czech newspaper Parlamentni Listy.\n\n“[Nikita] Khrushchev committed an unforgivable stupidity and the world’s politicians acknowledge tod...	Czech President Milos Zeman says in an interview that the Crimean peninsula can never be returned to Ukraine, notwithstanding the fact that it was de facto annexed by Russia.
[ "Congress on Friday approved a bill that would allow the victims of 9/11 to sue the government of Saudi Arabia – putting lawmakers on a collision course with the White House.\n\nThe House passed the legislation by voice vote on Friday, months after the Senate OK'd the measure back in May. The bill heads soon to Pre...	The United States Congress passes a law allowing families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. U.S. president Barack Obama threatens to veto it.
[ "Why did this happen?\n\nPlease make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy.", "BANGKOK: Fighting terrorism and cracking down on smuggling across their restive border will top the...	Elections in Malaysia are to occur in 2017 as efforts to challenge the legitimacy of Najib Razak mount.
[ "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption John Kerry: \"If this arrangement holds then we will see a significant reduction in violence across Syria\"\n\nRussia and the US have agreed to co-ordinate air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, part of a detailed agreement to reduce the violence...	The U.S. Obama administration and the Russian Putin administration agree to a Syrian peace deal. The deal is intended to end combat in specified areas and create a joint center of combat to fight ISIL and Al-Nusra Front.
[ "13 dead, 200 injured in Tanzania earthquake: local official\n\nAt least 13 people were killed and 203 injured in northwest Tanzania when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country Saturday, local authorities told AFP.\n\n\"The toll has climbed from 11 people dead to 13 and from 192 injured to 203,\" said Deodatus ...	A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 200 others. Tanzanian authorities report significant damage in the town of Bukoba. The governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda report tremors.
[ "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption ABC News footage of the moment President Reagan was shot in March, 1981\n\nJohn Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, has been released from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.\n\nMr Reagan and three others were injur...	The District Court for the District of Columbia releases John Hinckley Jr, U.S. President Ronald Reagan's March 1981 would-be assassin, from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.
[ "Photo: RNZI / Sally Round\n\nPhoto: RNZI\n\nThe leaders of Fiji's two opposition parties and a prominent trade unionist remained in police custody on Sunday morning, after they were arrested on Saturday over utterances at a meeting regarding the 2013 constitution in an incident that has alarmed human rights groups...	Fiji authorities detain two opposition party leaders, a prominent trade unionist, and another opposition activist, following their participation in Wednesday's forum on the Pacific island's 2013 constitution. A police spokesperson told the Fiji Times that several people were being questioned about comments made at the ...
[ "Kerber is the first German to win the US Open since Steffi Graf in 1996\n\nGermany's Angelique Kerber backed up her status as the new world number one with a thrilling win over Czech Karolina Pliskova in the US Open final.\n\nKerber, 28, won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in New York to add the US Open to her victory at the Australi...	In tennis, German Angelique Kerber defeats Czech Karolína Plíšková in three sets to win the 2016 US Open women's singles title.
[ "Scores of people have died following a series of airstrikes in the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Idlib - hours after the US and Russia announced plans for a nationwide ceasefire to begin on Monday.\n\nIn Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 58 people were killed in a series of bombings, including one ...	Before a ceasefire takes effect tomorrow, over 100 people have been killed and over 100 injured in airstrikes on rebel-held Idlib.
[ "BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to east Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized at least two key oil ports from a rival force loyal to the U.N.-backed government, risking a new conflict over the OPEC nation’s resources.\n\nA general view of pipelines at the Zueitina oil terminal in Zueitina, west...	Forces loyal to Libyan general and former US citizen Khalifa Haftar, commander of the elected Council of Deputies military, seize control of the ports of Sidra, Ra's Lanuf, Brega and Zuwetina.

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