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January 25, 2019 8:44 PM

US Senate rejects two bills aimed at putting end to govt shutdown

<span style="color: #222222;">The US Senate has rejected two bills aimed at putting an end to partial government shutdown, that enters its 35th day today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style=&qu...

January 25, 2019 4:29 PM

NASA's Opportunity rover completes 15 years on Mars

<span style="color: #222222;">NASA's Opportunity rover has completed 15 years of its touchdown on the surface of Mars. The US space agency said it has travelled 45 kilometres and logged its 5,000th Martian day back in February 2018. John Callas, project manager f...

January 25, 2019 1:20 PM

Death toll reaches 107 in Mexico fiery pipeline explosion

In Mexico, the death toll from a fiery pipeline explosion in central Hidalgo state last week has reached 107 on Thursday, the government announced.<br />''<br />''<br />''Last Friday, the fuel-line in Hidalgo state was punctured...

January 25, 2019 12:46 PM

Floods & landslides killed at least 59 people in Indonesia

<br />''In Indonesia, floods and landslides have killed at least 59 people, in Sulawesi island the government said on Friday.<br />'' <br />''Heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks and inundate dozens of com...

January 25, 2019 9:12 AM

Around 61.7 mn affected due to extreme weather events in 2018: UN report

Earthquakes and tsunamis accounted for most of the 10,373 lives lost in disasters last year, while extreme weather events accounted for most of 61.7 million people affected by natural hazards, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has said.<br />''<br /&am...

January 25, 2019 9:02 AM

US orders non-emergency embassy staff to leave Venezuela

The United States has ordered its non-emergency embassy staff to leave Venezuela but refused to comply with a full expulsion demanded by Nicolas Maduro, who Washington says is no longer president.   <br />''<br />''<br ...

January 25, 2019 9:02 AM

Over 50 fighters killed in failed IS counterattack in east Syria

The Islamic State (IS) group made a failed attempt to retake a village from US-backed forces in eastern Syria leaving 50 fighters dead on both sides. The failed assault came a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the US-led coalition, took the village of Baghouz from IS.&n...

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