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UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations
GENEVA, Aug 31 — Countries are legally obliged to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave trade, a United Nations […]
Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike
NAIROBI, Aug 31 — Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya’s main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day today. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport […]
South Korea court gives Unification Church leader 2 years prison
SEOUL, Aug 31 — A South Korean court sentenced the leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church today to two years in prison on charges of bribing officials, including the […]
Latest developments in the US-Iran war
PARIS, Aug 31 — The Middle East war has flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran today. Here are […]
Disaster authority confirms Nepal flood death toll reached 903, while missing number 4,247
KATHMANDU, Aug 31 — Devastating floods near the border with China have killed at least 903 people in Nepal, while the number of missing in the country has soared to […]
Trump calls for ‘punishment’ of NBC reporter
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 — President Donald Trump yesterday threatened a prominent NBC broadcast journalist with possible punishment by US media regulators as the Republican expressed disappointment with coverage of his […]
Latest missing persons update for Nepal-Tibet border flash floods: 3,048 missing
KATHMANDU, Aug 31 — More than 3,000 people were listed as missing yesterday, with at least 797 confirmed dead, after the flash floods and landslides that hit the Nepal-Tibet border. […]
Google Maps renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ in US — but not Canada
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 — Google redesignated Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on maps seen by US users yesteray after President Donald Trump announced he was renaming the body of water, […]
US strikes Iran for first time in a month, Tehran retaliates and reports casualties
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 — The United States said yesterday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in […]
India’s aviation boom faces turbulence amid safety concerns
MUMBAI, Aug 31 — One year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the airline sector as a symbol of a rising India poised to “soar to great heights”. Today, that optimism is […]