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Dozens feared trapped after Russian strike on Ukraine apartment building

Published On: July 11, 2022 09:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

CHASIV YAR/KYIV, Ukraine, July 11: Rescuers picked through the rubble of an apartment building in eastern Ukraine searching for two dozen people, including a child, feared trapped after a Russian rocket strike on the five-storey building killed 15 people.

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China regulator fines Alibaba, Tencent for disclosure violations

Published On: July 10, 2022 04:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

China has imposed fines on technology giants Alibaba (9988.HK) and Tencent (0700.HK) as well as a range of other firms for failing to comply with anti-monopoly rules on the disclosure of transactions, the country's market regulator said on Sunday.

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Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests

Published On: July 10, 2022 06:57 AM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, July 10: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.

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Sri Lanka protesters, angered by economic meltdown, storm president's house

Published On: July 9, 2022 04:41 PM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, July 9: Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo stormed the president's official residence and his secretariat on Saturday amid months of mounting public anger over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.

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Sri Lanka protesters storm president's house after clashing with police

Published On: July 9, 2022 02:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, July 9 : Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence on Saturday in one of the largest antigovernmental marches in the crisis-hit country this year.

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Sri Lanka police impose curfew, fire tear gas as unrest escalates

Published On: July 9, 2022 09:35 AM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, July 9: Police in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo imposed a curfew after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student protesters on Friday ahead of a planned weekend rally, as public discontent escalates over the worst economic crisis in seven decades.

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Japan's election campaigning to resume a day after Abe assassination

Published On: July 9, 2022 07:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, July 9: Campaigning in Japan was due to resume on Saturday in the final day of electioneering before polling for the upper house of parliament, even as the country reeled from the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman in an unusual act of political violence.

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Wastewater study technique finds virus variants sooner; many patients are using meds affected by Paxlovid

Published On: July 8, 2022 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.

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Shinzo Abe in "grave condition" after being shot during Japan election campaign

Published On: July 8, 2022 02:09 PM NPT By: Reuters

NARA, Japan, July 8: Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, was in grave condition on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with media saying a man opened fire with an apparently homemade gun.

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Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, shot and hospitalized

Published On: July 8, 2022 10:11 AM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, July 8: Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesman said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun.

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War looms large over G20 event as Russia meets rivals in Bali

Published On: July 8, 2022 07:23 AM NPT By: Reuters

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 8: G20 foreign ministers head to a joint summit on Friday that will put some of the staunchest critics of Russia invasion of Ukraine in the same room as Moscow's top diplomat, in the first such meeting since the war started in February.

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After scandals, Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister

Published On: July 7, 2022 06:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 7: Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers.

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Netflix greenlights a 'Stranger Things' spin-off series to help build a franchise

Published On: July 7, 2022 11:39 AM NPT By: Reuters

Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Wednesday it is developing a spin-off of science fiction series "Stranger Things" as the streaming service works to build its biggest English-language hit into a broad entertainment franchise.

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Transformations abound in new 'Thor' film

Published On: July 6, 2022 05:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

Twists and turns are in store for fans of Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love and Thunder," not least one from an unlikely new superhero.

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Scientists at CERN observe three "exotic" particles for first time

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nuclear research center CERN said on Tuesday.

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Netflix says 'Stranger Things' sets new viewing milestones

Published On: July 6, 2022 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

The latest season of Netflix Inc's (NFLX.O) "Stranger Things" has pushed total viewership for the series to more than 1.15 billion hours, the streaming service said on Tuesday.

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Dior takes a folksy turn at haute couture fashion week in Paris

Published On: July 5, 2022 12:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri set aside the shimmery jacquards and coatings of sequins — standard fare at Paris fashion shows — and homed in on craftsmanship of the needle-and-thread variety, applying elaborate, folksy-flavored flower embroideries to her haute couture lineup for the fall-winter season.

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine is in talks with Turkey, UN on grain exports

Published On: July 5, 2022 08:25 AM NPT By: Reuters

July 5: Ukraine is holding talks with Turkey and the United Nations to secure guarantees for grain exports from Ukrainian ports, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday.

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BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

Published On: July 4, 2022 05:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat.

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Harry Styles devastated over Denmark shooting, cancels concert

Published On: July 4, 2022 04:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

British singer Harry Styles said he was "heartbroken" and "devastated" over a deadly shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen on Sunday, after he cancelled a concert scheduled to take place in the city.

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