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Space becomes first China's first private firm to put satellite into orbit

A Beijing-based startup has won the first major battle of China's space race, becoming the first private Chinese company to launch a rocket into orbit. The st...

Locals and tourists flee as volcano erupts near Indonesian city

At least two people suffering breathing difficulties were taken to the hospital, police told 9 News . The ash also blanketed nearby villages, with pictures s...

Dramatic Video Captures $40-Million Gold Heist in Brazil

GRU Airport, which holds the Guarulhos operation concession, said the thieves hauled away gold destined for Zurich and NY by using two cars that looked like pol...

Bronx man arrested at JFK Airport for allegedly seeking to join Taliban

Hossain, dressed casually and shackled at the ankles, was arraigned in federal court on terror charges Friday afternoon. Investigators said he was about to fly ...

United States presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China

While the statement points to multiple countries that benefit from the designation, it focuses mostly on China. In a memo, Mr Trump directed US Trade Represen...

Newlywed Falls Into Volcano on Honeymoon

Kitts, South Florida and their loved ones in their home state of Indiana. "I didn't know if he had any internal injuries and I was completely freaked out becaus...

How Tinder's New Safety Features For LGBTQ+ Travellers Works

While in one of almost 70 countries with those laws, the alert would advise users to "proceed with caution and take extra care when making new matches and mee...

19-year-old USA tourist confesses to killing Italian cop

Once Rega and another plainclothes officer arrived at that location, a fight broke out and Rega was fatally stabbed. A auto of the Italian Carabinieri, parami...

Royal fans distracted by something in Queen’s photo with Boris Johnson

You know, the symbol for the British monarchy? Fans couldn't help but notice a Dyson fan in the corner of the Queen's drawing room. From photos of their mee...

Woman dies trying to reach bus made famous by Into The Wild

As the two were wading through waist-high water, holding on to a rope that spans the length of the crossing, Maikamava apparently lost her footing and her grip ...

Jeffrey Epstein injured in jail cell, source says

Epstein's private jet, according to court filings . Found semiconscious in the fetal position, Epstein had marks on his neck and is now on suicide watch ...

US Supreme Court says Trump can spend military funds on wall

The justices who lifted the freeze on the money did not give a lengthy explanation for their decision . Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) on the U.S.'s asylum deal ...

8 dead, 60 injured in series of strong quakes in Philippines

Mayor Raul de Sagon told AFP that around 60 others were hurt. More doctors may be needed if the number of injured from interior villages rises, he added. Exec...

Priti Patel appointed Britain's 1st Indian-origin Home Secretary

UK's newly elected prime minister, Boris Johnson , is leading a diverse cabinet at 10 Downing Street which includes three Indian-origin members of parliament a...

Iran test-fires ballistic missile amid rising tensions

The Shahab-3 test was successful with the missile flying for about 1000 kilometres from the southern part of Iran and hitting a target in the desert near capita...

Australian athletes caught up in fatal Korean club balcony collapse

Nicholson said her daughter had to have nine stitches in her wrist and had sustained cuts to her legs, but had already been discharged from hospital and hoped t...

High Court Allows Trump to Use Pentagon Funds for Border Wall

The Supreme Court's ruling will allow the administration to build over 100 miles of Trump's border wall along the USA southern border in Arizona, New Mexico, ...

Irish PM wants to meet Johnson to understand 'real red lines'

Macron extended the invitation to Johnson in a call late Thursday from his official summer vacation residence in the south of France , the fort of Bregancon, w...

British Airways to resume flights to Cairo

British Airways said Saturday it had suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precautionary measure following a security review. British Airways announc...

Paris sizzles, London boils as record heat threatens Europe

The combination of heat, wind and possible lightning from thunderstorms also increases the risk of wildfires. Alaska had its warmest June on record, and more ...

Priti Patel becomes UK`s first Indian-origin Home Secretary

Priti Patel was born in London on March 29, 1972 to Sushil and Anjana Patel, who were originally from Gujarat but later moved to Uganda. She held worldwide...

Air strikes kill 12 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor

More than 730 civilians have been killed in Idlib in air strikes and ground-to-ground fire by the Damascus government and its allies since late April, acc...

Nadler says House panel will ask court for Mueller grand jury material

Notably, while Mueller said Trump could face charges after he leaves office, he did not say that the president should face charges. Mueller said he though...

'Chaos': Travellers at United Kingdom airports face delays following high temperatures

Eurotunnel services have also been hit by delays as a result of hot weather, with passengers warned against all but "essential travel" as trains to and from Pa...

Ole Miss student died from multiple gunshot wounds: 'She didn't deserve this'

Brandon Theesfeld , left, is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss ., Tuesday, July 23, 2019, by Maj. The Ole Miss student accused of shoo...

North Korea fires suspected missiles into ocean 260miles east

They were presumed to have been fired from a transporter erector launcher and landed in the East Sea, the officer noted. In Washington, State Department spoke...

Canadian police confirm sightings of murder suspects

Manitoba RCMP said July 25 that they believe McLeod and Schmegelsky are still in the Gillam area, based upon two confirmed sightings prior to the pair's burnt ...

Sexual assault accused billionaire Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail

Numerous reports say that prison staff and emergency personnel scurried through the Metropolitan Correctional Centre around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday for a medical i...

United Kingdom not on collision course with Ireland over Brexit - N. Ireland minister

It comes after the new United Kingdom leader Boris Johnson told the House of Commons that any deal must involve the " abolition of the backstop ". However, ...

Imran Khan celebrates, rivals decry one-year anniversary of Pakistan`s 2018 election

In March, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced that the US will terminate India's designation as beneficiary developing country under the General...