At least 14 people have been killed and several others injured after two explosions, including one allegedly carried out by a female suicide bomber, hit the southern Philippine city of Jolo, according to authorities. Philippine Red Cross Chief Richard Gordon said the first explosion hit around noon (04:00 GMT) on …
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NEW DELHI, India (AP) – In June, India began using cheaper, faster, but less accurate tests to scale up tests for the coronavirus – a strategy the United States is now considering. These rapid tests have improved India’s test levels almost five times in two months. But government figures suggest …
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who suffers from an inflammatory bowel disease, returned Monday from a checkup at a Tokyo hospital to reassure the media about the state of health and insist he wanted to do the best job. There is growing concern about the state of his health in …
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The Australian man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 deployed his shooting range to maximize casualties, a prosecutor said at the start of the sentencing hearing on Monday. Brenton Tarrant, a confident white supremacist, has pleaded guilty to 51 murder charges, 40 charges of …
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MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) – A raging volcano in western Indonesia on Sunday unleashed an avalanche of burning clouds at its slopes. Authorities are checking Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s most important islands, after sensors picked up increasing activity in recent weeks. The volcano in northern Sumatra province on …
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