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World Sep 13, 2019

PG&E Announces $11 Billion Settlement in Deadly California Fires

Bankrupt US utility company Pacific Gas and Electric announced Friday it has reached an $11 billion settlement with insurance companies over the deadly wildfires in California last year blamed on faulty power lines.
Sports Sep 13, 2019

Paul Pogba Injury Update: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Confirms Midfielder's Absence in Manchester United vs Leicester City Clash

Paul Pogba heads a lengthy Manchester United injury list for the visit of in-form Leicester City to Old Trafford on Saturday with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer potentially missing seven first-team players. Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Diogo Dalot and Eric Bailly will also definitely miss the clash with the Foxes, while Jesse Lingard and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are both doubtful after withdrawing from England’s Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Kosovo.
World Sep 13, 2019

Ethiopia: Grenade Attack on Police Camp, 9 Injured

Ethiopian officials said Friday that more than 20 people linked to a prominent rebel group had been arrested after a grenade attack on a police camp that left nine injured. The attack occurred Thursday evening in the town of Burayu, roughly 20 kilometres northwest of the capital, Addis Ababa, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported.
World Sep 13, 2019

Colombian Authorities Seize 1,400 Animal Parts Sold For Witchcraft Rituals

Colombian authorities seized 1,400 animal parts intended for witchcraft rituals and amulets from shops in the capital Bogota, officials said on Thursday. During the raid, authorities found 442 snake rattles, 128 mammal teeth, 23 tapir hooves, a cat skull, toucan heads, 12 necklaces made of monkey appendages, deer hooves.
Technology Sep 13, 2019

Cosmic Conundrum: How Fast is The Universe Expanding?

Scientists have known for decades that the universe is expanding, but research in the past few years has shaken up calculations on the speed of growth -- raising tricky questions about theories of the cosmos.
Technology Sep 13, 2019

Google Algorithm Update: Search Engine Will Promote Original Reporting With Algorithm Change

These reviewers -- roughly 10,000 people whose feedback contributes to Google's algorithm -- will also determine the publisher's overall reputation for original reporting, promoting outlets that have been awarded Pulitzer Prizes, for example.
Lifestyle Sep 13, 2019

Kenya Becomes Third Country to Adopt World's First Malaria Vaccine RTS,S

Kenya on Friday became the third country to start routinely innoculating infants against malaria, using the world's first vaccine to combat a disease that kills 800 children globally every day.
World Sep 13, 2019

Philippines Arrests 270 Chinese Citizens in Fraud Raid

Philippine police have arrested more than 270 Chinese nationals in a raid on a gang wanted over a vast investment fraud that cost victims in China millions of dollars, authorities said Friday.
World Sep 13, 2019

Climate Activists to Fly Toy Drones Around London’s Heathrow Airport to Oppose Its Extension Plan and to Shut It Down

Heathrow rules stipulate that it must temporarily close should a drone be spotted within its five-kilometre (three-mile) exclusion zone. It was expected to make exceptions should this only involve miniature drones flying close to the ground and away from runways or flight paths -- the rules Heathrow Pause intends to keep.
Social Viral Sep 13, 2019

Cancer-Fighting Pizza, Scrotum Study Win Spoof Nobel Prizes

The awards were due to be handed out on Thursday at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The prizes aim to 'celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology,' organizers said of the event, which features a traditional onstage paper airplane toss.
Sports Sep 13, 2019

Ashes 5th Test Day 1 Report: Jos Buttler Strikes Back with Fighting Half-century After Mitchell Marsh Takes Four on Test Return

Jos Buttler saved England's blushes on Thursday, counter-attacking against Australia to lift his side to 271-8 after they collapsed on the opening day of the fifth Ashes Test. World Cup winners England, desperate to level the series at 2-2, have struggled to find consistency all series and contributed to their own downfall at the Oval, slipping from 170-3 to 226-8.
World Sep 12, 2019

Bangladesh: 2 Policemen Force Gang-Rape Victim to Marry Suspect, Alleges Family

Two Bangladeshi policemen have been disciplined after a rape victim's family said she was forced to marry one of the accused rapists in a police station, officials said Tuesday. The mother-of-three had accused five men of confining her to a room and sexually assaulting her multiple times between August 29 and August 31 in the northern district of Pabna.
World Sep 12, 2019

Brazil: Knife Used to Stab President Jair Bolsonaro to Become Museum Exhibit

The knife used to stab Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 election campaign is to be put on display at a police museum due to its "historical value", a court ruled. The court in the southern state of Minas Gerais on Tuesday ordered the knife to be given to the National Police Academy museum in Brasilia, in response to a request by federal police.
World Sep 12, 2019

E-Cigarette Ban in US: Donald Trump to Ban Flavored Vaping Products as Lung Disease Cases Surge

US President Donald Trump's administration announced Wednesday it would soon ban flavored e-cigarette products to stem a rising tide of youth users, following a spike in vaping-linked deaths. The move could later be extended to an outright prohibition of vaping if adolescents migrate to tobacco flavors, seen as more legitimate products that help smokers quit their habit.
Sports Sep 12, 2019

Kim Clijsters, Four-Time Grand Slam Champion and 'Full-Time Mum' Announces Tennis Comeback in 2020 (Watch Video)

Belgium's former world number one Kim Clijsters announced on Thursday her return to competitive tennis in 2020, seven years after retiring to become a stay-at-home mum of three children. The 36-year-old four-time singles Grand Slam champion said she loved being a mum but missed the adrenalin of the tennis world tour.
Lifestyle Sep 12, 2019

Ms Monopoly: Upgraded Version of America’s Favourite Board Game Has Women Making More Money Than Men

In the latest update of the classic board game Monopoly unveiled Tuesday, the trademark real estate tycoon has been replaced by his socially-minded niece: an advocate who invests in female entrepreneurs. Female players start out with more money than males and receive $240 each time they pass "go," more than the $200 that goes to males.
World Sep 12, 2019

DR Congo: Train Derails in Southeast, 50 Dead, Several Injured

At least 50 stowaways were killed when a freight train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo early Thursday, the latest rail tragedy to strike the vast central African nation.
World Sep 12, 2019

British American Tobacco to Cut 2,300 Jobs Globally

BAT employs around 55,000 staff worldwide and did not specify which regions would suffer the job cuts, equal to a little over four percent of its workforce. Almost three years ago, BAT took control of US peer Reynolds American in a deal worth about $50 billion in a move that specifically targeted the lucrative US market and the fast-growing e-cigarette sector.
Social Viral Sep 12, 2019

Sri Lanka’s 6 Newly-Discovered Geckos to Be Named After National Figures and Mythical Heroes; Controversy Erupts

Two of the new species -- discovered on the Indian Ocean island in 2017 and revealed in August -- were named for warriors loyal to a first-century BC king, while the others were given the names of 19th century rebels against British rule.
World Sep 12, 2019

US May Ban Flavoured Vaping Products After Rising Instances of Lung Diseases and E Cigarette-Related Deaths

Addressing reporters at the White House, the president said that both he and First Lady Melania Trump were worried as parents of a teenage son about an outbreak of severe lung disease that has killed six people and sickened hundreds.

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