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Balakot has been reactivated by Pakistan, says army chief Bipin Rawat
The Telegraph India 23 Sep 2019photo: AP / Sang Tan, FILE
UK airline & tour operator Thomas Cook goes bankrupt, leaving 600,000 travelers in limbo
Russia Today 23 Sep 2019
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has announced that Thomas Cook Group, a major tour operator and airline, has ceased trading with immediate effect, with all flights and booked tours cancelled ... The UK’s civil aviation watchdog has pledged to help some 150,000 Brits currently abroad, but the fate of the remaining customers remains unclear ... Visit....
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Canada's Trudeau pledges lower taxes, cellphone costs as blackface scandal hits him in polls
Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2019
By David Ljunggren. BRAMPTON, Ontario (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went on the offensive on Sunday, promising to cut middle-class taxes and slash cellphone costs if re-elected after polls showed he took a significant hit when photos emerged last week of him in blackface ... 21 election ... "You have been betrayed ... ....
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UK could join attack on Iran after Boris blames country for oil strikes
Metro UK 23 Sep 2019
The UK government believes that the Houthi claim for responsibility is ‘implausible’ (Picture. Reuters/ PA/ EPA). Britain could take part in military action against Iran, after prime minister Boris Johnson refused to rule out military intervention against the country ... Advertisement. Advertisement. Tehran has denied the claims ... Reuters) ... He said ... Reuters) ... ....
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Bangladesh couple challenge wedding tradition
Dawn 23 Sep 2019
DHAKA. A 19-year-old bride has challenged Bangladesh Muslim wedding tradition by taking a groom to her home to marry him, with the ceremony going viral on social media and sparking debate about women’s rights in the conservative nation ... “Yes, it is uncommon. But I did it so that other women can follow me,” Khushi said on Sunday ... ....
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Trump Joins Indian PM in 'Howdy Modi' Event
Voa News 22 Sep 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump has praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian-American community in the United States. Trump appeared with Modi before a largely Indian audience of some 50,000 people who are due to pack a Houston stadium for the "Howdy Modi" event ... 22, 2019 ... “My administration is fighting for you each and every day.” ... ....
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Indonesia finds design flaw, oversight lapses in 737 MAX crash -WSJ
Canada Dot Com 23 Sep 2019
Indonesian investigators have found that design and oversight lapses played a key role in the October crash of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jet that killed all 189 aboard, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday. The draft conclusions, expected to be the first formal government finding of flaws in the design and U.S ... U.S ... Around month-end, the U.S....
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Emmys 2019: the complete winners list
Sina 23 Sep 2019
The 71st Emmy Awards are in the books, with Amazon’s “Fleabag” knocking off perennial winner “Veep” to become TV’s top comedy — among Television Academy voters, at least. “Game of Thrones” didn’t let the same happen in drama ... Maisel” — and five out of the initial six ... See all of Sunday’s winners and nominees below ... Anthony Carrigan, Barry • HBO ... ....
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Iran Releases Seized British Oil Tanker Stena Impero: Report
NDTV 23 Sep 2019
The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero seized by Iran a couple of months ago has been released, the Ports and Maritime Organisation in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan said ... ....
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe died from cancer, president says
Reuters 23 Sep 2019
Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe died from cancer after chemotherapy treatment was stopped because it was no longer effective, a state-owned newspaper quoted President Emmerson Mnangagwa as saying, the first time the government has given the cause of his death ... ....
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Saudi Arabia says it will be ‘an act of war’ if attack on oil facilities ...
The Independent 22 Sep 2019
Saudi Arabia has warned that if it finds that last week’s attack on its oil facilities were launched from Iranian territory then it would be considered an “act of war” ... "But to launch an attack from your territory, if that is the case, puts us in a different category... this would be considered an act of war.". We’ll tell you what’s true ... In pictures ... ....
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Yemeni woman recounts horror of husband trying to divorce her after labour left her incontinent
The Independent 22 Sep 2019
Sahar Salem says her husband immediately sought to divorce her when he discovered she had become incontinent after giving birth ... The 31-year-old, who lives in the port city of Aden in Yemen, says it was after marrying her husband that her problems started. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now....
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Trump confirms he raised Bidens in Ukraine call
BBC News 23 Sep 2019
Hunter Biden served as director at a Ukrainian natural gas company while his father was Barack Obama's vice-president with a significant role in US policy towards Ukraine. Joe Biden is now the frontrunner to be the Democratic candidate who will take on Mr Trump in the 2020 election ... But he insisted he had done "absolutely nothing wrong" ... ....
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Scientists identify neurons that help the brain forget
The Times of India 23 Sep 2019
One afternoon in April 1929, a journalist from a Moscow newspaper turned up in Alexander Luria’s office with an unusual problem. He never forgot things. But his ability to remember was also a hindrance ... A new paper in ‘Science’, points to a group of neurons in the brain that may be responsible for helping the brain to forget ... ....
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Trump, Modi vow fight on extremists at rally
Dawn 23 Sep 2019
HOUSTON. US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared themselves united in a relentless fight against “terrorism”, vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans ... Trump won his biggest applause when he told the crowd, many wearing the saffron of Bharatiya Janata Party ... ....
