Physicist Stephen Hawking, who conquered the stars, dies at 76 Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain some of the most complicated questions of life while himself working under the shadow of a likely premature death, has died at 76. He died peacefully at his home in the British university city […]
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Peele, Del Toro, Oldman win at an Oscars full of change A sense of change was palpable at the 90th Academy Awards as Hollywood sought to confront the post-Harvey Weinstein era and pivot to a vision of a more inclusive movie business. The ceremony Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in […]
S. Korean advance team goes to North for pre-Olympic events A team of South Korean officials travelled to North Korea on Tuesday to check logistics for joint events ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, as the rivals exchanged rare visits to each other amid signs of warming […]
Zambia says new cases dropping in deadly cholera outbreak Zambia says it has made progress in containing a cholera outbreak that has killed about 70 people in the southern African nation since October. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya this week said there had been a “drastic reduction” in the number of […]
2 bodies recovered from burning oil tanker in East China Sea Rescuers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two crew members of an Iranian oil tanker that’s been on fire since colliding with a freighter last week in the East China Sea. The bodies were found on the lifeboat deck […]
Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state Violent clashes involving gunmen, a community police force and state police killed 11 people in the troubled southern state of Guerrero on Sunday, while a separate series of shootouts the previous night left seven dead in the northern Mexico beach resort […]
Iranian protesters attack police stations, raise stakes in unrest Iranian protesters attack police stations, raise stakes in unrest:- Iranian protesters attacked police stations late into the night on Monday, news agency and social media reports said, as security forces struggled to contain the boldest challenge to the clerical leadership since […]
Twelve dead in New York City apartment fire Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire in an apartment building in New York City’s borough of the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “People died on various floors of the apartment, […]
Blast rips through supermarket in Russia’s St Petersburg, 10 hurt A blast ripped through a supermarket in Russia’s St Petersburg on Wednesday evening, injuring at least 10 shoppers, investigators said. The explosion was caused by a homemade bomb packed with pieces of metal with a force equivalent to 200 grammes […]
Property manager finds 4 people dead in basement apartment Four people were found dead Tuesday and may have been killed in a basement apartment in New York’s capital region, police said. A property manager made the grisly discovery at a home in Troy, a city near Albany, police Capt. Daniel […]
