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US conducts successful test of THAAD missile defense system

WASHINGTON -- The United States said Sunday it has conducted a successful test of an advanced missile defense system two days after North Korea test launched its second intercontinental ballistic mis...

Jul 31, 2017
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20,000 fans flee huge fire at music festival in Barcelona

A huge fire at a music festival in Spain forced the evacuation of over 20,000 concertgoers and incinerated the event's stage in Barcelona, the regional government said Sunday. The fire Saturday nigh...

Jul 30, 2017
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Philippine mayor, 13 others killed in raids linked to drugs

Police in the southern Philippines said they fatally shot a city mayor who was among the politicians President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked to illegal drugs and at least 13 others Sunday, in one o...

Jul 30, 2017
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[Graphic News] Auto recalls to reach record high in 2017

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, a total of 1,308,758 domestic vehicles have been ordered to be recalled so far this year across 172 cases. The number of cars su...

Jul 30, 2017
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[Graphic News] Korean ranked 6th coolest nationality: CNN

CNN revealed the list of the world’s coolest nationalities, with Brazilians taking the top spot, followed by Singaporeans, Jamaicans, Mongolians and Americans respectively. South Koreans ranked sixt...

Jul 27, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Transgender personnel barred from US military: Trump

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people may not serve “in any capacity” in the US military, upending a key policy from Barack Obama’s administration and drawing swift conde...

Jul 27, 2017
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Sperm count declining in the West: study

PARIS (AFP) -- Sperm count among men in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand has halved in 40 years, according to research warning of fertility risk, though outside experts urged caution ...

Jul 26, 2017
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Man sentenced to 120 days in jail after pet fish cut in half

BRISTOL (AP) -- A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail after police say he cut a pet fish in half during a domestic dispute. The Bristol Press reports ( http://bit.ly/2uwo8kj ...

Jul 26, 2017
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48 dead as heavy monsoon rains lash western India

NEW DELHI (AP) -- At least 48 people have been killed as large swaths of western India have been lashed by heavy monsoon rains and flooding over the last week, officials said Wednesday. In Rajasthan...

Jul 26, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Cheers for McCain, then impassioned speech

The maverick stood with his party Tuesday, casting a crucial vote in the Republican drive to repeal “Obamacare.” But then, like an angry prophet, Sen. John McCain condemned the tribal politics besett...

Jul 26, 2017
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[Graphic News] Over half of people with HIV being treated

For the first time, more than half of all people with HIV are on drugs to treat the virus, said the United Nations. According to a UNAIDS report in 2016, 19.5 million of 36.7 million people with HIV...

Jul 25, 2017
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Philippines' Duterte vows unrelenting drug war

MANILA (AFP) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to press on with his drug war that has claimed thousands of lives, as he urged lawmakers to endorse "eye-for-an-eye" death penalties....

Jul 24, 2017
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Maldives leader shuts parliament amid political turmoil

COLOMBO (AFP) -- Maldives lawmakers were locked out of parliament Monday after President Abdulla Yameen ordered it shut to prevent a vote to impeach his speaker, the opposition said, in the latest tu...

Jul 24, 2017
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[Graphic News] Lotte World Adventure 14th most visited theme park globally

Lotte World Adventure in Seoul, operated by Lotte Group, had the 14th-highest number of visitors among its global peers last year with 8.15 million people, an annual survey said. The tally compiled ...

Jul 24, 2017
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BBC women demand action on gender pay gap now, not in future

Prominent women at the BBC want the broadcaster's gender pay gap to be resolved immediately rather than in several years. TV personalities including Clare Balding, Victoria Derbyshire and others wro...

Jul 23, 2017
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