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    Inflation hits new record in Europe, slowing economy
    International

    Inflation hits new record in Europe, slowing economy

    Frankfurt, Oct 31: Inflation hit a new record in the 19 countries that use the euro currency, fuelled by out-of-control prices for natural gas and electricity due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Economic growth also slowed ahead of what economists fear is a looming recession, largely as a result of...
    South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns
    International

    South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns

    Seoul, Oct 31: South Korean police are investigating what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul last weekend in the country's worst disasters in years, as President Yoon Suk Yeol and other residents paid respects to the dead at temporary mourning...
    Anne Franks friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93
    International

    Anne Frank's friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93

    The Hague, Oct 29: Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Jewish diarist Anne Frank's best friends, has died at age 93, the foundation that runs the Anne Frank House museum said. The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne's world-famous diary about her life in hiding from...
    Soccer player injured in knife attack calls himself
    Sports

    Soccer player injured in knife attack calls himself 'lucky'

    Milan, Oct 28: Pablo Marí, the Spanish soccer player who was wounded in a knife attack at an Italian shopping center, called himself "lucky" to survive and was being treated Friday following injuries to his back and mouth. Five people were stabbed Thursday and one was killed after a man grabbed a...
    UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking
    International

    UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking 'catastrophic toll'

    United Nations, Oct 26: The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned Tuesday that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking "a catastrophic toll on the people." Noeleen Heyzer told the U.N. General Assembly's human rights...
    Bodies of 26 Ethiopians found in mass grave in Malawi
    International

    Bodies of 26 Ethiopians found in mass grave in Malawi

    Blantyre (Malawi), Oct 20: Officials in Malawi have exhumed the bodies of 26 suspected Ethiopian migrants from a mass grave 255 kilometres (155 miles) north of the capital city, Lilongwe. Villagers found the bodies in a forest located near the main road that connects Malawi and Tanzania, which...
    Hacker holds Australian health insurer
    International

    Hacker holds Australian health insurer's data for ransom

    Canberra, Oct 20: A cybercriminal was holding for ransom an Australian health insurer's customer data including diagnoses and treatments, in the nation's second major privacy breach in a month, officials said on Thursday. Trade in Medibank shares has been halted on the Australian Securities...
    North fires more shells toward inter-Korean sea buffer zone
    International

    North fires more shells toward inter-Korean sea buffer zone

    Seoul, Oct 19: North Korea fired about 100 more artillery shells toward the sea Wednesday in response to South Korean live-firing drills at border areas as the rivals accuse each other of dialing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula with weapons tests. The drills conducted by both sides come amid...
    Astronaut James McDivitt commander of Apollo 9 mission dies at 93
    Sci - Tech

    Astronaut James McDivitt commander of Apollo 9 mission dies at 93

    Washington, Oct 18: James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965's Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His...
    Business

    'Bad situation': Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide

    Washington, Oct 18: The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village 70 miles south of the Egyptian capital to save money. Gamal, 28, stayed behind, working two jobs, sharing an...
    Hong Kong nixes US sanctions on Russian-owned superyacht
    International

    Hong Kong nixes US sanctions on Russian-owned superyacht

    Hong Kong, Oct 11: Hong Kong's leader John Lee said Tuesday he will only implement United Nations sanctions, after the U.S. Warned the territory's status as a financial center could be affected if it acts as a safe haven for sanctioned individuals. Lee's statement Tuesday came days after a...
    Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
    International

    Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

    Oslo, Oct 7: This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, a strong rebuke to Russia's President Vladimir Putin on his 70th birthday. Berit Reiss-Andersen,...
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