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    Sheriff: Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman
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    Sheriff: Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

    Santa Fe (US), Oct 22: A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, authorities said. Santa Fe County Sheriff's officials said...
    UN envoy: Myanmar is now in conflict, could be failed state
    International

    UN envoy: Myanmar is now in conflict, could be failed state

    United Nations, Oct 22: The UN special envoy for Myanmar has warned that February's military takeover has led to armed conflict and if power isn't returned to the people in a democratic way the country "will go in the direction of a failed state". Christine Schraner Burgener told a UN news...
    FIFA aims to make World Cup tournament draw on April 1
    Sports

    FIFA aims to make World Cup tournament draw on April 1

    Zurich, Oct 21: FIFA is set to make the 2022 World Cup finals tournament draw in Qatar on April 1 — with two of the qualifying teams still unknown because of match schedule delays in the COVID-19 pandemic. The draw ceremony plan was announced Wednesday by FIFA President Gianni Infantino after...
    Roadside bombs hit military bus in Syrian capital, kill 13
    International

    Roadside bombs hit military bus in Syrian capital, kill 13

    Damascus, Oct 20: Two roadside bombs exploded near a bus carrying troops during the morning rush hour in the Syrian capital early Wednesday, killing 13 people and wounding three others, state TV reported. Syrian state TV showed footage of the charred bus in central Damascus, saying the blasts...
    Rapper formerly known as Kanye West is now just Ye
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    Rapper formerly known as Kanye West is now just Ye

    Los Angeles, Oct 19: Kanye is now Ye. A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name from Kanye Omari West to just Ye, with no middle or last name. "There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,"...
    Nobel panel to announce 2021 economics prize
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    Nobel panel to announce 2021 economics prize

    Stockholm, Oct 11: The winner of the 2021 Nobel prize for outstanding work in the field of economics will be announced Monday. Unlike the other Nobel prizes, the economics award wasn't established in the will of Alfred Nobel but by the Swedish central bank in his memory in 1968, with the first...
    Argentina wins; Brazil draws in World Cup qualifiers
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    Argentina wins; Brazil draws in World Cup qualifiers

    Sao Paulo, Oct 11: Lionel Messi was among the scorers as Argentina beat rival Uruguay 3-0, hours after Brazil's run of consecutive wins in South American World Cup qualifying ended in a 0-0 with Colombia in Barranquilla. Brazil leads the qualifying competition with 28 points from nine wins and...
    US, Taliban to hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal
    International

    US, Taliban to hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal

    Islamabad, Oct 9: Senior Taliban officials and U.S. Representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country, officials from both sides said. It's the first such meeting...
    UN rights body: Right to clean environment is a human right
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    UN rights body: Right to clean environment is a human right

    Geneva, Oct 9: The United Nations' main human rights body has overwhelmingly voted to recognise the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right, and to appoint an expert to monitor human rights in the context of climate change. The Human Rights Council passed...
    Congo confirms new case of Ebola in country
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    Congo confirms new case of Ebola in country's east

    Beni, Oct 9: A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Congo, according to the country's Health Ministry and the National Institute of Biomedical Research, about five months after the country declared an end to the last outbreak that killed six people in the region. A child of nearly three...
    FIFA plans to postpone Club World Cup until 2022
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    FIFA plans to postpone Club World Cup until 2022

    London, Oct 8: FIFA plans to postpone the Club World Cup until early next year due to hosting challenges linked to the pandemic, people familiar with the planning said. Coronavirus restrictions led to Japan withdrawing from staging the seven-team tournament this December, and South Africa then...
    Journalists from Philippines, Russia given Nobel Peace Prize
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    Journalists from Philippines, Russia given Nobel Peace Prize

    Oslo, Oct 8: The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. They were citing for their fight for freedom of expression. The winners were announced on Friday by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel...
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