November2016
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Booker finalist Thien wins top Canada fiction prize
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Man Booker Prize finalist Madeleine Thien on Monday won Canada’s Giller Prize, the country’s richest fiction award, for “Do Not Say We Have Nothing”, about a young woman’s flight from China after the Tiananmen... -
US election could have negative impact for German automakers
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Volkswagen’s Chief Executive and Germany’s auto industry association VDA expressed concerns that the election of Donald Trump as United States President could have negative impacts for their companies. Over the past year, Donald Trump... -
Canada’s immigration website suffered intermittent fault during the US election vote
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Canada’s immigration website has suffered an intermittent fault that made it inaccessible to visitors during the US election vote. Officials have confirmed that the cause was a higher than normal level of traffic. It... -
Pakistan deports ‘Afghan Girl’
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: An Afghan woman made famous by a National Geographic cover in 1985 has been deported from Pakistan after she was convicted of having fake ID papers. Sharbat Gula had served a 15-day prison sentence... -
Yemeni govt. troops killed at least 30 suspected al Qaeda militants in a raid
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Yemeni troops loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government killed at least 30 suspected al Qaeda militants in a raid backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, the Yemeni military said on Wednesday. Four soldiers... -
Donald Trump’s improbable victory provoked global shock and angst
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Donald Trump’s improbable victory in the US presidential election provoked global shock and angst on Wednesday over the implications for everything from trade to human rights and climate change. The bombastic billionaire defeated Hillary... -
28 people killed in a bus accident in the southern Fars province of Iran
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: In a bus accident in the southern Fars province of Iran on Tuesday evening, 28 people were killed, official IRNA agency reported on Wednesday. According to the reports, the passenger bus was carrying 40... -
Klopp implores his Liverpool squad to create own history
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Juergen Klopp is eager not to let Liverpool’s trophy-laden past burden his squad with the manger instead urging his players to write their own chapters in the Merseyside club’s history books. Liverpool have made... -
India to withdraw 500 and 1000 rupee notes from circulation
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday that 500 and 1,000 rupee notes would be withdrawn from circulation from midnight in a bid to tackle corruption, reports BSS. “To break the grip of... -
South Korea’s Son keen to shake of scoring blues
Nov 9, 2016News Hour: Son Heung-min has struggled to maintain the form that saw him named Premier League player of the month for September but the Tottenham Hotspur striker says his mental strength will be key in South...
