December2016
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Major quake of magnitude 7.6 strikes Chile
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Officials removed a tsunami warning after a major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas. The U.S.-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami warning was lifted... -
China’s aircraft carrier to drill in Western Pacific
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: China’s first aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises, amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing claims as its own. The... -
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas church service due to ‘heavy cold’
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 90, missed a traditional Christmas church service on Sunday for the first time in decades due to a heavy cold, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said. Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning living monarch,... -
Sunny Leone’s brother Sundeep’s wedding pics
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Sunny Leone recently stepped out in her traditional avatar as she attended her brother, Sundeep Vohra’s wedding. Sundeep, a chef by profession, tied the knot with Karishma Naidu in a traditional Sikh wedding ceremony... -
Putin and Erdogan discuss Syria by phone, Kremlin says
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Syria crisis in a phone conversation on Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statement, reports Reuters. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is visiting... -
Israel, angered by anti-settlement U.N. vote
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Israel summoned the ambassadors of 10 nations to Jerusalem to reprimand them on Sunday and had more harsh words for the Obama administration over a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to settlement-building.... -
An earthquake with magnitude of 7.7 Chile, USGS says
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck 225 km (140 miles) southwest of Puerto Montt in southern Chile on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning was issued for... -
Iran negotiated to pay only about half the announced price for 80 new Boeing airliners
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Iran said on Sunday it had negotiated to pay only about half the announced price for 80 new Boeing airliners in an order that the American planemaker had said was worth $16.6 billion. Boeing... -
Snapchat to acquire Cimagine
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Messaging app Snapchat is buying Israeli augmented reality startup Cimagine Media for an estimated $30-$40 million, marking Snapchat’s first acquisition in Israel, the Calcalist financial daily reported on Sunday. Cimagine developed True Marketless Augmented... -
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama sent their final Christmas salutations from the White House
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sent their final Christmas salutations from the White House on Saturday, highlighting common values uniting Americans of all faiths. “The idea that we are our brother’s...
