September2017
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Germany disputes size of Russian wargames, predicts 100,000 troops
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: Germany said on Thursday that Russia was planning to send more than 100,000 troops to war games on NATO’s eastern flank this month, disputing Moscow’s version that only 13,000 Russian and Belarussian servicemen would... -
Strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in decades kills at least 34
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia. The 8.1 magnitude... -
Exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh tops quarter of a million
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: An unprecedented surge of 270,000 Rohingya has sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, as it announced a dramatic jump in the total as new... -
Mexico expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear tests
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: The Mexican government on Thursday said it had declared the North Korean ambassador to Mexico persona non grata in protest at the country’s nuclear tests, an unusually firm step that moved it closely into... -
South Korea braces for possible new missile test to mark North’s founding day
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea when it marks its founding anniversary on Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test, which it marks each year... -
Irma menaces Bahamas and Cuba, on course toward Florida
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 19 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. As Irma,... -
Syrian government denies U.N. chemical attack report
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: The Syrian government has denied a U.N. report accusing it of a sarin attack in April that killed scores of people, state media said on Friday. Damascus sent the United Nations a letter “asserting... -
More than 10 million children live in Caribbean countries threatened by Hurricane Irma
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: More than 10.5 million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned. Based on the storm’s current trajectory, children in the islands of... -
Eli Lilly and Co to lay off about 8 percent of its employees to cut costs
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: Eli Lilly and Co said on Thursday it would lay off about 8 percent of its employees as the drugmaker, which has suffered setbacks over the past year in the development of two potential... -
Survivors of childhood cancer experience high burden of chronic health conditions into adulthood
Sep 8, 2017News Hour: Survivors of childhood cancer may experience, on average, nearly twice as much chronic health condition by the age of 45, compared to the general population, according to a new study led by St Jude...
