September2017
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In Pakistan, some women drivers break cultural barriers
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: As Pakistan bets on cheap coal in the Thar desert to resolve its energy crisis, a select group of women is eyeing a road out of poverty by snapping up truck-driving jobs that once... -
Indonesians celebrate the dead in ancient ritual
Sep 29, 2017Yosefina Tumanan, a resident of the remote Toraja region of Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, was thrilled to see her sister-in-law. “You look so beautiful!” Tumanan told the skeletal remains of her relative who has been dead... -
Britons open wallets to secure White Cliffs of Dover for nation
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: A British charity seeking to buy land abutting the White Cliffs of Dover to secure the landscape for the nation says it has hit its target to raise one million pounds ($1.3 million) in... -
U.N. agrees international experts to probe Yemen war crimes
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: The United Nations agreed on Friday to establish a group of eminent experts to examine all human rights violations commmitted in Yemen’s war and to identify those responsible. In a last-minute compromise hammered out... -
Plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 20
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: An outbreak of plague has killed 20 people in the space of a month in Madagascar, with a further 84 infected, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. Plague is mainly spread by... -
‘Everything prepared’ for Catalan vote – but Madrid says it won’t happen
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: Catalonia’s leader made clear his government was determined to go ahead with a Sunday vote on independence that Madrid calls illegal and which has thrust Spain into its most dramatic political crisis for decades.... -
Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: The last international flight left Erbil airport on Friday as the Baghdad government imposed an air ban in retaliation for an independence vote by Iraqi Kurds that has drawn widespread opposition from foreign powers. Iraq’s... -
Russia accuses CNN International of violating Russian media law
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: Russia’s communications regulator on Friday accused U.S. TV channel CNN International of violating Russian media law and said it had summoned the broadcaster’s representatives in connection with the matter. The Russian foreign ministry accused... -
UNICEF to set up new learning centres for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: UNICEF announced today that it is planning to establish more than 1,300 new learning centers for Rohingya children who have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh. UNICEF is currently running 182 learning centers in Rohingya... -
Cartoon Network bring back Captain Planet
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: Captain Planet is coming back to television screen from this October. However, it is not exactly the reboot of the original Cartoon Network show Captain Planet. Sources report that the blue-skinned, eco-friendly superhero get...
