July2018
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Eleven members of a family found dead in India
Jul 1, 2018Eleven members of a family were found dead in India’s capital on Sunday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their home, blindfolded, gagged and with hands tied behind the back, with police unable to... -
Forty eight people killed in bus accident in Uttarakhand, India
Jul 1, 2018Forty eight people were killed and eleven injured when an overcrowded bus spun off a slippery road and fell into a deep ravine in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, police said. “It was... -
An explosion hit the center of Jalalabad in Afghanistan killing at least 12 people
Jul 1, 2018An explosion hit the center of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 20 and sending a plume of smoke into the sky, witnesses and provincial government officials... -
Four Malian soldiers killed by landmine
Jul 1, 2018Four Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday when their vehicle drove over a landmine in the central Mopti region, the local governor said, in the troubled desert region. Governor Sidi Alassane Toure said the Malian army vehicle... -
Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday
Jul 1, 2018Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday in an election tipped to hand power to an anti-establishment outsider who would inject a new dose of nationalism into government and could sharpen divisions with Donald Trump’s... -
Sinochem Group and ChemChina to merge to create a new company
Jul 1, 2018Chinese state-owned Sinochem Group and ChemChina will merge to create a new company, and Sinochem Chairman Ning Gaoning will become the chairman of ChemChina, financial publication Caixin reported late on Saturday. Reuters has reported that the... -
Former pro wrestler Matt Cappotelli fails to fight brain cancer
Jul 1, 2018Matt Cappotelli, once a promising WWE star, has died after a battle with brain cancer, his wife said in an Instagram post. He was 38. “Today my love-my strong, sweet, beautiful love-took his last breath at... -
French adult comics about wine is a new pleasure
Jul 1, 2018It is no secret that the French love wine. But they are also the world’s second-biggest consumers of graphic novels after the Japanese. Now a new wave of literature is putting the two passions together —... -
Three ICC board associate member directors elected
Jul 1, 2018Imran Khwaja, Mahinda Vallipuram and Tony Brian have been elected as the Associate Member Directors on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board at the ICC Annual Conference in Dublin today. Imran Khwaja of Singapore and Mahinda... -
Mbappe ‘happy’ but says Pele ‘on another level’
Jul 1, 2018Teenage star Kylian Mbappe played down comparisons with Brazil legend Pele after stealing the show in a 4-3 victory for France that sent Argentina crashing out of the World Cup. Billed as Lionel Messi’s chance to...
