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Brazil’s Senate to vote on stripping Dilma Rousseff of the presidency
Aug 31, 2016News Hour: Brazil’s Senate was to vote on Wednesday on stripping Dilma Rousseff of the presidency in a traumatic impeachment trial set to end 13 years of leftist rule over Latin America’s biggest country, reports BSS.... -
Hurricane Madeline heads toward Hawaii
Aug 31, 2016News Hour: Hurricane Madeline showed power as it churned toward Hawaii on Tuesday, peaking at a dangerous Category Four strength before slackening, US weather officials said, reports BSS. The storm, which is expected to pass near... -
6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea
Aug 31, 2016News Hour: A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued, reports BSS. The tremor was estimated at a depth of close to 500 kilometers (around... -
Donald Trump to travel to Mexico to meet the president
Aug 31, 2016News Hour: Donald Trump announced he will travel to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with the country’s president, just hours ahead of the Republican White House hopeful’s much-anticipated Arizona speech on immigration, reports BSS. “I have... -
South African school ordered to suspend racist hairstyle regulation
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: A South African school has been ordered to suspend allegedly racist hairstyle regulations after black pupils said they had been called monkeys by teachers for wearing banned “afros”, and were forced to chemically straighten... -
At least 10 killed in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the Somali president’s palace in Mogadishu, which caused a huge blast and destroyed two hotels nearby, according to police. Reuters news agency... -
Death toll in ISIL’s Aden bombing rises to 70 in Yemen
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s port city of Aden has risen to 70, according to medical sources. The incident took place at a... -
Freak lightning storm kills 323 reindeer in Norway
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: A freak lightning storm has killed 323 reindeer in a remote mountainous area of Norway, officials said on Monday. Dead animals were found lying on top of each other, many with their antlers entangled,... -
Pentagon calls for end to clashes between Turkish military and US-backed Kurdish-led alliance
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: The US defence secretary has called on Turkey and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and not to target each... -
Car exploded near Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: An explosion has occurred around the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek, reports Interfax news agency citing a local emergency ministry’s representative. There are no confirmed casualty figures yet, reports Aljazeera. “The...
