Trump says cryptocurrency is 'not money'

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WASHINGTON– Donald Trump expressed his mistrust of cryptocurrency Thursday, saying it was "not money" and warning that those wishing to join the trade would have to abide by banking regulations. ...

4 dead in fire accident in east China

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NANCHANG–A fire accident in a residential building in the city of Shangrao, east China's Jiangxi Province, left four people dead, local authorities said Friday. The cause of the fire is...

Casualties feared as suicide bombing hits Afghanistan's eastern province

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan–Casualties feared as a suicide attack hit the house of a pro-government militia commander Malik Toor in Pachir Agam district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, a local...

Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight hit by turbulence

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LOS ANGELES – An Air Canada flight Thursday morning was forced to divert to Honolulu, capital of U.S. Hawaii, after suffering turbulence, which caused 37 injuries, local media reported. ...

At least five dead in suicide blast at Afghan wedding

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 JALALABAD,Afghanistan–At least five people were killed and many more wounded Friday when a suicide bomber attacked a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan, an official told AFP. The Taliban, who...

U.S. to improve kidney health with more transplants, home dialysis

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WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday, pledging to reduce end-stage kidney disease in the country by 25 percent by 2030. The U.S. government is required...

Over 900 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon to homeland

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BEIRUT–Over 900 Syrian refugees returned on Thursday to their homeland from various areas in Lebanon, including Beirut, Sidon, Tripoli, Nabatieh and Bekaa, online independent newspaper Elnashra reported. The return...

Iran Revolutionary Guards deny impeding British tanker

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TEHRAN–Iran's Revolutionary Guards denied on Thursday that they had impeded a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the force's Sepah news agency said. "There has been no...

Pakistan train collision kills nine, injures 66

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ISLAMABAD– At least nine people were killed and more than 60 injured when two trains collided in central Pakistan early Thursday, officials said. The incident took place in Rahim...

13 killed, 30 injured in road accident in Pakistan's Punjab

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ISLAMABAD– A passenger bus fell into a gorge on Thursday morning in Attock district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, killing 13 people and leaving 30 others injured, police said. ...

Yemen's Houthi rebels sentence 30 opponents to death for "spying"

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SANAA– A court in the Yemeni rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday sentenced 30 people to death on charges of allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition, a judicial source said. ...

7 children killed by land mine explosion in eastern Syria

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DAMASCUS–At least seven kids were killed Tuesday by the explosion of a land mine in eastern Syria, state TV reported. The land mine exploded in the town of Dablan...

Ex-minister sent to prison for corruption in Algeria

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ALGIERS– Algeria's supreme court on Monday placed former solidarity minister Said Berkat under custody as part of a wide-scale anti-corruption campaign in this North African nation, local media reported. ...

Maduro 'optimistic' after opposition talks resume in Barbados

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CARACAS– Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said Monday he was "optimistic" after dialogue between his government and the opposition resumed in Barbados. The South American nation was plunged into politi...

Washington DC hit by torrential rain, flooding

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WASHINGTON–Torrential rain lashed Washington DC and surrounding areas on Monday, flooding many neighborhoods and hobbling electricity and transportation networks. The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood W ...