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  • Over 1,000 Hondurans March Towards Mexico, United States Seeking Settlement
    Over 1,000 Hondurans March Towards Mexico, United States Seeking Settlement
    October 14, 2018 | By Colin Fredericson
    A group of over 1,000 Hondurans are marching north, towards Mexico and the United States, with hopes to migrate. The group is currently approaching the border with Guatemala. They decided to leave Honduras months after Vice President Mike Pence met with the Honduran president. Most of them are fed up with the violence and poverty […]
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  • Pro-Trump Group Spending $1 Million on Ads Boosting NAFTA Replacement
    Pro-Trump Group Spending $1 Million on Ads Boosting NAFTA Replacement
    October 14, 2018 | By Ivan Pentchoukov
    A conservative nonprofit is rolling out a $1 million ad campaign on Oct. 14 to push the U.S. Senate to approve the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the new name for the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The deal includes labor provisions long-sought by Democrats. Combined with Republican support for the president, Senate approval should […]
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  • US Senators Urge India to Soften Data Localization Stance
    US Senators Urge India to Soften Data Localization Stance
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    NEW DELHI–Two U.S. senators have called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to soften India’s stance on data localization, warning that measures requiring it represent “key trade barriers” between the two nations. In a letter to Modi dated Friday and seen by Reuters, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Mark Warner—co-chairs of the Senate’s India caucus […]
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  • German Bus Crashes on Swiss Highway, 1 Dead and 14 Injured
    German Bus Crashes on Swiss Highway, 1 Dead and 14 Injured
    October 14, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    BERLIN—A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 people injured, police said. The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano — along a major route across the […]
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  • ‘Do Not Serve This Man’: Personal Trainer Bans Obese Client From Fast Food Stores
    ‘Do Not Serve This Man’: Personal Trainer Bans Obese Client From Fast Food Stores
    October 14, 2018 | By Mimi Nguyen Ly
    When doctors told Darren McClintock that he was ‘eating himself to death,’ McClintock’s personal trainer, Mike Hind, decided to do the unthinkable. Hind gave flyers to all of 27-year-old McClintock’s regular fast-food stores in their hometown of Middlesbrough. The flyer featured a photo of himself and McClintock. “Save Dibsy,” it reads in large letters, referring […]
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  • Latest Update on Former Hurricane Leslie
    Latest Update on Former Hurricane Leslie
    October 14, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    Former Hurricane Leslie, which is now a post-tropical cyclone after spending weeks in the Atlantic Ocean, is bringing rain and wind to Spain and Portugal, the BBC reported. More than 15,000 people are without power amid the storm. The remnants of the storm hit the central and northern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, CBS News […]
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  • Small Plane Crashes Into Crowd in Germany, Several People Killed
    Small Plane Crashes Into Crowd in Germany, Several People Killed
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    BERLIN—Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse on Oct. 14, police said. Several more people were injured in the incident that happened around 3:45 p.m. in the Rhoen region near the town of Fulda, police said. Local media reported that the pilot lost control of […]
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  • Storm Leslie Hits Portugal, Leaves Thousands Without Power
    Storm Leslie Hits Portugal, Leaves Thousands Without Power
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    LISBON—At least 300,000 homes were without power on Oct. 14, after tropical storm Leslie hit Portugal’s Atlantic coast, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and surging seas. Leslie was downgraded from a hurricane before it reached Portugal late on Saturday. Authorities had urged people to stay indoors and keep away from coastal areas. At […]
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  • Five Koreans Among Nine Killed in Himalayas in Nepal
    Five Koreans Among Nine Killed in Himalayas in Nepal
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    KATHMANDU—Five South Korean climbers and their four Nepali guides have been killed after their basecamp in the Himalayas was ravaged by a storm, local police and hiking officials said on Sunday. The disaster, which claimed the life of record-breaking Korean climber Kim Chang-ho, is the worst climbing accident to hit the Himalayan nation in two […]
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  • To Avoid Military Service, Some South Koreans Add Weight or Fake Disability
    To Avoid Military Service, Some South Koreans Add Weight or Fake Disability
    October 14, 2018 | By Seungmock Oh
    SEOUL, South Korea—Hong Ki-soo, a 34-year-old Seoul resident, doesn’t have fond memories of his mandatory military service. “It was really an awful time. I didn’t need it,” he said. Still, he has no respect for those who dodge serving, given that the country has a hostile neighbor to the north. “Once those [avoiding] are detected, […]
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  • Djokovic Wins a Record Fourth Shanghai Masters Title
    Djokovic Wins a Record Fourth Shanghai Masters Title
    October 14, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    SHANGHAI—Novak Djokovic won a record fourth Shanghai Masters title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 13th-seeded Borna Coric on Sunday. The second-seeded Djokovic has won all four Shanghai finals he’s contested in his career (2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018). He previously shared the record of winning three Shanghai titles with Andy Murray. Djokovic holds an […]
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  • Death Toll From Twin Suicide Bombings in Southern Somalia Rises to 20
    Death Toll From Twin Suicide Bombings in Southern Somalia Rises to 20
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    MOGADISHU—The number of people killed in twin suicide bomb attacks on two restaurants in Somalia’s southern city of Baidoa has risen to 20 and another 40 people were injured, a local hospital official said on Oct. 14. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in restaurants in Baidoa in the early evening on Saturday. Islamist militant […]
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  • 19 Killed as Truck Carrying Illegal Immigrants Crashes in Turkey
    19 Killed as Truck Carrying Illegal Immigrants Crashes in Turkey
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    ISTANBUL—Nineteen people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying illegal immigrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Sunday, Oct. 14, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. The mangled wreckage of the open top truck lay toppled over in a canal, some 20 meters (66 feet) below a highway from which it apparently […]
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  • At Least 7 Climbers Killed in Himalayas, 2 Missing
    At Least 7 Climbers Killed in Himalayas, 2 Missing
    October 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    KATHMANDU, Nepal—At least seven mountaineers were killed after their camp on a Himalayan peak in western Nepal was hit by a storm, police said on Oct. 13, in the country’s worst climbing disaster in two years. Police official Bir Bahadur Budhamagar said villagers who reached the site at the base camp of Mount Gurja, a […]
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  • At Least 16 Dead in Pair of Bombings in Somalia’s Baidoa
    At Least 16 Dead in Pair of Bombings in Somalia’s Baidoa
    October 13, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    NAIROBI, Kenya—A suicide bomber detonated in a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and another blast struck a hotel nearby, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than 30 wounded, authorities said Oct. 13. Most of the casualties were caused by the bomber who walked into the restaurant with explosives strapped around his […]
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  • Babies for Sale on Instagram: 4 Arrested, a Mother Among Them
    Babies for Sale on Instagram: 4 Arrested, a Mother Among Them
    October 13, 2018 | By Mimi Nguyen Ly
    Indonesian police have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in a baby-selling operation on Instagram. Police identified one of them as 22-year-old “LA,” a mother who had tried to sell her 11-month-old baby, her third child, because she was in debt. “According to [the mother’s] statement, the baby was the result of an affair,” […]
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  • Barely Recovered From Recent Deadly Floods, Kenyans Brace For Another Rainy Season
    Barely Recovered From Recent Deadly Floods, Kenyans Brace For Another Rainy Season
    October 13, 2018 | By Reuben Kyama
    Forecasters have warned of heavy rains between October and December in Kenya.
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  • Katie Piper’s Acid Attacker Released From Prison
    Katie Piper’s Acid Attacker Released From Prison
    October 13, 2018 | By Simon Veazey
    The man who threw acid over model turned TV presenter Katie Piper has reportedly been released from jail. He was released from a jail in Suffolk on Oct. 10, according to the Sun. Piper, who is starring in the current TV series of Strictly Come Dancing, suffered permanent scarring and injuries from the attack that […]
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  • Tiny Termites Prompt State of Emergency in Egypt
    Tiny Termites Prompt State of Emergency in Egypt
    October 13, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    Tiny termites are causing big damage in parts of Egypt’s Luxor province. In the village of al-Aqalta, more than 500 kilometres (313 miles) south of Cairo, the amount of termite destruction has skyrocketed. Many houses are near to collapse as termites consume wood at an alarming rate, forcing some residents onto the streets. Roofs and doors are […]
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  • Afghan Official: 14 Killed in Bombing at Candidate Rally
    Afghan Official: 14 Killed in Bombing at Candidate Rally
    October 13, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    KABUL, Afghanistan—A motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated at an election rally in northeastern Afghanistan on Oct. 13, killing at least 14 people, including civilians and security forces, officials said. Khalil Aser, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Takhar province, said 32 others were wounded when the explosives-laden motorbike parked near the rally in Rustaq […]
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