COLOMBO, (APP/AFP) – Foreign aid began arriving in Sri Lanka Saturday, bringing help to half a million people who have been driven from their homes by heavy rains and landslides that have killed at least 71. The heaviest rains in a quarter of a century have pounded Sri Lanka since last weekend, triggering huge landslides […]
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Foreign aid reaches flooded Sri Lankan capital, 71 dead
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Search teams hunt for EgyptAir black boxes
CAIRO, (APP/AFP): Search teams scoured the Mediterranean Saturday for more wreckage and the black boxes from EgyptAir flight MS804 for clues on why plane plummeted and turned full circle before disappearing off radar. An EgyptAir official said the search was focused on finding the bodies of the passengers and the Airbus A320’s flight recorders, which […]
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Fire kills three in Bangladesh textile factory
DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – A fire in a textile factory in Bangladesh Saturday killed three workers and left five injured, police said. A foreign technician was among those killed in the blaze in the sprawling complex belonging to fabric manufacturer Mom Tex in Narsingdi, just outside the capital Dhaka. Police officials said the fire started on […]
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G7 warns against manipulating currencies, amid policy split
SENDAI, Japan, (APP/AFP) – Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors on Saturday issued a warning against devaluing currencies for competitive advantage, amid a policy split among members of the club of rich nations. They “reaffirmed existing G7 exchange rate agreements” and “underscored the importance of all countries refraining from competitive devaluation”, after […]
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Hottest April on record :UN
UNITED NATIONS, (APP): Global temperature records were broken yet again in April for the 12th consecutive month, the longest such streak since global record-taking began in 1880, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Saturday. Overall, 13 out of the 15 highest monthly temperature departures in the record have all occurred since February 2015, with the […]
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US presses Japan on forex market intervention threat
SENDAI, Japan, (APP/AFP) – US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew kept up the pressure on Japan Saturday not to devalue its currency after repeated threats by Tokyo to intervene in forex markets to tame a resurgent yen. The warning came in talks on the sidelines of a G7 meeting where Japan’s actions have set it on […]