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China’s first female astronaut gives bir...

China’s first female astronaut gives birth

China’s first female astronaut has begun training for her next mission after giving birth to her first child. The China Daily newspaper on Friday quoted Liu Yang as confirming the birth at an award ceremony this week but gave no further details. It quoted her saying she was already in training... read more »

WikiLeaks case: Hormone treatment approv...

WikiLeaks case: Hormone treatment approved for Chelsea Manning

Defence Department officials said on Thursday that hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website. The officials said the hormone therapy was approved... read more »

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee released ...

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee released from jail

Jaycee Chan, the son of actor Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said. The official Xinhua news agency said he was let out in the early hours of the morning having completed his sentence, taking into account time... read more »

New York Times media columnist David Car...

New York Times media columnist David Carr dies at 58

Media columnist David Carr, who wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction, collapsed at his office and died on Thursday. He was 58. Carr’s column focused on issues of media in relation to business, culture and government, said... read more »

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Pak army’s new leader takes over

Pak army’s new leader takes over

The new leader of Pakistan’s army took office Friday, amid the country’s struggle against militants and ahead of next year’s withdrawal of international troops from neighbouring... read more »

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

Iran plans to increase production of 5% enriched u...

Washington – Iran is reportedly planning to increase its production of five percent enriched uranium, local official news agency said. Islamic... read more »

Raheel Sharif takes over Pakistan Army command

Pak's new army chief Gen Raheel has no presence on Facebook, Twitter

Islamabad – General Raheel Sharif formally assumed the command of the Pakistan Army Friday, two days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif picked him to lead... read more »

Thailand protesters storm army headquarters

Thailand protesters storm army headquarters

Protesters in Thailand stormed into the national Army headquarters on Friday, breaking into their latest high-profile target in a bid to topple Prime Minister... read more »

Russia to deploy three S-400 air defence regiments

Russia to deploy three S-400 air defence regiments

Moscow – President Vladimir Putin said Russia would deploy three new regiments equipped with S-400 surface-to-air missile systems next year with more... read more »

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Explosion in Auto-Parts Plant in China Kills 17, Xinhua Reports

An explosion at an auto-parts factory in southern China’s Guangdong province killed 17 people and injured 20 others, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Blasts were heard at about 9:30... read more »

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Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers

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Man kills 8 people in Canada before taking own life

A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life in Edmonton, Alberta, in what the police chief on Tuesday called the city’s worst... read more »

2-year-old shoots, kills mom in US store

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