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More rain and even hailstones are on the way for Chinas southwestern and southern provincesWorld
Heavy rains to lash flood-ravaged south China: Met department

A week of rainstorms has displaced more than 27,000 people in Hunan Province and over 40,000 in Guangdong Province.

30 May 2016 1:06 PM IST

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Beijing tracks the elderly as they take buses, go shopping

City authorities hope the information will enable them to better cope with their burgeoning population of over-60s.

30 May 2016 12:22 PM IST

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UK puts music festivals, sporting events, nigh clubs on terror alert

Basu said there was no specific intelligence to suggest an imminent attack on a sporting arena or music festival.

30 May 2016 11:37 AM IST

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (Photo: AP)World
Trump University ordered to unveil papers

A federal judge is ordering the release of Trump University internal documents in a class-action lawsuit against the...

30 May 2016 7:12 AM IST

China firm apologises for racist detergent advertWorld
China firm apologises for racist detergent advert

A Chinese detergent maker has apologised for an advertisement which shows a black man stuffed into a washing machine and...

30 May 2016 7:12 AM IST

Iran to miss Haj, says Riyadh blocking path to AllahWorld
Iran to miss Haj, says Riyadh blocking path to Allah

Iran said on Sunday its pilgrims will miss 2016’s Haj because Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam’s holiest...

30 May 2016 7:10 AM IST

700 migrants feared dead in 3 shipwrecksWorld
700 migrants feared dead in 3 shipwrecks

Survivors brought to safety in the Italian ports of Taranto and Pozzallo told the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) and...

30 May 2016 7:08 AM IST

Syria rebels attacked by ISIS, govt troopsWorld
Syria rebels attacked by ISIS, govt troops

Thousands of civilians have fled an offensive by ISIS against Opposition rebels in northern Syria into territory...

30 May 2016 7:07 AM IST

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Hollande, Merkel mark centenary of Verdun

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel lay a wreath at a German cemetery at Consenvoye,...

30 May 2016 4:46 AM IST

UK puts music festivals on terror alertWorld
UK puts music festivals on terror alert

Music festivals, sporting venues and night-clubs in the UK are on terror alert, according to Scotland Yard’s...

30 May 2016 4:40 AM IST

Endangered gorilla killed after boy falls into zoo cageWorld
Endangered gorilla killed after boy falls into zoo cage

The Cincinnati Zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after a special zoo response team shot and killed a...

30 May 2016 4:39 AM IST

Pak turns to China over US drone strikesWorld
Pak turns to China over US drone strikes

Pakistan is once again banking on its most-trusted friend, China, for help to save it from unending US dronestrikes and...

30 May 2016 2:07 AM IST

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