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It's a Boy – and a Massive Wildfire at US Gender Reveal Party
A video released by the US Forest Service and carried by US media on Wednesday, shows the moment a makeshift target with the words "Boy" and "Girl" written on it explodes in an open field, revealing a plume of blue smoke and sparking a fire.
Google Employees Publish Open Letter to Stop Censored Chinese Search App
Current and former employees, human rights activists and US lawmakers have criticised Google for not taking a harder line against the Chinese government's policy that politically sensitive results be blocked.
Trump Likely to Impose Tariffs on Imported Cars from Next Week
European auto stocks extended losses after the report, falling as much as 2.5 percent.
NASA's InSight Lands on Mars to Peer Into Planet's Deep Interior. Here's What it Did First
Scientists expect to see a dozen to 100 marsquakes during the mission, producing data to help them deduce the depth, density and composition of the planet's core, the rocky mantle surrounding it, and the outermost layer, the crust.
Spain to Back Brexit Deal After UK Agrees to Gibraltar Terms
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday that Madrid would support the Brexit divorce deal after the UK and the EU agreed to give Spain a say in the future of the disputed British territory of Gibraltar, which lies at the southern tip of th...
Russian FM Mocks British Army Chief’s ‘Intellectual Capacities’ Over IS Comparison
Lavrov said that in regards to the words from Britain's chief of the general staff, "we can't stop someone from showing what his intellectual capacities are".
25 Killed, 35 Injured in Powerful Bomb Blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
The explosive material was planted in the Friday Market (Juma Bazar) in Aurakzai tribal district's Kalaya area.
Meet Michael Gove, the Godfather of Brexit Who Gave Theresa May a Lifeline
Michael Gove, May's environment minister and the most prominent Brexit campaigner in the British cabinet, declined the offer to be Brexit minister, because she refused to let him renegotiate the deal.
White House Correspondents' Dinner Dumps Comedy, Goes for History
The annual gala dates back to 1921, and from 1980 until 2017, presidents from both parties had attended, except for 1981, when president Ronald Reagan was recovering from being shot.
'Rake News': Trump Says Finland Avoids Wildfires by 'Raking' Forests, Finns Baffled
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that he did not recall talking to Trump about raking in their last meeting.
In China's Uighur Region, Those 'Poisoned by Extremism', Follow Conservative Islam Asked to Confess Crimes
Beijing has in recent months faced an outcry from activists, academics and foreign governments over mass detentions and strict surveillance of the Muslim Uighur minority and other ethnic groups that live in Xinjiang.
Republican Rick Scott Secures Florida US Senate Seat After Recount
In the recount of the Nov. 6 election, Scott won by 10,033 votes out of 8.19 million cast statewide, Florida elections officials said. Scott took 50.05 percent, compared to 49.93 percent for Nelson, they added.
Flash Floods, Landslides Kill 12, Destroy Villages in Central Vietnam
Heavy rains pounded the central Khanh Hoa province over the past few days as tropical depression Toraji blew in from the South China Sea, triggering landslides that wiped out houses and destroyed a small reservoir.
Dumped by Advertisers Over Gay Snub, Australia’s Leading Bridal Magazine Shuts Down
The Christian founders of "White", Luke and Carla Burrell, said they did not feature gay weddings in their magazine as they had "no desire to create a social, political or legal war".
Trump Visits as California Struggles to Locate 1,000 People in Aftermath of Deadliest Wildfire
Trump also was expected to stop in Southern California, where a wildfire recently killed three people and a gunman shot a dozen people to death at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks on Nov. 7 before killing himself.
China Begins Reconstruction of Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge Damaged in 2015 Earthquake
Nepal and China signed an agreement on June 21 this year and the Chinese authorities started work on the bridge that will replace the earthquake-damaged bridge in Rasuwagadhi border.