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Ex-India state official: Most train victims migrant workers
NEW DELHI (AP) — Most of the casualties in a train disaster that killed dozens of people in northern India were migrant workers, a former state government official said Saturday.
Calls for Idaho wildlife official to resign after baboon hunting picture surfaces
Idaho Fish And Game Official Under Fire Over African Hunting Trip
International Space Station crew has enough supplies for at least six months: Russian official
The crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has enough fuel, oxygen, water, and food to last at least six months, Vladimir Solovyov, flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, was cited as saying by Russian news agencies on Sunday. Russia has temporarily suspended all manned space launches after two astronauts made a dramatic emergency landing in Kazakhstan on Thursday due to the failure of the Soyuz rocket carrying them to the orbital ISS. “There are enough reserves on the ISS which provide the living environment.
U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands: U.S. official
Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war that has seen them impose increasingly severe rounds of tariffs on each other’s imports. The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, where Chinese, Japanese and some Southeast Asian navies operate. China’s claims in the South China Sea, through which about $ 5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year, are contested by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Former Bush Administration Official Stands By Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser
Syrian official says S-300 defenses will give Israel pause
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel should think carefully before attacking Syria again once it obtains the sophisticated S-300 defense system from Russia, a Damascus official said.
Official: More possible victims of California doctor found
Investigators have identified three more possible victims after a California surgeon was charged with drugging and raping two intoxicated women.
Trump rebuked by Puerto Rico governor for denying official death toll: 'No reason to underscore the tragedy’
U.S. sanctions to remain until Zimbabwe demonstrates reforms: official
Manisha Singh, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, told a House of Representatives hearing there were 141 entities and individuals in Zimbabwe, including Mnangagwa and former president Robert Mugabe, that are currently under U.S. sanctions. “We want to see fundamental changes in Zimbabwe and only then will we resume normal relations with them,” she added. Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new president on Aug. 26 after the Constitutional Court confirmed his July 30 election victory, dismissing a challenge by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.
