Tourist captures terrifying moment the earthquake hit Bhaktapur

Tourist captures terrifying moment the earthquake hit Bhaktapur


Tourist captures terrifying moment the earthquake hit Bhaktapur

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 11:02 PM PDT

A tourist in Bhaktapur, a short distance from Kathmandu, caught on camera the moment Saturday's earthquake hit, causing thousands of deaths and widespread damage. Bhaktapur, which has a ...
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China, Russia to hold joint naval drill in Mediterranean Sea

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:26 PM PDT

China's Defense Ministry has said that China will hold joint naval drills with Russia in mid-May in the Mediterranean Sea. The ministry also confirmed that the Chinese army is preparing to...
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Nepalese president thanks China for earthquake aid

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:18 PM PDT

Nepalese President, Ram Baran Yadav, has expressed his gratitude to the Chinese people and its government for the help they have provided to Nepal after meeting with the Chinese ambassador...
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Hollande: no mercy over claims French soldiers abused children

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:09 PM PDT

A UN aid worker says that nearly a dozen children in the Central African Republic were sexually abused by French peacekeeping troops. President Francois Hollande has vowed to "show no mercy"...
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Over 100 people arrested in New York overnight during protests

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 07:33 PM PDT

Protests erupted over the death of Freddie Gray across the U.S. late Wednesday, with thousands of people across the country rallying after the 25-year-old Baltimore man died after suffering...
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Chinese military reports on search & rescue in Nepal earthquake

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 07:33 PM PDT

The Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the Chinese military has provided 10 million yuan in emergency disaster relief aid to Nepal, and is preparing to send field hospital vehicles to the...
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Ukrainian rebels shut down aid organization

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:52 PM PDT

Rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have shut down the office of an NGO called International Rescue Committee, accusing it of spying. Masked gunmen raided and searched the aid ...
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150 Syrian troops besieged in Jisr al-Shughur

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 07:45 PM PDT

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that nearly 150 Syrian soldiers have been besieged inside a hospital in Jisr al-Shughur since opposition forces seized the town on Saturday.
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Boy saved from rubble five days after Nepal earthquake

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:27 PM PDT

Rescuers pulled a teenage boy out of rubble who's still alive five days after the massive earthquake ravaged Nepal. The 15-year-old, identified as Pemba Lama, was found trapped between two...
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Sandstorm strikes Xinjiang amid environmental cooperation efforts

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 07:35 AM PDT

A violent sandstorm is sweeping across the vast inland region, turning the sky yellow and sometimes blotting out the sun completely in China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region....
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In Nigeria, more hostages rescued from Boko Haram

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:48 AM PDT

Nigeria's army said its troops rescued some 160 more hostages from a Boko Haram stronghold in the northeastern Sambisa Forest. Nigerian army spokesman Sani Usman said troops are still trying...
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Pakistani court jails 10 for life over attack on Malala

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:50 AM PDT

A court in the northwestern Pakistani city of Mingora sentenced 10 men to life imprisonment for attempting to kill Malala Yousafzai in 2012. The news was confirmed by a lawyer present at the...
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Witness: Brazilian in Indonesia unaware of execution

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:45 AM PDT

A Brazilian man executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking reportedly did not understand what was happening until his final moments. Rodrigo Muxfeldt Gularte was among eight people convicted...
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Experts: Baltimore riots sparked by failing economy

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:45 AM PDT

The violence erupting across Baltimore this week is fundamentally an economic problem, said experts who discussed the city's ongoing tensions on CCTV's World Insight. Our panelists offer...
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China Startup: Carving out a path to indoor positioning

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 06:06 AM PDT

While most smartphones today have a GPS function to help users find their locations, it's easily affected by weak signals - especially indoors or, worse, in an underground parking lot. This...
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Meet nearly two dozen Siberian tiger cubs on May Day

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:41 AM PDT

Twenty-two Siberian tiger cubs were born in the world's largest Siberian tiger breeding base in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province earlier this month. Visitors will be able to see the...
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Entrepreneurs in Baltimore want to invest in city’s youth

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:29 AM PDT

Many businesses have paid the cost of some of the worst rioting Baltimore has ever seen. But, in the midst of this violence, some entrepreneurs are trying to show that investing in young people...
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U.K. general elections strain check book

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:22 AM PDT

With just three weeks before the U.K. goes to the polls for a general election, the International Monetary Fund delivered some gloomy news on the economy. In its twice-yearly Global Financial...
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Forty years on: Saigon’s fall

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:22 AM PDT

Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, when the withdrawal of American troops from the city marked the end of the Vietnam War. A military parade took place on...
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Abe in America: No outright apology for Japan's war atrocities

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:21 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faced criticism following his address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. Pressure had been growing on Abe to formally apologize for wartime...
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More protests hit U.S. after Gray’s death

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 04:41 AM PDT

Hundreds of people protested in New York and Boston on Wednesday night over the death of Freddie Gray, a man in Baltimore who was critically injured in police custody. Thousands of people ...
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China's Red Cross Society rescue team heads to Nepal

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 04:36 AM PDT

The Red Cross Society of China's international rescue team left the country to join international humanitarian operations in Nepal. The team includes ten medical professionals from the General...
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Baltimore riots: Second night of curfew goes into effect

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 04:43 AM PDT

The streets of Baltimore emptied quickly on Wednesday night, as a citywide curfew went into effect. Hundreds of police, wearing full riot gear, rolled into town in armored vehicles before the...
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Safety concerns halt construction for Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 02:31 AM PDT

Brazil is less than 500 days away from hosting the world for the 2016 Rio Olympics and construction delays have been a problem as the city tries to ramp up the speed of the work. Now, it looks...
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