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 ... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:32 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 11 2 ratings | Time: 01:22 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 01:02 | More in News & Politics |
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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"... | Views: 8 1 ratings | Time: 00:39 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:57 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:45 | More in News & Politics |
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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 ... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 01:37 | More in News & Politics |
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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. | Views: 4 1 ratings | Time: 00:53 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 10 1 ratings | Time: 00:46 | More in News & Politics |
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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.... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 01:09 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 53 0 ratings | Time: 00:57 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:59 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:36 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 08:56 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 2 0 ratings | Time: 01:58 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:36 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 5 0 ratings | Time: 02:08 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 02:15 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 3 0 ratings | Time: 00:44 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 7 0 ratings | Time: 01:15 | More in News & Politics |
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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 ... | Views: 1 0 ratings | Time: 00:36 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 0 0 ratings | Time: 00:42 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 2 0 ratings | Time: 00:39 | More in News & Politics |
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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... | Views: 11 1 ratings | Time: 00:28 | More in News & Politics |
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