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4 Palestinians killed, 2 soldiers wounded in Gaza flare-up

Photo: Medics and protestors move a serious wounded girl, who was shot in her head by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, into the treatment room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, May 3, 2019. Gaza City, May 4 : Four Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed in an Israeli airstrike and ...

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‘Miracle’: Plane crashes into Florida river, but no deaths

Photo: Authorities work at the scene of a plane in the water in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, May 3, 2019. May 4 : A charter plane carrying 143 people and traveling from Cuba to north Florida ended up in a river at the end of a runway Friday night, though no critical injuries or deaths were reported, officials said. A Boeing ...

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Japan’s emperor greets public for 1st time since succession

Photo: Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito, left, waves with Empress Masako, right, to well-wishers from the balcony during his first public appearance with his imperial families at Imperial Palace Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Tokyo. Tokyo, May 4 : Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has greeted the public for the first time since his succession, expressing hope for Japan to keep pursuing peace. ...

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Facebook considering its own bitcoin for payments

Photo: The logo for social media giant Facebook, appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square. San Francisco, May 4 : The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook plans a cryptocurrency-based payment system that it could launch for billions of users worldwide. The system would use a digital coin similar to bitcoin, but different in that ...

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‘British Isis bride Shamima could be hanged in Bangladesh’

Isis bride Shamima Begum. File photo London, May 3 : Isis bride Shamima Begum could be hanged for terrorism offences if she comes to Bangladesh, reports British daily The Independent quoting Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. Nineteen-year-old Shamima who left the UK to join Isis in Syria in 2015 was stripped of her British citizenship by the home secretary, ...

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