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Student walkouts planned across US to protest gun violence

Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 20:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida. Organizers...

Russia demands access to nerve agent in ex-spy case standoff

Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 13:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Russia will only cooperate with Britain on the investigation into last week's poisoning of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter if it receives samples of the nerve agent that is believed to have been...

French couturier Hubert de Givenchy dies at 91

Monday, 12 March 2018, 15:03 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 91. The artistic director of...

NYPD confirms five passengers in NYC helicopter crash are dead

Monday, 12 March 2018, 12:53 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A helicopter crashed into New York City's East River Sunday night and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five passengers aboard, officials said. A spokesman for the NYPD confirmed the...

Slovak interior minister resigns after journalist slaying

Monday, 12 March 2018, 11:23 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Slovakian Interior Minister Robert Kalinak has resigned from his post amid the crisis following the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. Kalinak's resignation was a key...

Updated: Nepal police say at least 38 dead in plane crash

Monday, 12 March 2018, 10:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed as it landed Monday at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, an airport official said. It wasn't clear if there were fatalities, but clouds of thick, dark smoke...

China makes historic move to allow Xi to rule indefinitely

Sunday, 11 March 2018, 17:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

China's rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing a presidential two-term limit that will enable Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The amendment upends...

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