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16:38 03/08/2019
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Strong earthquake kills four in Indonesia

Indonesia issued a tsunami warning within minutes of the 6.8-magnitude quake on Friday night. The warning lasted two hours and sent people living along the coastline fleeing to higher ground.

15:45 03/08/2019
Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on

This month marks 400 years since the first recorded African slaves arrived in North America to work plantations in English colonies. In the centuries after, European slave traders shipped millions of African men, women and children across the Atlantic Ocean.

15:27 03/08/2019
Democratic White House hopefuls target labor at Nevada forum

Candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden and Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris will speak Saturday at a labor forum hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a public employees union that has 1.6 million members nationally.

15:01 03/08/2019
Ed Sheeran breaks U2's record for highest-grossing tour ever

Suffolk singer’s Divide tour has generated over $736m (£607m), and still has 12 dates left to run.

14:44 03/08/2019
Body of a passenger from missing helicopter recovered

Commander Fiji Navy, Captain Humphrey Tawake confirmed this saying deceased is from the four-seater white Robinson ‘R’44 helicopter, registration DQ- HPT.

14:26 03/08/2019
Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal.

14:02 03/08/2019
13:41 03/08/2019
Three dead after cliff collapses on to a beach in southern California

A sandstone bluff gave way on the beach at Encinitas north of San Diego, trapping people under debris.

13:00 03/08/2019
Lawmakers urge U.S. to block sales of crowd-control gear to Hong Kong

Representatives Christopher Smith and James McGovern, chairs of a congressional human rights commission, made their request in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

12:29 03/08/2019
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North Korea want to host World Cup qualifier with South in Pyongyang

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed to Reuters on Saturday that the North Koreans had requested that the game scheduled for Oct. 15 be played at the 50,000-capacity Kim Il-sung Stadium in the northern capital.

11:38 03/08/2019
Bald eagle fights fox in incredible midair tussle

The photo, which was taken by Kevin Ebi, was awarded a “Professional Honorable Mention” in the 2019 Audubon Photography Awards.

11:16 03/08/2019
Message in a bottle turns up on Long Island beach after 47 years

Susan Hennes, 75, of East Patchogue, said she was walking the shore of Bellport Bay when she found the Grolsch beer bottle with a swing-top cap and a note inside.

10:27 03/08/2019
Inspector Morse composer Barrington Pheloung dies

The Australian-born composer shared several interests with Colin Dexter's irascible detective, not least his love of opera and cryptic crosswords.

10:00 03/08/2019
R. Kelly remains behind bars after pleading 'not guilty' to sex abuse charges

With his live-in girlfriends and nearly two dozen supporters looking on in the packed courtroom, Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione denied Kelly bail.

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