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10:45 06/05/2019
Nicosia International Airport: The Cypriot airport abandoned for 44 years

Nearby, shafts of sunlight pass through the smashed windows of a cavernous hangar. Everything is covered in dust and rust, a jumble of barbed wire, broken glass and sprouting weeds.

10:27 06/05/2019
Indians vote in fifth phase of election; violence in Kashmir

More than 87 million people across seven states are eligible to vote on Monday, including in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, where Muslim separatists have been fighting the security forces for decades.

10:01 06/05/2019
Panama's next president loves Texas football, seeks better U.S. relations

Election authorities declared former Agriculture Minister Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo, of the center-left Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), winner of Sunday’s unexpectedly close vote, with a two-point lead over his nearest rival.

19:00 04/05/2019
Austin Jones, singer who hit it big on YouTube, given 10 years in prison for child pornography conviction

Jones’ lawyers stressed his genuine remorse, his commitment to therapy and, most notably, his own history as a victim of abuse.

18:38 04/05/2019
Explosion at Illinois silicone plant leaves 4 injured and 3 unaccounted

The blast happened at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan, about 40 miles north of Chicago, police said. The company describes itself as a manufacturer of specialty silicone chemicals.

18:16 04/05/2019
90 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel

The Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepted dozens of the incoming rockets, the IDF added.

16:38 04/05/2019
UK to open first ‘body farm’ for forensic research

Sites that allow the study of human remains have long existed in the United States and have started to appear recently in other countries.

16:16 04/05/2019
Iranian paper says journalist, activists detained at protest

The pro-reform Shargh newspaper said Saturday that Marzieh Amiri was detained at a demonstration outside the Iranian parliament in Tehran. It said authorities detained some 30 protesting workers including two workers' leaders, Reza Shahabi and Hassan Saeedi.

15:45 04/05/2019
North Korea launches short-range 'projectiles'

Word of the firings was reported by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, which cited South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The South initially reported that the Communist North fired short-range missiles but later retracted that statement.

15:27 04/05/2019
4 hospitalized after Waukegan chemical plant explosion

Steve Lenzi, spokesman for the Waukegan Fire Department, said officials were working with a plant manager to determine how many people were working in the Sunset Avenue factory when the explosion happened.

15:06 04/05/2019
Militants kill 18 Mali civilians in double ambush

Twelve were killed on Wednesday as they went towards a blast that killed a soldier, a local official told AFP. When did these 12 did not return, six members of their community set out to look for them Thursday, only to be killed by the same group.

14:44 04/05/2019
14:02 04/05/2019
Donald Trump to award Tiger Woods with Presidential Medal of Freedom

The medal is one of the highest civilian awards in America, and Woods will be only the fourth golfer to receive one. The other are Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Charles Sifford, the first African American to play on the PGA Tour.

13:41 04/05/2019

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