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16:16 17/04/2019
Congo's president says 150 reported missing after boat sinks

The motorized boat was headed toward the commercial hub of Goma when it sank Monday evening. Many of the victims were believed to be traders who make the journey each week.

15:45 17/04/2019
Inside Changi Airport Singapore's new 'Jewel,' home to world's tallest indoor waterfall

Featuring a dramatic, doughnut-shaped exterior framed in steel and glass, the 135,700-square-meter space (around 1.46 million square feet) is a multi-use complex designed to connect three of Changi Airport's four terminals.

15:27 17/04/2019
Is Drake cursing football players?

The Canadian artist has repeatedly posed for photos with footballers, only for their team to go on and lose in the near future.

14:44 17/04/2019
Province offers assistance as flooding hits Quebec town, damaging 230 homes

An ice jam gave way Tuesday morning, sending icy water onto roads and into basements in Beauceville.

14:26 17/04/2019
Severe weather pattern to bring heavy rain, strong winds to North India in upcoming hours

The India Meteorological Department has predicted fairly widespread to widespread rainfall over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, northeast Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the next 24 hours.

14:02 17/04/2019
French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years

Macron devoted a brief prime-time televised address to Monday’s catastrophic blaze in the heart of the capital, again postponing planned remarks on his response to months of anti-government protests.

13:43 17/04/2019
Pained Pope pays tribute to Notre-Dame firefighters

Notre-Dame’s spire was destroyed and its roof gutted but the bell towers were still standing and many valuable art works were saved after more than 400 firemen contained Monday’s blaze.

13:00 17/04/2019
Orange lush: California's 'superbloom' wows from the air

The shot comes courtesy NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center aerial photographer Jim Ross, who snapped it from a T-34 airplane on April 2. The image shows Southern California's Antelope Valley carpeted in wildflowers.

12:43 17/04/2019
The world's largest plane just flew for the first time

Stratolaunch, the company founded in 2011 by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, conducted the first test flight of the world's largest plane.

12:02 17/04/2019
Polls close in Indonesia, next president should be clear within hours

President Joko Widodo, a furniture businessman who entered politics 14 years ago as a small-city mayor, is seeking re-election against former general Prabowo Subianto, whom he narrowly defeated in the last election, in 2014.

11:38 17/04/2019
North Korea nuclear site shows signs of activity

Satellite pictures show railcars at Yongbyon site, raising concern radioactive material is being transported.

11:16 17/04/2019
Indonesia's biggest election under way as 193 million march to polls

Voters will decide between President Joko Widodo and former general Prabowo Subianto, and choose more than 20,000 legislators.

10:45 17/04/2019
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received representatives of the 'Hayastan' All-Armenian Fund and Tufenkyan Foundation

Issues relating to the implementation of various projects in Artsakh were on the discussion agenda. During the meeting President Sahakyan handed in the 'Vachagan Barepasht' medal to American-Armenian physician and philanthropist Carolann Najarian for consistent support shown to Artsakh and services rendered to our republic.
Source: Central information departments of the office if the Artsakh Republic President

10:27 17/04/2019
China's first quarter growth unexpectedly steadies, but too early to call clear recovery

The upbeat readings, which also showed faster growth in retail sales and investment, are likely to add to optimism that China may be starting to stabilize, relieving some investor anxiety over the sputtering global economy.

10:06 17/04/2019
TikTok vanishes from Google, Apple app stores in India after ban

A court in southern Tamil Nadu state asked the federal government on April 3 to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and warning that sexual predators could target child users.

20:09 16/04/2019
Bahrain revokes citizenship of 138 people after mass trial

Sixty-nine defendants were given life sentences, while the others got terms of between three and seven years.

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