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Record number of Indian-origin MPs in UK

NEWDELHI,May19(APD)—InBritain’slastParliament,therewere10Indian-originparliamentmembers,fivefromtheConservativepartywhiletheotherfivefromLabourparty.Arecentrepo

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Meet the California mom who has fostered more than 630 kids and counting

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BTS, EXO, TWICE, attend“2017 Idol Star Athletics Championships”

During the filming of this year’s first “Idol Star Athletics Championships” special, plenty of idols took to social media to share a glimpse of the events with fans!

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Afghan Taliban releases video of U.S., Australian hostages

The Afghan Taliban released a video on Wednesday showing an Australian and an American hostage pleading with the U.S. government to negotiate with their captors and saying that unless a prisoner exchange was agreed they would be killed.

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Cash chaos as Venezuela stuck in currency limbo

Venezuelans lined up to deposit 100-unit banknotes before they turned worthless, but replacement bills had yet to arrive, increasing the cash chaos in the country with the world's highest inflation.

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Myanmar pursuing "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims: UN official

Myanmar is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims, a UN official reportedly said, as horrifying stories of gang rape, torture and murder emerge from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh.

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Heavy smog, massive traffic jam can't stop these Chinese women from dancing

A group of middle-aged women has won the hearts of internet users in China after a video of them dancing in the middle of traffic amid heavy smog went viral on social media.

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New Zealand earthquake: Kaikoura evacuations under way

​New Zealand rescue workers are evacuating scores of tourists and residents from the town hardest hit by a series of powerful earthquakes.

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Philippine's Duterte cancels police rifle deal with U.S.

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the cancellation on Monday of Philippine's purchase of police rifles from the United States, after U.S. senatorial aides said last month that Washington was halting the sale due to concerns about human rights violations.

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StarHub outage: Experts sound alarm on attacks by 'smart' devices

Security experts have warned that armies of unsecured "smart" devices like Web cameras could become a rising force of disruption, following two cyber attacks on StarHub that came from its customers' infected machines.

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Google, Visa and Mastercard want to get rid of passwords

Hate passwords? So do tech companies, merchants and payment processors.

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France begins clearing "Jungle" migrant camp

Hundreds of migrants carrying suitcases and bundles of possessions have queued outside Calais to be resettled as the French government started clearing a makeshift camp known as the "Jungle".

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Marital discord no longer just a family affair in China

With divorce on the rise, marriage counselors say they are helping more couples find their way through troubled waters, as Zhou Wenting reports from Shanghai.

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"Ice man" keeps up tradition of delivering by bicycle in India's blistering heat

As the temperature heads towards 40 deg C in New Delhi, Mr Ram Babu sets off on his bicycle in an unlikely race against time to deliver ice before it melts.

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Italy quake toll hits 247 as rescuers hunt for survivors

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages.

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Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets

Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries.

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Pokemon No: Can a place declare the game off-limits?

The global Pokemon Go craze has prompted a slew of complaints, from memorial sites arguing it's disrespectful to play there to whole countries imposing a ban on the smartphone game.