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Slovenian Woman Cuts Off Hand With Saw for Insurance Payout, Arrested for Fraud
The woman is thought to have staged the incident, together with three relatives, earlier this year shortly after the group signed life and injury insurance contracts with five different insurance companies.
US Olympic Medalist Kelly Catlin Dead at 23, Police Suspect Suicide
Kelly Catlin was part of the US team pursuit squads that captured world titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018 but she withdrew from the American team that failed to defend the title February 27-28 at the 2019 worlds in Poland.
Bodies of Italian, Brit Found on Pakistan Mountain 2 Weeks After They Went Missing, Officials Blame Tensions With India
The search was delayed because rescue teams were forced to wait for permission to send up a helicopter after Pakistan closed its airspace on Wednesday in response to escalating tensions with India.
Police Fire Tear Gas at Thousands Taking Part in Banned Women's Day Rally in Turkey
Security forces in riot gear pushed the crowds of women — some wearing colourful wigs and masks — at the entrance to the city's main pedestrianised shopping street of Istiklal Avenue.
Emotional MH370 Families Demand Answers, Five Years On
The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished on March 8, 2014 carrying 239 people — mostly from China — en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
US Commander Hints That Quad Grouping With India, Japan and Australia May be Shelved
Admiral Phil Davidson, who heads the US Indo-Pacific Command, said that Indian navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba 'made it quite clear that there wasn't an immediate potential for a quad.'
India-origin Former Cisco Employee Arrested for Fraud in US
Bhikha is alleged to have begun advocating within Cisco for the approval of a new project, of which he would be in charge. the goal of which was to retain third-party vendors to negotiate savings with manufacturers.
Israeli Spacecraft Snaps Ultimate Selfie on Maiden Mission to Moon
The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) craft took off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from the private US-based SpaceX company of entrepreneur Elon Musk. The trip is scheduled to last seven weeks, with the Beresheet due to touch down on April 11.
China Cuts Down Official GDP Growth Target to 6 - 6.5% Amid Ongoing Trade War With US
This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It would be a crucial year for China as it endeavoured to achieve the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
500 Pakistani Devotees Denied Visas to Travel to Ajmer, Says Pak Minister
Pakistan's minister for religious affairs Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said five hundred Pakistani devotees were to leave for the neighbouring country on Thursday India has denied visa to them, according to Radio Pakistan.
Vatican to Open Secret Archives of Wartime Pontiff Pius XII: Pope Francis
The Vatican has said Pius worked quietly behind the scenes to save Jews and so as to not worsen the situation for many, including for Catholics in parts of Nazi-occupied Europe.
'Catastrophic' Tornado Claims 22 Lives in US State of Alabama
The swath of destruction caused by the storm was a quarter mile (0.4 kilometers) wide and stretched for the 'several miles that it traveled on the ground'.
Trump Threatens to Cut Funding if Universities Fail to Maintain Proposed 'Free Speech' Order
Trump administration officials have suggested that the rights of speakers on college campuses have been trampled by student protesters who find their views offensive and suggested conservatives have been unfairly targeted.
Foster Mother Accused in 3-year-old Sherin Mathews' Death Walks Free Due to Insufficient Evidence
The charge has been dismissed without prejudice, which means that the court can arrest her under the same charges in future, if need be.
Canada Approves Huawei Extradition Proceedings, China Seethes
Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei's founder, was detained in Vancouver last December and is under house arrest. In late January the U.S. Justice Department charged Meng and Huawei with conspiring to violate US sanctions on Iran.
US Offers $1 Million Reward to find Osama Bin Laden’s Son
US intelligence agencies increasingly see the younger bin Laden as a successor to his father for the mantle of global jihad, especially as the even more extreme Islamic State group is down to its last sliver of land in Syria.