Thursday, January 2, 2020

Baghdad airport rocket attack hits Iraqi paramilitaries

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which killed a number of people.

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At least 7 dead after rocket attack near Baghdad airport, official says

01/02/20 4:59 PM

Iraqi paramilitary groups: 5 members, 2 'guests' killed in Baghdad airport attack

Iraqi paramilitary groups said five of their members and two "guests" were killed in an air strike on their vehicles inside Baghdad International Airport, militia sources reported on early Friday, after Iraq's Security Media Cell announced that three katyusha rockets had targeted Baghdad Airport.


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Climate change has brought parts of Zambia to the brink of famine

Zambia is wrestling with a devastating drought caused, according to experts, by a dramatic shift in weather patterns.

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Tokyo 2020: Why some people want the rising sun flag banned

For some, it is a reminder of Japanese atrocities - so should it be banned at Tokyo's Olympics?

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Rockets fall on Baghdad airport, Popular Mobilization Forces says official killed

Three Katyusha rockets fell on Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military-run Security Media Cell said early on Friday.


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Australians flee massive bushfires as new fire threat looms

The Australian navy on Friday began the evacuations of some of the thousands of people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).


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Barcelona's car-free smart city experiment

Superblocks is a radical plan to reclaim the streets from the noise and pollution of traffic.

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This dad took his son to Mongolia just to get him off his phone

Mountaineer Jamie Clarke wanted to bond with his son. So he took him on a trek across Mongolia.

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The tobacco farmers chasing a sweeter crop

Greek farmers have hit a sweet spot after growing sugar substitute stevia instead of tobacco.

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An Indian former software analyst has written a new ‘national’ anthem for Mars.

An Indian former software analyst who’s now a rising star in the opera world has written a new ‘national’ anthem for Mars.

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Thailand's disappeared Karen activist Billy and the burned village

A young activist went out to work and was never seen again. It would take five years of fighting to find out what happened.

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Letter from Africa: Gambia's code of the road

Find out how to survive if you go behind in the wheel in a country where driving can be chaotic.

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Military moves in to help mass-scale evacuation from Australian bushfires

Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular seaside towns on Australia's east coast on Wednesday, fleeing ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters planned missions to rescue thousands more trapped by the blazes.


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Austria conservatives agree coalition with Greens

The deal follows months of negotiations after a scandal brought down the government in May.

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