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- Voting begins in Bulgaria's presidential electionSofia, Oct. 25 (BNA): Bulgarians are heading to the polls today to elect a new president for the country. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) and are scheduled to close at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) local time, with official results expected approximately 48 hours after voting ends, Reuters reported
- Brazil holds crucial runoff presidential electionRio de Janeiro, Oct. 25 (BNA): Brazil is holding crucial elections today, Sunday, in which the current leftist His Excellency President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are competing in the presidential runoff. Lula, who at 80 is one of the world’s oldest heads o
- At least 12 injured in a shooting in FloridaFlorida, Oct. 25 (BNA): At least 12 people were injured in a shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, near A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium late on Saturday night, the local police department and the university said. Police said 11 of the 12 injured sustained gunshot wounds, adding that 6 of the
- Hurricane Vance strengthens to Category 2 off Mexico's coastMiami, Oct. 24 (BNA): Hurricane Vance has strengthened to Category 2, with maximum sustained winds of 170 km / h. The storm is located approximately 685 kilometres south southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center reported. M.A., A.A
- 12 killed and over 20 injured in collision between two buses in PakistanIslamabad, Oct. 23 (BNA): 12 people were killed in a collision between a passenger bus and a minibus in the Lasbela area of Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan. In a statement, Pakistani police said the accident occurred at Zero Point in Uthal, Lasbela, when a passenger bus travelling from
- Casualties reported after 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest ChinaBeijing, Oct. 22 (BNA): Casualties have been reported after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, according to local authorities. The earthquake struck at 10:33 p.m. on Thursday (Beijing time), at a depth of 10 kilometres. The epi
- Nigeria reports first Ebola case in AbujaAbuja, Oct. 21 (BNA): Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in about a decade on Tuesday after a foreign woman living in the capital, Abuja, tested positive for the viral infection after arriving from Uganda. Muhammad Ali Pate, Nigerian Health Minister, told public broadcaster NTA that the woman was
- UNEP calls for rapid action to limit global warmingNew York, Oct. 21 (BNA): The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that urgent and substantial cuts in greenhouse emissions are needed to limit peak global warming rise to between 1.7 C and 1.8 C above pre-industrial levels by mid-century. In its annual "Emissions Gap Report", UNEP
- Army major, 4 militants killed in security operations in southwestern PakistanIslamabad, Oct. 19 (BNA): The Pakistani military announced that at least one Pakistani soldier was killed and four militants were killed in a security operation in Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan. The military’s media wing said in a statement that Pakistani security forces carried out
- Hurricane Trudy weakens off Mexico's Pacific coast as cleanup effort beginsMexico City, Oct. 19 (BNA): Hurricane Trudy weakened slightly off Mexico's Pacific coast on Sunday and was expected to begin rapidly losing strength later in the day as it moved away from the mainland, forecasters said. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Trudy was located about 180 miles (
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