At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said. In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on a protest march by Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras... Some threw stones at security forces ... ArmyGen ... ....
Torrential rains that have swept through China have killed at least 154 people and left 124 missing, officials said on Saturday. Most of the casualties reported are from a northern province where villagers complained about lack of warning before a deadly flash flood. The rains, which began on Monday, have flooded streams, triggered landslides and destroyed homes across the country ...Flash flood ... Agencies. . . ....
photo: U.S. National Guard / Staff Sgt. Brian Barbour
Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll ... High-profile shootings also appear to have taken a toll on Americans' sense of safety ... "You could be on the street somewhere ... You can't not think about it." ... "I'm looking for exits ... population ... ....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingAfter finishing second in a heated and tumultuous primary race filled with slander and false accusations, Texas’ Sen. Ted Cruz, a fiery Evangelical and Constitutionalist known for leading filibusters in the Senate, came to the Republican National Convention (RNC) to bury the hatchet once and for all ... CruzCruz took the stage to cheers and a standing ovation ... Ted Cruz ... Mike Pence....
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. The July 18-22 national online poll found that 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, while 38 percent supported Trump ...Click to play ... + - ... ....
Railway ministerSuresh Prabhu will on Sunday inaugurate the first `green train corridor' -114km Rameswaram-Manamadurai stretch -which will be free from human waste discharge from trains. A zero toilet discharge section or green corridor envisages that all trains passing on that route would have bio-toilets which will eliminate open discharge of waste on the tracks to improve cleanliness and hygiene....
This is when he’ll cross paths with the GreenArrow... When it comes to the comics Ragman and the Green Arrow didn’t work together that often but did team up once or twice ... Besides a sighting of Ragman, the reveal of the Green Arrow’s new suit for the season is supposed to be revealed in the trailer....
Friday’s news that DennisGreen had died made for a sad day not only for Green’s family but for Vikings fans. He was one of the best coaches we have ever had here ... ....
Brandt Snedeker was in a little better position ... "Just had downwind, greens and fairways are so firm, if you get it ... "I had a rough day on the greens," Johnson said ... "I felt comfortable on the greens all week and was hitting my line today," Snedeker said ... Greens were a lot more receptive. The fairways were a lot more receptive, as well, so they weren't bouncing into the rough or they weren't bouncing into the rough over the greens." ... ....
The NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to restore forest in over two acres of Aravali land in Ankhir village in Faridabad district, where the land owner has been running a restaurant and banquet hall since 1978 ... Thus, if the order is implemented in its true spirit, there should be a lush green forest on this two acres of ......
University of Nevada Press, 2016. In a new book, “The Blue and the Green. A Cultural Ecological History of an Arizona Ranching Community,” Stauder has more to say about “the greens.” ... Stauder calls for “common ground environmentalism,” in which environmentalists who see ranching in a positive light acknowledge ranchers’ commitment to stewardship of the land and abandon the ideological obsessions of radical greens... ....
LAS VEGAS - Hours after agreeing to a plea deal that reduces a misdemeanor assault and battery charge to a $560 fine for a noise violation, Warriors forward Draymond Green is glad to put his legal drama behind him ... ....
Dutch retail giant Ahold and Belgian rival Delhaize on Saturday said they had finalised their mega-merger after US regulatory authorities gave the union the green light ... ....
Be grateful that the wonders of modern technology don’t include scratch-and-sniff newspapers, because this column really stinks. I know some of you will say that’s nothing new ... You’ve probably seen photos and video of the guacamole-thick layer in parts of South Florida, of empty boats docked amid sheets of green sludge, of signs that say. “AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER.”. read more ... ....
As an actress, Mary-Louise Parker’s work is visceral and immediate. In the film “FriedGreen Tomatoes,” or the television series “Weeds,” or via her work ... ....