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Hillary Clinton moots $275 billion infrastructure spending plan to create jobs

Hillary Clinton plans to make job creation the focus of her campaign over the next month.

Nov 30, 2015

Latvia urges Greece to tighten border to ease refugee crisis

Baltic states have voiced similar concerns about Italy, whose islands have also faced an influx.

Nov 30, 2015

Experts begin sorting through climate change issues to make a breakthrough

Senior negotiators from almost 200 nations began thrashing out a new global deal to curb climate change ahead of speeches.

Nov 30, 2015

UK: People take to the streets to protest against government's 'Bomb Syria' mission

Nearly 4,000 people participate in protest outside Downing Street.

Nov 29, 2015

Kerala: Jiji Thomson says his statement on spreading gospel was misunderstood

Claims he wanted to say a Christian has to take care of his fellow beings as part of personal evangelisation.

Nov 29, 2015

Karnataka: Bhatkal girl runs away with friend to escape rape by father, uncle

The issue of two missing girls, who had ran away from a local Madrasa has sparked major regions in Bhatkal.

Nov 29, 2015

Iraqi Rambo dubbed 'angel of death' has killed 1500 Isis terrorists, says report

Abu Azrael is the commander of the Kataib al-Imam Ali, an Iraqi Shia militia group fighting Isis in Iraq.

Nov 29, 2015

Iran: 50 oil projects proposed to foreign investors, says media

Some 135 energy companies attended a conference in Tehran to hear the terms of a new energy contract.

Nov 29, 2015

Man held for hiring contract killers for Rs 50 lakh, murdering brother

Ajit wanted control of his grandma's bank account, which his brother Sujan, killed in February, had.

Nov 29, 2015

Genuine climate change financing needed, says economic affairs secretary

Das says clean technology is important and not unreasonable standards that create markets for developed countries.

Nov 29, 2015

Russians shun Goa due to 'local incidents'; India removed from safe travel list: Reports

High price of hotels is also one of the reasons behind Russia's decision to strike India off list.

Nov 29, 2015

Japan: 13 prefectures refuse to host site for nuclear waste

Earlier this year, Finland became the first country to start building a depository for nuclear waste.

Nov 29, 2015

Commonwealth countries unify voices ahead of Paris climate summit

They're committed to working towards an ambitious, equitable, inclusive climate change pact.

Nov 29, 2015

Three people arrested in Kolkata for having ISI links

They were reportedly involved in supporting man held on Friday from UP for working for Pak spy agency ISI

Nov 29, 2015

North Korea: Submarine launch of ballistic missile fails

The test-firing of a KN-11 ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submarine, conducted in the East Sea, failed to soar from the waters.

Nov 29, 2015