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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Dangerously poor air quality on Monday forced Pakistani authorities in the cultural capital of Lahore to close primary schools for a week, government officials said, after the air-quality index hit a record high over the weekend. The measures... by | Nov 3, 2024 | World News
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least six people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores. The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki just after midnight on Monday... by | Nov 3, 2024 | World News
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung on Monday agreed to back government plans to scrap a scheme to tax profits on financial investments, citing the need to boost the country’s undervalued stock market. Lee said he... by | Nov 3, 2024 | World News
KYIV (Reuters) – Debris from destroyed Russian drones sparked park and grass fires in Kyiv, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said on Monday, in what was Moscow’s third drone attack on the city in as many nights. “Emergency crews have been dispatched,” Mayor Vitali... by | Nov 3, 2024 | World News
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will double funding for Britain’s border security agency and treat people-smuggling gangs like terror networks in an attempt to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. In a speech Monday to a... by | Nov 3, 2024 | World News
LAUCA Ñ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s transformative and divisive former President Evo Morales said Sunday that he would press on with a hunger strike until the government of his protégé-turned-rival agreed to a political dialogue. It’s a bid to defuse the protests that...
