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EU says it's considering UK Brexit delay request
London, Oct 21 (AP/UNB) - The European Commission says the fact that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not sign a letter requesting a three-month extension of the Brexit deadline has no impact on whether it is valid and that the European Union is considering the demand.
UN mission in Yemen's Hodeidah builds control points to monitor cease-fire
Sanaa, Oct 20 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A UN cease-fire monitoring mission in Yemen's Hodeidah on Sunday began establishing control points to monitor a truce between Yemeni warring parties, a security source in the city said.
Russia, U.S. must resume normal functioning of diplomatic missions: Russian FM
Moscow, Oct 20 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Russia and the United States must normalize the work of each other's diplomatic missions, and Moscow is ready to do that on the basis of the "zero option" plan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday.
3 soldiers die, 3 hurt in training accident in U.S. state Georgia
Washington, Oct 20 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Three soldiers were killed and three more injured Sunday when an armored vehicle crashed during training exercises at Fort Stewart in southeastern U.S. state of Georgia, according to a USA Today report.
Iran's nuclear industry "indigenized": Iranian official
Tehran, Oct 20 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Iran's nuclear industry has been entirely indigenized, a senior official at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Sunday.
Traffic accident kills 24 in DR Congo
Kinshasa, Oct 20 (Xinhua/UNB) -- At least 24 people were killed in a traffic accident early Sunday morning near Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said local officials.
9 killed in ambulance-trailer collision in Pakistan's Punjab
Islamabad, Oct 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A head-on collision between an ambulance and a trailer in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province left nine people dead on Monday morning, local media reported.
74 people die of dengue in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Oct 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Seventy four people had died and over 55,000 had been infected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka till the second week of October this year, the government information department quoted the Epidemiology Unit as saying on Monday.
Mulvaney getting second-guessed on defense of Trump
Washington, OCT 21 (AP/UNB) — For Mick Mulvaney, the hits just keep on coming.
Illegal vapes traced to California woman who was CBD pioneer
Carlsbad, OCT 21 (AP/UNB) — Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun.