There are more than 20 million landmines in Iraq, some planted by Islamic State Group, many left by Saddam Hussein’s army during the Iran Iraq war in the 1980s. UK based Mines Advisory Group or MAG, is working to clear them but it will take decades. The BBC’s Carol Lowe visited northern Iraq with one […]
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LAS VEGAS — Golden Knights defenseman Jon Merrill entered Thursday night’s game against Philadelphia with 343 NHL games under his belt — and he had played every single one of them on the blue line. He certainly made the most of his first appearance at forward. Merrill got his first goal of the season from
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DETROIT — Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company’s Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars on the streets. On Sunday, a Tesla Model S sedan left a freeway in Gardena, California, at a high speed, ran a red
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An actor in “Captain America: The First Avenger” was arrested Tuesday and charged in the stabbing death of her mother, police said. Mollie Fitzgerald, 38, was taken into custody in the Dec. 20 killing of Patricia E. Fitzgerald, 68, of Montgomery, Texas, police in Olathe, Kansas, said in a statement. She was charged with second-degree murder
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption All services in and out of King’s Cross station were suspended after the blackout Three energy firms are to pay a total of £10.5m following August’s power cut that left over a million people without electricity and hit rail services. RWE Generation, which runs Little Barford Power Station, and
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General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, has been killed by US forces in Iraq. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, called the attack an “act of international terrorism”, tweeting that the US “bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism.” The Pentagon said in a statement: “This strike
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You often see them in the sky, used for filming, surveillance and for fun… but soon drones may be used to benefit organisations such as the NHS. Southampton is one of five cities testing how drones could become part of the regular buzz of city life, but will people want drones buzzing over them all
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Adam Gaudette scored a third-period goal and the Vancouver Canucks rallied from a two-goal deficit, extending their winning streak to six games with a 7-5 win over the Chicago Blackhawks January 3, 2020, 7:30 AM 5 min read VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This Vancouver Canucks’ matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks never had the look of
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Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds has no time for purist rock fans sore about his band’s success. On Tuesday, Billboard unveiled its Top Rock Songs of the Decade ranking, with Imagine Dragons represented in the top spots with three of its biggest hits. “Believer,” from the band’s 2017 album “Evolve,” crowned the list. “Thunder,” also released in
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A plane engine – not the aircraft in question A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing “good luck” coins into a plane’s engine. The 28-year-old was ordered to pay $17,200 (£13,100) in compensation to the budget airline – called Lucky Air.
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