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One person sitting in a parked vehicle was killed and three people were injured Friday when a huge construction crane collapsed in lower Manhattan as workers tried to lower and secure it against rising winds, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

It was earlier reported that 67 people were brutally killed by Boko Haram over the weekend in Dalori village of outskirts of Maiduguri and Konduga Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state.

Portugal has cut its growth forecast to 1.9 percent from 2.1 percent for 2016, after Brussels said the estimate in its draft budget was also overly optimistic.

“I didn’t really plan on this”, the 90-year-old joked, wearing a vibrant green shirt and black scarf.

The Congress has demanded the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Ben Patel and explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an alleged allotment of 250 acres of government land to the kin of the Chief Minister.

A 17-storied building came crashing down in Taiwan as quake hit its southern part on Saturday, killing at least seven and trapping many under the debris.

China, the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan have launched their third round of talks aimed at finding a way to get the warring Taliban to sit and talk peace with the Afghan government.

“We’ll keep sanctions to be sure the proliferation or nuclear will not happen in Iran, the same for ballistic missiles”, Dion said, according to CBC News.

Three other people were injured, two seriously, in the accident in the lower Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca.

In the meantime, officials say all pregnant women returning from infected countries and anybody exhibiting symptoms will be tested by a state lab. Officials say Zika’s arrival in Rockland was never a question of if, but when.

Since Thursday, movement of people and equipment has become active around the launch pad and a fuel storehouse at North Korea’s Dongchang-ri base in the country’s northwest, the official said, according to the report datelined Washington.

“I’ll be ready Saturday night”.

The decision was hailed as an historic landmark for Jewish pluralism and non-Orthodox movements in Israel. More liberal Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism are dominant in the USA. But they still have very little political backing, and authorities have generally tended to...

The Australian government must lobby Sweden to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to walk free, according to lawyers who have been involved in his defence.

Two key defensive players for the Super Bowl-bound Carolina Panthers, linebacker Thomas Davis and defensive end Jared Allen, are looking good to play in the biggest game of the National Football League (NFL) this season.