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Russia's Investigative Committee said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into suspected terrorism after an explosion at a Federal Security Service (FSB) office in northern Russia, state news agency RIA reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CTwdUY via IFTTT

Jin Yong's fantasy novels of martial arts heroes and legends sold millions around the world. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qikQyc via IFTTT

Japan's resurgent nuclear industry will miss a government target of providing at least a fifth of the country's electricity by 2030, a Reuters analysis shows. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zgUfpr via IFTTT

A Vietnamese cybersecurity law that global technology companies and rights groups have warned could undermine development and stifle innovation, will protect the country from increasing cyber threats, the security ministry has said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2qk6nlp via IFTTT

Philippine rescuers worked with bare hands and shovels to try to free 23 people trapped under earth and rubble on Wednesday, after Typhoon Yutu dumped heavy rains on the northern mountainous region, triggering floods and deadly landslides. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ENUXAm via IFTTT

Hurricane Oscar is expected to weaken into a powerful extratropical - or mid-latitude - cyclone by Wednesday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ABWCF0 via IFTTT

A Russian-language teacher is a YouTube star for calling out TV grammar errors from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SyxFkY via IFTTT

The race for mayor of Jerusalem, a role shaping Israel's rule over the sacred city at the heart of its conflict with the Palestinians, will go to a run-off between religious and secular Jewish candidates, election tallies showed on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ABJqjG via IFTTT

India's top court on Wednesday gave the government 10 days to disclose the details of an $8.7-billion military jet deal with France's Dassault Aviation to former ministers and an activist who say the information should be in the public domain. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ogg5P2 via IFTTT

A man who was killed on Wednesday in an explosion at an office of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in northern Russia brought the explosive device with him, Russia's anti-terrorist committee said in a statement. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ETigJe via IFTTT

India on Wednesday inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Jr6ZhG via IFTTT

Kanye West announces he's distancing himself from politics over Blexit campaign. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2P0CQfh via IFTTT

Bill Gertos had changed the locks and leased the house to others - giving him legal ownership rights. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Jt9j7Q via IFTTT

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and death threats from an ultra-religious party and cheers from human rights advocates. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2EUcqax via IFTTT

Former British finance minister George Osborne warned the ruling Conservative Party they must not try to compete with the opposition Labour Party by committing to large increases in government spending ahead of the next election. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q6AWX1 via IFTTT