World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

A bomb has exploded outside a religious shrine in a bustling hub of the Thai capital, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 120 others in an attack authorities said targeted foreigners.

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MADRID - Spain's northeastern city of Tarragona plans to use DNA analysis of dog droppings to track down errant owners who fail to clear up their pet's mess.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google has given a name to its soon-to-be released operating system for its Android mobile devices: Marshmallow.

JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's 24-year-old grandson has appeared in court on charges of raping a 15-year-old, in a new scandal to tarnish the family of the anti-apartheid icon.

NEW YORK - Flamboyant billionaire White House candidate Donald Trump has reported for jury duty in New York, stepping out of a sleek black limo to be mobbed by media and supporters.

DHAKA - A Bangladesh court has sentenced six senior employees of a drug company to jail for making toxic paracetamol syrup that doctors say killed hundreds of children in the 1990s.

LONDON - The average pay of chief executives in Britain's top companies is 183 times that of the typical worker, according to a new study.

PRETORIA - South African prosecutors have filed an appeal calling for Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.


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