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Iran coal mine explosion kills 21: state media
An explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday killed at least 21 workers and injured scores, state media reported. The blast occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0745 GMT) in the Zemestanyurt mine when workers tried to jump-start a locomotive. "Twenty-one bodies of workers ...have been taken out of the mine ...So far there have been 69 injured," a regional official in Golestan province told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Putin pushes Syria safe zone plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pushed a plan to set up safe zones in Syria that could see planes grounded but details remained hazy as a latest round of Kremlin-backed peace talks on the six-year war floundered. Putin held talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as Moscow floated the proposal to set up four "de-escalation zones" in the war-torn country at a fresh round of negotiations involving Syria's regime and rebels in Kazakhstan.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on controversial NY Times op-ed on climate change
World-renowned astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke with Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about the controversial NY Times op-ed calling climate change into question. Tyson said if the Times wants to represent another political view, it should involve political solutions.
Lone Unadopted Dog at Shelter Becomes the Most Popular Pup in Town as Applications Pour In
The shelter had to close off applications for Eastwood, the 1-year-old Labrador, after 80 families applied to adopt the pup.
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