Xinhua world news summary at 0900 GMT, Nov. 12
LOS ANGELES– A bomb threat at the University of Southern California, a leading private research university located in Los Angeles, caused an evacuation from multiple buildings of the university campus on Thursday, authorities said. NEW YORK– Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft developed by SpaceX docked to the International Space Station on Thursday evening,…
LOS ANGELES — A bomb threat at the University of Southern California (USC), a leading private research university located in Los Angeles, caused an evacuation from multiple buildings of the university campus on Thursday, authorities said.
“Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Sample Hall and Wallis Annenberg Hall are being evacuated due to a bomb threat,” the university said in a tweet Thursday afternoon, urging people to stay away from the area. (U.S.-University-Bomb threat)
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ABUJA — The Nigerian government said on Thursday that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the most populous African country.
A total of 4,860 inmates had escaped during attacks on the country’s custodial centers since last year, and only 984 of them have been rearrested so far, with 3,876 inmates still at large, Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola told reporters here. (Nigeria-Inmates-Jailbreak)
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NEW YORK — Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft developed by SpaceX docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday evening, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a release.
The spacecraft arrived at the ISS at 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 GMT) after separation with Falcon 9 rocket over 20 hours ago. (U.S.-SpaceX-NASA)
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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir — Three militants were killed in two separate gunfights with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Friday.
According to the police, the first gunfight broke out Thursday evening at Chawalgam area of Kulgam district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (Kashmir-Gunfight-Militants) Enditem
