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US Congress struggles to avoid financial shutdown
Associated Press, Published on 19/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he's confident that his GOP-controlled chamber will pass a stopgap government-wide funding bill, even as growing opposition from Senate Democrats made prospects in that chamber increasingly dicey.
Moon in N.Korea to boost waning de-nuke hopes
Kyodo News, Published on 18/09/2018
» SEOUL/PYONGYANG: South Korean President Moon Jae In was warmly welcomed Tuesday as he became the country's third president to visit Pyongyang, amid drastic changes in the situation surrounding efforts to denuclearise North Korea since the beginning of this year.
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» GENEVA - Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the UN said Monday, as concern grows over the impact of anti-vaccination stigma.
Japan to ban physical punishment of children by parents
Published on 03/03/2019
» TOKYO: The Japanese government and the ruling coalition plan to include a ban on corporal punishment of children by parents in law revisions following a series of recent child maltreatment cases in the name of discipline, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
First baby born via uterus transplanted from dead donor
AFP, Published on 05/12/2018
» PARIS - In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces plans to retire at 54
AFP, Published on 08/09/2018
» BEIJING - Alibaba co-founder and chief Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education, he told the New York Times in an interview.
Kansai airport resumes domestic flights after typhoon
Published on 07/09/2018
» OSAKA: Domestic flights at Kansai international airport resumed on Friday with the first air service in three days departing for Niigata, after the main gateway to western Japan was closed due to a powerful typhoon earlier this week.
Flu epidemic rages in Japan with record-high cases
Kyodo News, Published on 26/01/2018
» TOKYO: A flu epidemic is raging in Japan with the number of patients in one week estimated to have reached a record-high of 2.83 million, the health ministry said Friday.
Japanese chef nabbed for sex with underage girls in Jakarta
Kyodo News, Published on 31/12/2017
» A 49-year-old Japanese chef in the Indonesian capital has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with two underage girls, local media reported Sunday.
'True artist' O'Riordan, Cranberries vocalist, dies at 46
Associated Press, Published on 16/01/2018
» LONDON: Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46.