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Climate change turns Greenland into strategic, economic hotspot
Associated Press, Published on 23/08/2019
» TASIILAQ, Greenland: From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide.
Texas school shooting kills 10, deadliest since Parkland
Associated Press, Published on 19/05/2018
» SANTA FE, Texas: A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control.
Trump backs tighter gun-purchase checks
Associated Press, Published on 20/02/2018
» WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: US President Donald Trump offered support Monday for an effort to strengthen the federal gun background check system as he hunkered down at his private Florida golf course just 65 kilometres from last week's deadly school shooting.
Trump fumes about Russia investigation as nation mourns
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2018
» WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, US: As the nation mourned, President Donald Trump kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate, instead raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack.
South Africa's ruling party demands that Zuma resign
Associated Press, Published on 13/02/2018
» JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma must leave office promptly so that the country can move toward political stability and economic recovery, the ruling party said Tuesday, finally disowning a leader who has been discredited by corruption scandals.
China cuts import tariffs on some consumer goods
Associated Press, Published on 24/11/2017
» BEIJING: China announced tariff cuts Friday on consumer goods including avocados, mineral water and baby carriages in a new effort to spur economic growth driven by domestic consumption and reduce reliance on trade and investment.
New York truck attack suspect charged with terrorism
Associated Press, Published on 02/11/2017
» NEW YORK CITY: Federal prosecutors brought terrorism charges Wednesday against the Uzbek immigrant accused in the truck rampage that left eight people dead, saying he was spurred to attack by the Islamic State group's online calls to action and picked Halloween because he figured streets would be extra crowded.
New York truck killer 'did it for Islamic State'
Associated Press, Published on 02/11/2017
» NEW YORK: The Uzbek immigrant accused of using a truck to mow people down along a bike path, killing eight, "did this in the name of ISIS" (the Islamic State group) and followed the extremist group's online instructions practically to the letter, police said Wednesday.
6 nursing home patients die in US post-hurricane heat
Associated Press, Published on 14/09/2017
» HOLLYWOOD, Florida: Six patients at a sweltering nursing home died in Hurricane Irma's aftermath, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida's 4 million senior citizens amid widespread power outages that could go on for days.
$1.1 trillion agreement ends threat of US shutdown
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2017
» WASHINGTON -- The White House and top lawmakers endorsed a US$1.1 trillion spending bill on Monday to carry the nation through September, erasing the threat of a disruptive government shutdown.