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Argument at Chicago hospital erupts into deadly shooting
Associated Press, Published on 20/11/2018
» CHICAGO: An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor with whom he was having a domestic relationship, then ran into the hospital and fatally shot a pharmacy resident and a police officer, authorities said.
Trump-Kim summit set for June 12 in Singapore
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, Mr Trump announced Thursday, hours after suggesting that the release of three Americans held in the North heralded a potential breakthrough toward denuclearising the Korean Peninsula.
Nepal's communist party leader named next prime minister
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2018
» KATHMANDU, Nepal: The leader of Nepal's communist party was named the Himalayan nation's new prime minister Thursday, a day after the results of parliamentary elections were finalised.
Herbal supplement kratom contains opioids, regulators say
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: US health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the centre of a national addiction crisis.
US to help Cambodia preserve Khmer Rouge victims' belongings
Associated Press, Published on 11/12/2017
» PHNOM PENH: The US government has provided more than $55,000 to Cambodia for the preserving of personal items belonging to prisoners at a Khmer Rouge prison and torture centre in the 1970s.
Pope refuses to say 'Rohingya'
Associated Press, Published on 28/11/2017
» NAY PYI TAW: Pope Francis avoided directly mentioning the Rohingya ethnic minority as he addressed Myanmar Tuesday, instead issuing a non-specific appeal for equal rights.
Pope demands rights for all, omits 'Rohingya'
Associated Press, Published on 28/11/2017
» NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar's future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been subject to decades of discrimination and a recent military crackdown described by the UN as a textbook campaign of "ethnic cleansing".
IS caliphate capital at Raqqa 'has fallen'
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» BEIRUT: US-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa on Tuesday from Islamic State militants, a senior commander said, in a major defeat for the collapsing extremist group that had proclaimed it to be the capital of its "caliphate."
Killer Maria slams Puerto Rico: Direct hit, lights out
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2017
» SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years tore off roofs and doors, unleashed heavy flooding and brought down cell towers and power lines Wednesday in an onslaught that could deepen the island's financial crisis.
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.