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'Black Panther' wins top honour at SAG Awards
Associated Press, Published on 28/01/2019
» NEW YORK: “Black Panther” took the top award at Sunday's 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan Coogler's superhero sensation its most significant awards-season honor yet and potentially setting up Wakanda for a major role at next month's Academy Awards.
Man charged in mail-bomb plot is Trump supporter
Associated Press, Published on 27/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: Federal authorities have captured a Florida man with a criminal history and a fervour for President Donald Trump and accused him of sending at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, capping a nationwide search in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the US.
'Trump country' faith unshaken
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2017
» SANDY HOOK, Kentucky: The regulars amble in before dawn and claim their usual table, the one next to an old box television playing the news on mute.
Secret North Korean workers in China
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2017
» HUNCHUN, China: The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in stores and homes in the US and other countries.
Deadly quake, hurricane a one-two punch for Mexico
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2017
» JUCHITAN: One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico and a raging hurricane dealt a devastating one-two punch to the country, killing at least 61 people as workers scrambled to respond to the twin national emergencies.
California evacuates 200,000 but dam threat eases
Associated Press, Published on 14/02/2017
» OROVILLE, California - The water level dropped Monday behind the nation's tallest dam, reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream.
Fleeing the North, adrift in South Korea
News, Associated Press, Published on 05/04/2016
» A middle-aged man is walking through a quiet Seoul neighbourhood when he suddenly stops. He lights a cigarette, cupping his hands to shield the flame from the winter wind, and takes a deep draw, remembering how things used to be. He's a former policeman, a broad-shouldered man with a growling voice and a crushing handshake.
Chinese banks a haven for web counterfeits
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2015
» SHANGHAI — Kim Sbarcea knew exactly what she wanted. She typed “Tiffany Elsa Peretti mesh earrings” into Google and scrolled through impeccable photos of the delicate US$450 diamond-shaped earrings until she chanced upon a pair for -- deal of deals! -- $32.
Surrogate offers clues into man with 16 babies
Associated Press, Published on 03/09/2014
» When the young Thai woman saw an online ad seeking surrogate mothers, it seemed like a life-altering deal: $10,000 to help a foreign couple that wanted a child but couldn't conceive.
Wanted Russian mafia boss arrested
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2014
» A Russian mafia gang leader wanted back home for his alleged involvement in scores of killings and other criminal activities since 1995 was arrested in Thailand while living on a retirement visa, police said on Wednesday.