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Facebook currency plan under scrutiny in Congress
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.
Prayut sings his praises on 'non-political' Isan outing
Associated Press, Published on 14/03/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha crooned a love song and boasted of his government's achievements Wednesday during an official visit to the country's northeast ahead of the March 24 election.
Former Trump campaign boss sentenced to 47 months
Associated Press, Published on 08/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians, much less than was called for under sentencing guidelines.
Detained Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4 ½ years
Associated Press, Published on 28/01/2019
» BEIJING: Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in a wide-ranging crackdown on the legal profession.
Malaysia lobbies for Chinese help amid fiscal woes
Associated Press, Published on 20/08/2018
» BEIJING: Malaysia's leader said Monday that he hoped China would sympathise with his country's fiscal problems as he met with the country's leaders after suspending multi-billion-dollar construction projects financed by Chinese loans.
Orangutan forest being logged despite Indonesian govt vow
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» JAKARTA: Environmentalists say a tropical forest that's home to critically endangered orangutans on Borneo island is being logged more than a year after Indonesia's forestry and environment ministry ordered a halt to the forest's exploitation.
Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson a century later
Associated Press, Published on 25/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction.
Philippines orders Australian nun to leave, rejects appeal
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2018
» MANILA: The Philippine immigration bureau has turned down an Australian nun's appeal for the reversal of an order revoking her missionary visa after the president complained about her joining opposition rallies and ordered her to leave the country.
US opens Jerusalem embassy amidst border protests
Associated Press, Published on 15/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and his top aides on Monday hailed the opening of the new US Embassy in Jerusalem as a "great day".
Probe clears Haspel on destruction of tapes
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Countering resistance to President Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, the spy agency has given lawmakers a declassified memo showing she was cleared years ago of wrongdoing in the destruction of videotapes showing terror suspects being waterboarded after 9/11.