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Obama bids farewell in nostalgic last speech
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2017
» CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama bid farewell to the nation on Tuesday in an emotional speech that sought to comfort a country where many are on edge over rapid economic changes, persistent security threats and the election of Donald Trump.
Retirement is only a dream for many
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/10/2016
» It was a striking image. A photo of an 89-year-old man hunched over, struggling to push his cart with frozen treats. Fidencio Sanchez works long hours every day selling the treats because he couldn’t afford to retire. The photo and his story went viral and thousands of people donated more than US$384,000 for his retirement.
In Iran, people buy kidneys
News, Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2016
» The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi's life but for an unusual programme in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor.
Philippines launches dengue vaccination programme
Associated Press, Published on 04/04/2016
» MANILA -- The Philippines has launched a dengue fever immunisation programme targeting 1 million public school pupils to combat the mosquito-borne disease that the World Health Organization estimates infects 390 million people a year.
Dissent erupts in Communist Party after Obama visit
News, Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2016
» Days after US President Barack Obama's historic visit, the leaders of Cuba's Communist Party are under highly unusual criticism from their own ranks for imposing new levels of secrecy on the future of social and economic reforms.
At least 31 dead in bombings of Brussels airport, metro
Associated Press, Published on 22/03/2016
» BRUSSELS — Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city's metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats.
Fake story reflects real divide between rural, urban Chinese
Associated Press, Published on 13/03/2016
» BEIJING - A woman from a big Chinese city visits her boyfriend's rural hometown and is so appalled by the squalor she sees that she dumps him. The story was fake, but it swept through Chinese media because it highlighted a deep societal gap that the ruling Communist Party has vowed to close.
FBI investigates attack as act of terrorism
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2015
» SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA — The FBI announced on Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting at a Southern California office party as an act of terrorism, but the agency's director said there is no indication the husband and wife who killed 14 people were part of a larger plot or members of a terror cell.
4 dead, after hepatitis C outbreak at Singapore hospital
Associated Press, Published on 06/10/2015
» SINGAPORE -- A top public hospital in Singapore said Tuesday that four of its patients died after a new renal ward was hit by an outbreak of hepatitis C, likely from intravenous treatment.
Co-founder of Subway sandwich chain dies at 67
Business, Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2015
» NEW YORK: Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca, who turned a sandwich shop he started as a teenager into the world's largest fast-food chain, died Monday evening. He was 67.