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Mahathir sees 50-50 chance of opposition win
Associated Press, Published on 18/04/2018
» PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Former Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday that huge rallies indicate some of the ruling coalition's traditional Malay supporters are now favouring the opposition and a change of government is possible in next month's elections.
Kim’s sister begins unprecedented South visit
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: In a stunning turn of events, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister arrived in South Korea on Friday to be her brother’s special envoy to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
63m women, girls missing due to India's preference for boys
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2018
» NEW DELHIL: A deeply felt preference for boys has left more than 63 million women statistically “missing” across India, and more than 21 million girls unwanted by their families, government officials say.
Thai family a focus at vigil for mudslides victims
Associated Press, Published on 15/01/2018
» MONTECITO, California: Thousands of people gathered Sunday night at a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the 20 people, including a Thai man, his son and his father-in-law, who were killed when mudslides ravaged a Southern California community.
'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.
Catalonia chooses independence amid police violence
Associated Press, Published on 02/10/2017
» BARCELONA, Spain: Catalonia's regional government declared a landslide win for the “yes” side in a disputed referendum on independence from Spain that degenerated into mayhem Sunday, with more than 800 people injured as riot police attacked peaceful protesters and unarmed civilians trying to cast their ballots
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.
Black smoke, flames shoot up from Texas chemical plant
Associated Press, Published on 02/09/2017
» HOUSTON: Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded Houston-area chemical plant, the second fire there in two days.
UN: World population to reach 9.8 billion in 2050
Associated Press, Published on 22/06/2017
» UNITED NATIONS - India's population is expected to surpass China's in about seven years and Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States and become the third most populous country in the world shortly before 2050, a UN report said on Wednesday, while Thailand - along with the US, the UK, Germany, Brazil, China, Russia, Japan and Vietnam - is a "low fertility country".
Wal-Mart doubles down on fashion
Business, Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» New York: Wal-Mart Stores Inc is buying online men's clothing retailer Bonobos for $310 million in cash, showing that its appetite for hip clothing brands shows no sign of abating as it looks for ways to gain on Amazon.com Inc.