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EU delays Brexit to Oct 31
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2019
» BRUSSELS: European Union leaders and Britain on Thursday agreed to a Brexit extension that will allow the UK to delay its EU departure date until Halloween.
3 hostages escape militants in Philippines, 1 drowns
Associated Press, Published on 07/04/2019
» MANILA: Three hostages held by Muslim militants in the southern Philippines have made a daring escape that left one drowned, another shot in the back in critical condition and another safe after swimming to his freedom, officials said.
UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2019
» LONDON: British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's foundering government on Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the UK's departure from the European Union.
'1,000 dead' in Mozambique cyclone
Associated Press, Published on 19/03/2019
» JOHANNESBURG: More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation's president said.
Ex-lawyer Cohen savages Trump: 'racist, conman'
Associated Press, Published on 28/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: Shaking off criticism from House Republicans, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer declared under oath Wednesday that Trump knew ahead of time and embraced the news when told that WikiLeaks had emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam for summit with Trump
Associated Press, Published on 26/02/2019
» DONG DANG, Vietnam: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, grinning broadly and waving to a crowd gathered on a cold, rainy morning, stepped off his armoured train on Tuesday morning after a long ride that started in Pyongyang and wound through China to this Vietnamese border town ahead of his second nuclear summit with President Donald Trump.
Escort says she gave Trump information to Russian tycoon
Associated Press, Published on 02/02/2019
» MOSCOW: A Belarusian escort who claims to have information on ties between Russia and Donald Trump's election campaign told The Associated Press on Friday that she has turned that material over to Russian billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska.
Two divers win Australian award for cave rescue
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2019
» CANBERRA: Two amateur divers who cancelled their vacation plans to join what they thought was a hopeless mission to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand on Friday received one of Australia's most prestigious awards.
US, China wrap up talks on tariff battle
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» BEIJING: Three days of US-Chinese talks aimed at ending a costly tariff battle wrapped up Wednesday in an optimistic atmosphere after President Donald Trump said they were “going very well!”
China demands Canada release Huawei executive
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» BEIJING: China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.