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Typhoon lashes south China after killing 28 in Philippines
Published on 16/09/2018
» HONG KONG: Typhoon Mangkhut barrelled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings.
Top US officials deny 'gutless' editorial
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's top lieutenants scrambled Thursday to deny authorship of an explosive op-ed article that has plunged his presidency into crisis by proclaiming secret insider resistance to his reckless, "amoral" leadership.
Trump, Kim launch talks with historic handshake
Published on 12/06/2018
» SINGAPORE: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un made history Tuesday, becoming the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet and shake hands, as they began to search for ways to end a tense decades-old nuclear stand-off.
US high school shooting - '17 dead'
Published on 15/02/2018
» PARKLAND, Florida: A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing "numerous" people, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took him into custody.
Grammy preview: Jay-Z vs Trump
AFP, Published on 29/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Jay-Z, leading nominations for the Sunday Grammy Awards (Monday morning Thailand time), was feted Saturday by music industry heavyweights -- and, in between, was taken to task by the president of the United States.
Myanmar security forces 'setting northern Rakhine ablaze'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» YANGON: The rights group Amnesty International said evidence pointing to a "mass-scale scorched-earth campaign" across the north of Rakhine state was unmistakably ethnic cleansing, while Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees -- although authorities on the ground might restrict access 'for security reasons'.
Damaged US warship arrives in Singapore, 10 missing
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2017
» SINGAPORE -- The <i>USS John S. McCain</i> has docked at Singapore's naval base with "significant damage" to its hull after an early morning collision with an oil tanker as vessels from several nations searched Monday for 10 missing US sailors.
Trump vents again, may fire attorney general
Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man who was the first US senator to endorse his candidacy.
Trump video tweet shows him wrestling, beating CNN
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.
Trump attorney says president not under investigation
Associated Press, Published on 19/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - A member of the president's outside legal team said Sunday that Donald Trump is not under federal investigation, days after Trump appeared to confirm he was with a tweet about being the target of a "witch hunt".