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Democrat takes aim at Trump lawyer's alleged lies
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» WASHINGTON: A top Democrat in the US Congress has vowed to look into a report that President Donald Trump ordered his personal attorney to lie to Congress to hide dealings with Russia.
'Vast areas of impunity' for people trafficking: UN report
AFP, Published on 07/01/2019
» VIENNA - A UN report has warned that "vast areas of impunity" remain globally for people traffickers, with victims subjected to crimes ranging from sexual exploitation to organ removal.
Japan bolts whaling commission, but tensions may ease
AFP, Published on 28/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - Japan has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission, but its decision may also offer a way out of tensions that looked inextricable.
China slams 'inhumane' treatment of Huawei executive
AFP, Published on 10/12/2018
» BEIJING: China on Monday ratcheted up its protest over the arrest of an executive of telecom giant Huawei on a US warrant in Canada, calling reports of her treatment "inhumane" as she seeks her release on bail for health reasons.
Israeli sues Airbnb over ouster of settler rentals
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» JERUSALEM - Israeli lawyers have filed a class action against Airbnb after its decision to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental listings.
Poppies' enduring impact in Britain a century on from WWI
AFP, Published on 03/11/2018
» RICHMOND (UNITED KINGDOM) - In a London factory, military veterans have spent all year making the artificial red poppies that millions will wear in their lapels as Britain marks the World War I armistice centenary.
Football seeks answers over dementia link to heading
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» GLASGOW - Does heading a football give you dementia?
Cruel yet popular punishment: Japan's death penalty
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» TOKYO - Years waiting on death row, inmates told their fate just hours before their execution, and guards paid $180 to do an "unbearable" job –- Japan's capital punishment system is criticised as cruel and secretive yet remains popular.
German far-left politician launches 'Stand up' movement
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» BERLIN: A German far-left politician will launch on Tuesday a cross-party movement called "Stand up", modelled on the populist campaigns of US Senator Bernie Sanders and Britain's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Trump condemns 'all types of racism' a year after Charlottesville
AFP, Published on 11/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump, often accused of denigrating non-white people, said Saturday that he condemned racism as the nation marked the anniversary of deadly unrest triggered by a neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.