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Fire in Manila’s Chinatown kills 11
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» MANILA - At least 11 people died on Friday in a fire in a five-storey residential and commercial building in the Chinatown precinct of the Philippine capital, a community official said.
Vietnam factory workers laid off as West cuts imports
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» HO CHI MINH CITY - Phan Thi Nhieu has spent a decade assembling shoes for worldwide brands such as Timberland and K-Swiss, but she is now among tens of thousands of Vietnamese factory workers laid off as Western consumers cut spending.
US pot use increasingly normal, but legality is hazy
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: Buy a T-shirt, get a "gift" of weed: that's how some stores operate in Washington, exploiting a perceived loophole to sidestep a ban on selling cannabis in the US capital.
13 charged in plot to kidnap US governor, start 'civil war'
AFP, Published on 09/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: Thirteen men, including members of two right-wing militias, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and spark a "civil war," officials said on Thursday.
13 charged in plot to kidnap US governor, start 'civil war'
AFP, Published on 09/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - Thirteen men, including members of a right-wing militia, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and start a "civil war," officials said Thursday.
Trump v Mueller: to speak or not to speak
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview Donald Trump, and his questions indicate he is probing what the US president knew of frequent contacts between his election campaign and Russia, and whether he tried to obstruct the investigation.
Florida high schoolers to return to class 2 weeks after massacre
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» PARKLAND (UNITED STATES) - Students grieving for slain classmates prepared for an emotional return Wednesday to their Florida high school, where a mass shooting shocked the nation and led teen survivors to spur a growing movement to tighten America's gun laws.