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Trump's trade war salvo rocks markets
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2025
» SINGAPORE - Investors bought dollars, sold stocks and fretted about inflation on Monday in a scramble to assess the risk of a trade war after Donald Trump put tariffs on top US trading partners.
26,000 evacuate as US wildfire spreads
New York Times, Published on 04/07/2024
» CALIFORNIA - When a fast-moving wildfire began marching across thousands of acres of Butte County on Tuesday, David Pittman did not panic. He packed up his family, including their 90-pound (40-kilogramme) African sulcata tortoise, and drove to his sister’s house across town in Oroville, California.
Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review graft conviction
Reuters, Published on 31/03/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib's judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict.
Residents afraid to return home as aftershocks rock Philippines
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» Residents were too afraid to return to their homes as aftershocks rocked a blacked-out northern Philippines Wednesday, hours after a strong earthquake injured at least 26 people and damaged schools, churches and other buildings.
A week as king: how has Charles III fared?
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» King Charles III has in the last week faced the difficult task of handling his own grief at the death of his mother, giving voice to the nation's loss and taking on the job of royal figurehead.
Orc-ward! Amazon ends New Zealand's role as Middle Earth
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» WELLINGTON - Amazon on Friday dumped New Zealand as the location of its big-budget "The Lord of The Rings" series after just one season, in a major blow to the South Pacific's self-styled Middle Earth.
Jury: Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet
AP, Published on 07/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him "pedo guy" in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found on Friday.
Caver says 'shamed, dirtied' by Musk tweet
AFP, Published on 05/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: A British caver who was labelled "pedo guy" by Tesla co-founder Elon Musk said Wednesday he felt "humiliated" and "dirtied" by the tech billionaire's accusation, and that it amounted to "a life sentence".
Elon Musk due back on witness stand in ‘pedo guy’ defamation trial
Reuters, Published on 04/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk was due to resume testifying in his own defence on Wednesday at the trial for a defamation lawsuit filed by a British diver whom the Silicon Valley billionaire called "pedo guy" on Twitter.
Elon Musk says he tweeted diver was 'pedo guy' after insult
AP, Published on 04/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk testified on Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literal, when he called a British diver a pedophile in a tweet, prompting a defamation lawsuit from the man who helped rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from Tham Luang cave last year.