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Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon
AFP, Published on 07/08/2019
» WASHINGTON: There might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food.
Trump proposes tighter gun control after mass shootings
AFP, Published on 05/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Republicans and Democrats to agree on tighter gun control and suggested legislation could be linked to immigration reform after two shootings left 29 people dead and sparked accusations that his rhetoric was part of the problem.
Trial opens for Philippine journalist critical of Duterte
AFP, Published on 23/07/2019
» MANILA: High-profile Philippine journalist Maria Ressa's libel trial opened Tuesday in a case that she and press freedom advocates see as government retaliation for her news site's critical reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte.
Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN
AFP, Published on 19/06/2019
» GENEVA: More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday.
Radiohead defies hackers, releases trove of stolen music
AFP, Published on 12/06/2019
» LONDON: Alternative rock legends Radiohead on Tuesday released an 18-hour trove of private recordings from their 1997 album "OK Computer" after getting hacked by someone seeking a ransom of $150,000 for the music.
11 dead in Virginia mass shooting
AFP, Published on 01/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: A longtime public utilities employee sprayed gunfire "indiscriminately" in a government building complex on Friday in Virginia Beach, in the US state of Virginia, killing 11 people and wounding six, police said.
Top Myanmar court rejects appeal by massacre reporters
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as hopes now turn to a presidential pardon.
Anger as Malaysian cleared of murdering Indonesian maid
AFP, Published on 22/04/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian woman has reportedly been cleared of murdering her Indonesian maid, who was allegedly tortured and forced to sleep outside with a dog, with activists Monday criticising the "shocking" decision.
Myanmar's Wa rebels march in show of force
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» PANGHSANG, Myanmar: It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one member of each household -- meet the United Wa State Army: Communist, reclusive, China-backed rebels determined to protect their supremacy over Myanmar's badland border zone.
Inside the dark world of Mexico's intelligence services
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» MEXICO CITY - Lee Harvey Oswald was here just before he shot John F. Kennedy. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were, too, not long before the Cuban Revolution.