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Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson a century later
Associated Press, Published on 25/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction.
Airline engine blows up over US, kills passenger
Associated Press, Published on 18/04/2018
» PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: A Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and sent shrapnel through the airplane's window, setting off a desperate scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out.
Brutal cold tests New York's New Year's Eve party
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Dress in layers, lay off the booze and bring some hand warmers. Those are some of the tips offered for the huge crowd of revellers expected in Times Square for what could be one of the coldest New Year's Eve ball drops on record.
Myanmar army massacred dozens of Rohingya, survivors say
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2017
» UKHIA, Bangladesh: For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to the crackle of gunfire and the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home.
O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2017
» LAS VEGAS: Former American football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist in Las Vegas that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend after his 1995 acquittal in the “trial of the century” in Los Angeles.
Lawsuit challenges US border searches of computers, phones
Associated Press, Published on 14/09/2017
» WASHINGTON: A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the US government's growing practice of searching laptops and cellphones at the border is unconstitutional because electronic devices now carry troves of private personal and business information.
Vietnam buffalo fight ends after animal kills owner
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2017
» HANOI -- A traditional water buffalo fight in northern Vietnam was suspended after an animal attacked and killed its owner, in the first human fatality since the sport resumed after the Vietnam War.
Tesla's solar roof tiles go on sale worldwide
Business, Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2017
» DETROIT, USA - Electric car maker Tesla Inc has added another product to its line-up, solar roof tiles.
US campus toilet converts urine to fertiliser
Business, Associated Press, Published on 26/01/2017
» ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA - The University of Michigan sees value in urine. And it wants to know if others do, too.
Apple told to unlock phone in drug case
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2016
» The US Department of Justice is pressing forward in a new legal fight to force Apple to help it unlock an iPhone linked to a drug conspiracy case in New York City.