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City replaces parking meters with electronic kiosks
Business, Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» OKLAHOMA CITY: The city where parking meters were born more than eight decades ago is phasing out the last of the coin-gobbling contraptions that reshaped America's downtowns in favour of computerised models seen in many other places.
Tokyo police arrest man, find multiple bodies in apartment
Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» TOKYO: Tokyo police have arrested a man after finding “multiple” dismembered bodies in coolers in his apartment in a city southwest of the capital.
‘House of Cards' will not be renewed amid Spacey fallout
Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» NEW YORK: The fallout facing Kevin Spacey widened Monday following an accusation that he allegedly made sexual advances on a teen boy, with Netflix confirming it will pull the plug on his hit show “House of Cards” and “deeply troubled” producers of the political thriller arriving on set to comfort cast mates.
New Zealand moves to ban foreigners from buying homes
Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand's new government is moving quickly to fulfill a campaign promise by banning foreign investors from buying homes.
German police foil attack plot with arrest of Syrian man
Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» BERLIN: A Syrian man was arrested in northeastern Germany on Tuesday morning for allegedly planning a bomb attack with high explosives in order to kill a large number of people, authorities said.
Women sailors' 'harrowing survival' tale doubted
Associated Press, Published on 01/11/2017
» HONOLULU: Two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea on a sailboat for months never activated their emergency beacon, the US Coast Guard said, adding to a growing list of inconsistencies that cast doubt on their harrowing tale of survival.
US commandos capture Benghazi terrorism raider
Associated Press, Published on 01/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: US special operations forces captured a militant in Libya accused of playing an instrumental role in the Benghazi attacks, officials say, in a high-stakes operation designed to bring the perpetrators to justice five years after the deadly violence.
Chinese President Xi makes state visit to Vietnam
Associated Press, Published on 12/11/2017
» HANOI: Vietnam gave Chinese President Xi Jinping the red carpet treatment Sunday at the start of a state visit, as the two communist neighbors try to broaden their economic ties and work on resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
No word of sex scandal at first Oscar celebration of season
Associated Press, Published on 12/11/2017
» LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Agnes Varda danced with Angelina Jolie.
Trump tweets 'no plans' to block release of JFK records
Associated Press, Published on 22/10/2017
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says he doesn't plan to block the scheduled release of thousands of never publicly seen government documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination.