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New York Times, Published on 22/05/2015
» WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama sent his inaugural Twitter post from the Oval Office on Monday, the White House heralded the event with fanfare, posting a photograph of him perched on his desk tapping out his message on an iPhone.
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» CANNES - As the Cannes Film Festival bears down on its weekend awards ceremony, a look at the movies seen so far and their reviews reveal deep divisions among the critics.
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» QARABULI (LIBYA) - With the engines throbbing, young Libyans battle it out among the sand dunes, not with Humvee-style fighting vehicles but brightly coloured and sporty four-wheel drives.
Associated Press, Published on 22/05/2015
» CANBERRA — Four refugees rejected by Australia who have agreed to resettle in Cambodia will likely become examples that other refugees will follow, an Australian minister said Friday.
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» RIGA - British Prime Minister David Cameron takes his case for far-reaching reform to his EU peers Friday as they meet six former Soviet states, some of whom would gladly swap places with London in the bloc.
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» DUBLIN - Ireland goes to the polls on Friday to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation.
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» DJERBA (TUNISIA) - It's another sun-drenched day but the deckchairs of a four-star hotel on the island of Djerba stand empty, in a sign of the "catastrophic" summer on the horizon for Tunisian tourism.
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» Myanmar's navy has carried out its first rescue of a migrant boat, bringing 208 people to shore, an official told AFP Friday as the country faces mounting international pressure to tackle a regional migration crisis.
Associated Press, Published on 22/05/2015
» Attention turned Friday to the vast ocean off Southeast Asia's west coast as Malaysian naval vessels searched for stranded boatpeople and the US military prepared air patrols to step up its involvement.
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2015
» SINGAPORE — The China-backed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it expected to be operational by the end of this year, after a three-day meeting of prospective member nations in Singapore.