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Ex-CIA chief confirmed as Trump's state secretary
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump's secretary of state on Thursday, putting the former CIA director in a pivotal role to handle US foreign policy challenges such as North Korea and Iran.
Agitated Trump unleashes in TV interview
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - A riled-up Donald Trump let loose on everything from the Russia probe, to "crimes" by his opponents, to his legal tangles with a porn star Thursday, in a free-wheeling interview live on TV.
Study triples number of known depression genes
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» PARIS - A study of nearly half-a-million people has uncovered 30 new genes linked to depression, tripling the number known to play a role in the debilitating disease.
Ex-comedian Cosby guilty of sexual assault
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» PHILADELPHIA: Disgraced television icon Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of sexual assault by a US jury -- losing a years-long legal battle that was made tougher at retrial as the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
Kim, Moon set off for historic Korea summit
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» The leaders of North and South Korea set off Friday towards the Demilitarized Zone that divides their countries for a historic summit, the highest-level encounter yet in a recent whirlwind of nuclear diplomacy.
Kim, Moon set off for historic Korea summit
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» SEOUL - South Korean president Moon Jae-in arrived in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas Friday for a historic summit with the North's leader Kim Jong Un, the highest-level encounter yet in a recent whirlwind of nuclear diplomacy.
Cosby: from US cultural icon to convicted sex offender
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» NORRISTOWN (UNITED STATES) - From US cultural icon blazing past racial barriers to convicted sex offender: Thursday's guilty verdict will now likely see Bill Cosby, "America's Dad," swap a life of wealth and privilege for prison.
Two Koreas' leaders in historic handshake
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in shook hands Friday over the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries in a gesture laden with symbolism ahead of a historic summit.
Handshakes that shook the world
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» SEOUL - When the leaders of North and South Korea reached across the Military Demarcation Line to shake hands on Friday, they symbolically -- if fleetingly -- united a peninsula that has been divided for decades.
Kim and Moon: the heir born to rule and the escapee's son
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in have followed paths to power as radically different as their two countries, but they came together and shook hands in the Demilitarized Zone on Friday.