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Belgium suspends extradition case for Catalan MEPs
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» BRUSSELS - A Belgian judge on Thursday suspended consideration of a Spanish warrant seeking the return of two Catalan separatist leaders to face trial, their lawyer said.
Mother and daughters investigated over German zoo fire
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» BERLIN - A mother and her two daughters have turned themselves in to police over a blaze which killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in Germany on New Year's Eve, police confirmed Thursday.
Hillary Clinton named chancellor of Belfast university
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» LONDON - Former US secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was appointed Thursday as the new chancellor of Queen's University Belfast.
Singapore posts slowest growth in decade
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/01/2020
» SINGAPORE: Economic growth slumped in the city state in the final months of 2019 as trade-reliant sectors struggled to gain traction despite an easing of US-China tensions.
Baht’s sudden drop shows battle lines drawn
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/01/2020
» The baht plunged as much as 1.8% on Thursday, the biggest decline since 2007, to 30.226 against the dollar in early Asia trading. That almost erased all the gains it made in the past three sessions.
Sebastian Kurz: Austria's right-wing 'Wunderkind'
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» VIENNA - After becoming the world's youngest elected leader in 2017 at age 31, Austria's Sebastian Kurz has pulled off yet another surprise.
Computer more accurate for breast cancer diagnosis
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» PARIS: A computer programme can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in what they hoped could prove a breakthrough in the fight against the global killer.
Canadian military police assigned Pokemon Go after fans invade bases
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» MONTREAL - At least three military police officers were ordered to play Pokemon Go in Canadian bases across the country, after players invaded the facilities in a quest to catch them all.
Ghosn 'had second French passport' says source
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» TOKYO - Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon to avoid a Japanese trial, had a second French passport, a source said Thursday, as authorities raided his Tokyo residence as part of a probe into the embarrassing security lapse.
Taiwan's top military chief killed in chopper crash
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's top military chief was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, the defence ministry said, just days before the island goes to polls to elect a new president.