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US, Canada meet amid standoff with China
AFP, Published on 14/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States and Canada met Friday for high-level talks amid a showdown with China, which has voiced fury over the arrest of an executive in Vancouver on a US request.
Rajapakse ends standoff as Sri Lanka risked shutdown
AFP, Published on 14/12/2018
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse will step down on Saturday from his disputed position of premier, his son said on Friday, signalling an end to the seven-week long power-struggle that threatened to shut the government.
Vietnam targets global markets with smartphones in tech shift
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2018
» HO CHI MINH CITY: Vingroup, Vietnam's top listed firm by market value, underlined its technology ambitions on Friday with the launch of its firstsmartphones, which it plans to sell around the world.
Islamic leaders tighten rules on child marriage
AP, Published on 14/12/2018
» Islam's guiding council in Thailand has introduced new regulations requiring that marriages with children under age 17 be approved by a religious committee.
Ex-lawyer: Trump knew hush-money was wrong
AFP, Published on 14/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump knew it was wrong to order election-eve hush money paid to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him, his former lawyer Michael Cohen said in an interview to be broadcast Friday.
China gets tough on train ‘seat robbers’
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/12/2018
» Two Chinese rail passengers have been detained for disrupting public order after they refused to vacate allocated seats, the first reported cases of their kind in the country.
China to suspend extra tariffs on US cars, parts
AFP, Published on 14/12/2018
» BEIJING - China pressed on with its trade war truce with the United States on Friday, announcing it will suspend extra tariffs added to US-made cars and auto parts for three months from January 1.
Jazz legend Nancy Wilson dead at 81
AFP, Published on 14/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - Nancy Wilson, a Grammy-winning singer who performed everything from jazz ballads to pop songs during a career spanning decades, has died at the age of 81.
Thai-Japanese boy who sought father in headlines again
Online Reporters, Published on 14/12/2018
» Keingo Sato made headlines eight years ago when he searched for — and eventually was reunited with — his long-lost Japanese father. Now 17, he is in the spotlight again after a major transformation.
Watana not guilty in 1932 plaque case
Online Reporters, Published on 14/12/2018
» The Criminal Court has found Watana Muangsook, a prominent Pheu Thai Party figure, not guilty in a case related to remarks he made about the disappearance of the plaque marking the Siamese Revolution of 1932 from the Royal Plaza.