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Netanyahu confidant agrees to testify against him: reports
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» JERUSALEM - One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest confidants has agreed to testify against him in a graft probe, Israeli media reported Wednesday, in a fresh threat to his long tenure in power.
Influential US preacher Billy Graham dies at 99
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: Reverend Billy Graham, the influential Southern preacher who became a spiritual advisor to several US presidents and millions of Americans via their television sets, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 99.
Fears and outrage over bloodshed in Syria enclave
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» BEIRUT - Syrian jets carried out more deadly raids on Eastern Ghouta Wednesday, as Western powers and aid agencies voiced alarm over the mounting death toll and spiralling humanitarian catastrophe.
South Africa hikes sales tax in 'tough' post-Zuma budget
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» CAPE TOWN - South Africans were hit by the first sales tax increase since apartheid when the finance minister delivered a tough budget on Wednesday, dampening optimism spurred by the country's new reformist president.
US-Russia ties will be hard to repair: Moscow
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» MOSCOW: Moscow on Wednesday said it would be "very difficult" to improve US-Russia relations, which have plummeted to Cold War lows on accusations of election meddling and crises in Syria and Ukraine.
Tourists in Cambodia up 54% in Chinese New Year
Khmer Times, Published on 21/02/2018
» The number of tourists, local and international, travelling in Cambodia during the three-day Chinese New Year holiday increased by 54.5% in 2018, reaching 864,770, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Tourism.
Juncker's 'monster' wins top EU job
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» BRUSSELS: he powerful chief of staff to Jean-Claude Juncker, Martin Selmayr, will take a top post in the European Commission in a move announced on Wednesday which means he can stay on after his boss steps down next year.
KFC falls fowl in Britain with chicken run
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» LONDON: Hundreds of KFC outlets remained shut in Britain on Wednesday due to a supply crisis, leaving fans craving a fix of deep-fried chicken.
PAD guards jailed for seizing NBT studios in 2008
Online Reporters, Published on 21/02/2018
» The Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced 79 members of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to jail for seizing control of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) during protests against the Thaksin Shinawatra-backed government.
US conservatives gather as Trump faces pressure on multiple fronts
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» WASHINGTON - Russian meddling, national mourning for school shooting victims, the chaotic state of Donald Trump's presidency: US political turbulence forms a dramatic backdrop as conservatives gather near Washington beginning Wednesday for their often controversial annual confab.