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China's Xi says 'no winner' in any trade war
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» JOHANNESBURG - China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that there would be "no winner" in any global trade war, in a direct warning to US President Donald Trump who has threatened to slap levies on all Chinese imports.
Greek fires a tragedy, but not a suprise
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» ATHENS - Homes built haphazardly among the pines, no evacuation plan, poorly organised emergency services hit hard by austerity: the deadly wildfires around Athens this week may have shocked Greece but few environment experts are surprised.
Turkey moves US pastor to house arrest from prison
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» ISTANBUL - Turkey on Wednesday moved from jail to house arrest an American pastor who has spent almost two years imprisoned on terror-related charges, in a controversial case that has ratcheted up tensions with the United States.
Counting begins in suspenseful Pakistan election
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» ISLAMABAD: Vote-counting began Wednesday in a knife-edge Pakistan general election as former cricket hero Imran Khan sought power on a day marred by a bloody suicide bombing and claims of military interference.
Pheu Thai politicians discuss defections with Thaksin
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/07/2018
» Several key figures in the Pheu Thai Party are in London to hold talks with fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over members defecting to other political camps, a party source said on Wednesday.
Archaeologists lead Western Wall check-up after stone fall
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» JERUSALEM - A huge stone that fell from Jerusalem's Western Wall, barely missing a worshipper, was removed Wednesday as experts took the incident as a sign from above to examine the ancient structure's stability.
More than 150 dead in IS attacks on southern Syria
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» BEIRUT: A string of suicide blasts and raids claimed by the Islamic State group killed more than 150 people in southern Syria on Wednesday, in one of the jihadists' deadliest ever assaults in the country.
Thai, Singapore stocks lead Southeast Asian peers
Published on 25/07/2018
» Most Southeast Asian stocks rose on Wednesday tracking strong broader Asia, with Thai and Singapore shares leading the markets.
EU judges offer no 'break' in Kit Kat trademark war
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» LUXEMBOURG - The European Union's top court on Wednesday ordered the EU's intellectual property office to "reconsider" Kit Kat's bloc-wide trademark, prolonging Nestle's decade-long battle to claim exclusive rights over the chocolate bar's distinctive shape.
Fiat's emblematic boss Marchionne dies aged 66
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» MILAN - Fiat Chrysler's visionary boss Sergio Marchionne has died, after having driven the Italian auto giant to success for 14 years, holding company Exor announced Wednesday.