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Girding for grilling, Big Tech CEOs stress American roots, values
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - Big Tech's top executives underscored their firms' American roots and values Wednesday as they faced a grilling in Congress over their extraordinary economic power and influence.
US to withdraw 11,900 troops from Germany
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States will slash its military presence in Germany by 11,900 troops in what the Pentagon on Wednesday called a "strategic" repositioning but President Donald Trump said was to punish Berlin for its weak defense spending.
German police resume Maddie McCann allotment search
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» HANOVER, Germany: German police resumed searching an allotment Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, with hopes high of some light finally being shed on the years-long mystery.
Pilgrims gather for virus-hit hajj as US, India record grim data
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» MECCA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Mask-clad Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia's holiest site for a hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday that has been massively scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic, as the US, China and India registered alarming new figures.
US to move 11,900 troops out from Germany: Pentagon
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States will slash its military presence in Germany by 11,900 troops, relocating some to Italy and Belgium in a major shift of Washington's NATO assets, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Wednesday.
Vietnam repatriates 140 on rare rescue flight from Africa
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2020
» HANOI: A specially converted Vietnam Airlines passenger plane equipped with ventilators and state doctors returned from Equatorial Guinea to Hanoi on Wednesday carrying 140 Vietnamese workers infected with Covid-19.
Covid risk grounds Thai soldiers from overseas exercises
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 29/07/2020
» The army has suspended all plans to send soldiers to military exercises overseas after nine out of 151 soldiers returning from a drill in Hawaii last week tested positive for Covid-19.
Rescue flights laid on for stranded Thais
Mongkol Bangprapa and Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 29/07/2020
» Special flights are being organised to pick up Thais stranded overseas after a student died of the coronavirus in Egypt, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday.
Jail sentence upheld for boss poacher Premchai
Online Reporters, Published on 29/07/2020
» The Appeal Court on Wednesday upheld construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta's one-year jail term for trying to bribe park rangers following his arrest in a wildlife sanctuary in February 2018.
'Vindicated': Najib's critics hail Malaysia verdict
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Fahmi Reza was once sentenced to jail in Malaysia for portraying former prime minister Najib Razak as a clown. That image has now been updated and re-posted with "GUILTY" written across Najib's eyes in red.