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Philippines restricts US firm call centre after deadly fire
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines has barred a branch of an American call centre firm from expanding in the country following a pre-Christmas fire that killed dozens of its employees, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Storm gusts derail Swiss train, lash Europe
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» ZURICH: Gusting winds blew a train off its tracks, injuring eight people, as winter storm Eleanor (aka Burglind) battered Switzerland on Wednesday, bringing trees down on power lines cutting electricity to thousands of homes.
Trump administration tightens anti-pot policy
Reuters, Published on 05/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department will rescind on Thursday a policy on marijuana that eased enforcement of federal laws as a growing number of states and localities legalised the drug, a source familiar with the matter said.
Myanmar military admits soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's military admitted its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug.
China rebukes firms calling Taiwan a 'country'
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2018
» SHANGHAI: China's aviation authority on Friday demanded an apology from US-based Delta Air Lines for listing Taiwan and Tibet as countries on its website, while another agency took aim at the fashion brand Zara and the medical device maker Medtronic Plc for similar issues.
Tropical Singapore rugs up as temperatures drop
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: A dip in temperature in Singapore has prompted an unusual parade of fur jackets, scarves and other winter items in the streets of the perennially balmy city-state, as more northern parts of the globe shivered under Arctic conditions.
Britain scrambles two Typhoon jets to intercept Russian planes
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» LONDON: Britain scrambled two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets on Monday from Scotland to intercept Russian planes near the United Kingdom's airspace, a defence ministry spokesman said.
Amsterdam's Schiphol scraps all flights due to storm
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2018
» AMSTERDAM: All flights at Schiphol airport were cancelled on Thursday due to a severe storm, as gusts of up to 140kph blew down trees and damaged buildings.
Social media firms 'accelerate' hate-speech removals
Reuters, Published on 19/01/2018
» BRUSSELS: Social media companies Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have greatly accelerated their removals of online hate speech, reviewing over two-thirds of complaints within 24 hours, new EU figures show.
Detained Kem Sokha rejects new opposition movement
Reuters, Published on 20/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's detained opposition leader Kem Sokha has declined to join a new movement, founded by prominent exiles following a ban on the main opposition party, his lawyer said on Saturday.