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Tsunami alert cancelled after 7.9 Alaska quake
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2018
» ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A powerful earthquake struck off an island in the Gulf of Alaska, prompting a tsunami threat that sent the state's residents along the southern coast and western Canada fleeing for higher ground just after midnight Tuesday.
South Korea tops, Thailand drops in innovation index
Bloomberg, Published on 23/01/2018
» Score another one for Seoul while Silicon Valley slides.
Judge delays bail decision on Myanmar journalists
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2018
» YANGON: A Myanmar judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on bail until early February for two Reuters journalists detained on charges of violating a British colonial-era secrecy law that a former military junta once used to muzzle freedom of speech.
Alaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning
Agencies, Published on 23/01/2018
» ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A magnitude-8.2 earthquake off Alaska's Kodiak Island prompted a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia while the remainder of the US West Coast was under a watch.
Trump angers China, Korea with new trade tariffs
AFP, Published on 23/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has approved steep tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines to protect US producers, triggering an outcry in China and South Korea and even protests at home.
1,450 evacuated after London gas leak
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2018
» LONDON: The Charing Cross station was closed early on Tuesday morning due to a "large" gas leak in a nearby area, rail operators and the fire brigade said, prompting the police to evacuate hundreds of people from a hotel and a nightclub.
Seoul to start real-name cryptocurrency trading
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2018
» SEOUL: South Korea plans to require local banks to launch a real-name system for cryptocurrency trading that will make the up-to-now anonymous transactions be traceable as the country seeks to curb speculation and criminal activities.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes off Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2018
» JAKARTA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Trump applies tariffs to solar panels, washing machines
AP, Published on 23/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday approved tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help US manufacturers.
Ratchanok's success buoys Thai title hopes
Sports, Published on 23/01/2018
» Ratchanok Intanon will try to make it back-to-back titles at this week's Indonesia Masters.