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Hungary’s PM rejects EU criticism of his government’s policies,

Published:Tuesday | September 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS:Hungary's prime minister yesterday strongly rejected criticism of his government's policies, as European Union (EU) lawmakers debated whether to sanction Budapest for allegedly undermining the bloc's values.The European Parliament was...

Mandatory evacuations ordered in Carolinas, Virginia ahead of Hurricane Florence

Published:Tuesday | September 11, 2018 | 12:58 PM

North Carolina’s governor has ordered a mandatory evacuation for the state’s barrier islands as Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast. Governor Roy Cooper said Tuesday that he had issued a first-of-its-kind state evacuation to...

US marks 9/11 with somber tributes, new monument to victims

Published:Tuesday | September 11, 2018 | 9:43 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans were commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims Tuesday, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation’s biggest city....

Sweden joins Europe's move to right over migration backlash

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

STOCKHOLM (AP):Sweden has become the latest European country to have its political order shaken by a backlash against large-scale immigration, with voters giving a boost to a far-right party and weakening the more established ones.Sunday's election...

Taliban attack Afghan security forces in north, killing 52

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Taliban attack Afghan security forces in north, killing 52KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)Taliban insurgents launched separate attacks on Afghan security forces in the country's north, killing at least 52, provincial officials said Monday.Mohammad Yusouf...

Case against officer who killed neighbour to go to grand jury

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

DALLAS (AP):The case against a white Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black neighbour in the neighbour's home will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges than manslaughter, the district attorney...

Trump admin closing Palestinian office in Washington

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday, citing the refusal of Palestinian leaders to enter into peace talks with Israel. The Palestinians accused the administration...

Sessions: Immigration judges must be efficient with backlog

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (AP):Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a group of new immigration judges on Monday, they have an obligation to decide cases efficiently in a system besieged by ballooning dockets and lengthy backlogs.Speaking to the group of...

Texas policewoman facing manslaughter charge in death of Botham Jean

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 9:13 AM

DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who says she mistook her black neighbour’s apartment for her own when she fatally shot him was arrested on a manslaughter charge. Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail...

Intensifying Hurricane Florence could strike US southeast

Published:Monday | September 10, 2018 | 9:07 AM

Hurricane Florence is rapidly intensifying and could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week, possibly as a fearsome category 4, forecasters said. The first impacts were already...

People across Russia rally against raising pension age

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A government plan to increase the age for collecting state pensions brought protests across Russia's 11 time zones Sunday even though the opposition leader who called them was in jail. Nearly 300 people were reported arrested.The plan calls for the...

20 dead as plane crashes into lake in South Sudan

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday and killed 20 people, a local official said.The 19-seater commercial Baby Air plane had been travelling from the capital, Juba, the minister of information for the town of Yirol, Taban...

Egypt hands Lebanese woman one-year sentence for insults video

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

An Egyptian court has approved an appeal by a Lebanese woman who was sentenced to eight years in prison over insulting Egyptians in a video she posted online and has handed her a suspended one-year sentence.The Heliopolis Appeals court on Sunday...

North Korea stresses economy, not nukes, on 70th anniversary

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PYONGYANG (AP):North Korea held a major military parade and revived its iconic mass games to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday, but in keeping with leader Kim Jong Un's new policies, the emphasis was firmly on building up the economy, not on...

Pence: I'm confident no one on my staff wrote the 'NYT' column

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

US Vice-President Mike Pence says he's "100 per cent confident" that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticising President Donald Trump's leadership."I know them. I know their character," Pence said in a...

Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘suicide vest’ comment sparks furore

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has compared Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for Brexit to putting the country’s constitution in a “suicide vest” and handing the detonator to the European...

18 dead as plane crashes into lake in South Sudan

Published:Sunday | September 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday and killed 18 people, a local official said. The 19-seater commercial Baby Air plane had been travelling from the capital, Juba, the minister of...

Trump ready to tax an additional $267B Chinese imports

Published:Friday | September 7, 2018 | 3:34 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s prepared to impose tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese imports. Such a step would significantly escalate his trade war with Beijing and would likely increase...

Wildfires in California cost nearly US$1 billion

Published:Friday | September 7, 2018 | 9:49 AM

SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — California is taking a financial wallop from unrelenting wildfires that have drained its firefighting budget and prompted nearly $1 billion in property claims even before the start of the...

British Airways travelers’ credit card details hacked

Published:Friday | September 7, 2018 | 9:42 AM

LONDON (AP) — Hackers obtained the credit card details of some 380,000 British Airways travellers during a two-week data breach this summer that leaves the customers vulnerable to financial fraud, the airline says. BA’s CEO, Alex Cruz,...

Fire roaring through Northern California triples in size

Published:Thursday | September 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

REDDING, California (AP):An explosive wildfire that closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway nearly tripled in size overnight, just weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighbourhoods in ruins and killed eight people, officials said...

Source: NY Catholic dioceses subpoenaed in sex abuse probe

Published:Thursday | September 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ALBANY, NY (AP)New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state yesterday as part of a broadening civil investigation into the handling of sex-abuse allegations by church leaders.The subpoenas...

Big quake hits northern Japan, leaving 9 dead, 30 missing

Published:Thursday | September 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SAPPORO (AP):A powerful earthquake yesterday on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, prompting frantic efforts to unearth any survivors.At least...

Dispute over releasing documents dominates Kavanaugh hearing

Published:Thursday | September 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation tumbled into highly charged arguing on Thursday over whether key documents were being withheld, and one Democrat risked Senate discipline by releasing confidential...

'A horrific situation': Four dead in Cincinnati bank shooting

Published:Thursday | September 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CINCINNATI (AP):A gunman opened fire on Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three other people dead, police said.The shooting sent people scrambling across the city's Fountain Square amid cries of...

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