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Winning US$570m powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire

Published:Sunday | January 7, 2018 | 12:00 AM

It's been a billion-dollar lottery weekend after a lone powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers and will claim a $570-million jackpot, one day after another single ticket sold in Florida nabbed a $450-million grand prize.Since...

Iranian leaders blame foreign foes for protests

Published:Sunday | January 7, 2018 | 12:00 AM

As nationwide protests have shaken Iran over the last week, the Islamic Republic increasingly has blamed its foreign foes for fomenting the unrest.So far, Tehran has not offered any evidence to support that claim, though Iran's opponents throughout...

'Falling apart?' - Trump's insults not forgotten in Atlanta

Published:Sunday | January 7, 2018 | 12:00 AM

When President Donald Trump swoops into Atlanta for a VIP seat at college football's biggest game, he'll enjoy the Southern hospitality of a city he disparaged a year ago as "falling apart" and "crime-infested".The insults tweeted by Trump a week...

Trump aide, CIA head defend US president’s fitness for office

Published:Sunday | January 7, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s chief policy adviser and a top intelligence official today denounced an unflattering new book that has renewed questions about the commander in chief’s fitness for office. White House...

Temperature begins inching up after deep freeze, storm

Published:Sunday | January 7, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The bitter cold that followed a massive East Coast snowstorm should begin to lessen as temperatures inch up and climb past freezing next week, weather forecasters said. Patrick Burke, a meteorologist with the National Weather...

East Coast locked in wickedly cold weekend of subzero temps

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):The snowstorm that hit the United States East Coast with frigid, wind-whipped whiteness and ice seems to pick a different bullseye target each day.Yesterday, wind chill warnings from Virginia to Vermont hit Burlington, Vermont, with a...

8 migrants dead, 84 rescued from sinking boat off Libya

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP):At least eight migrants died and 84 were rescued yesterday from a smugglers' foundering rubber dinghy in the waters off Libya, the Italian coast guard said.An aid group said dozens of...

Don't make money, career your whole life – Pope

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Pope Francis yesterday advised against making the pursuit of money, a career or success the basis for one's whole life, urging in his Epiphany remarks to also resist "inclinations towards arrogance, the...

US East Coast locked in cold weekend of sub-zero temperatures

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The snowstorm that hit the East Coast with frigid, wind-whipped whiteness and ice that wouldn't melt seems to pick a different bull's eye target each day. On Saturday, wind chill warnings throughout the Northeast hit...

'Fire and Fury' book blows open GOP feud

Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The acrimony surrounding former White House adviser Steve Bannon's very public break with United States President Donald Trump is escalating, suggesting a permanent split between the president and the pugilistic strategist who helped...

Hard-line cleric says social media fed unrest

Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A hard-line cleric leading Friday prayers in Iran's capital called on the Islamic Republic to build its own social media, blaming popular international messaging apps for the unrest that accompanied days...

In small breakthrough, Koreas will meet for talks on Tuesday

Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SEOUL (AP):The rival Koreas will sit down for their first formal talks in more than two years next week to find ways to cooperate on the Winter Olympics in the South and to improve their...

Federal pot policy change sparks confusion, crackdown fears

Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP):The buzz kill long dreaded in the marijuana industry came just days after California opened what is expected to be the world's largest legal pot market.The Trump...

Trump slams Pakistan for 'lies & deceit' in New Year's tweet

Published:Monday | January 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP):United States President Donald Trump slammed Pakistan for 'lies & deceit' in a New Year's Day tweet that said Islamabad had played US leaders for 'fools. ''No more,' Trump tweeted. Trump in his tweet said the US had given Pakistan US$33 billion in the last 15 years...

Chicago sees drop in homicides, shootings in 2017

Published:Monday | January 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Chicago sees drop inhomicides, shootings in 2017CHICAGO (AP):Chicago ended 2017 with fewer homicides than the year before, but gang violence in the city's most dangerous neighbourhoods kept the total number of killings above the 600 mark for only...

Familes from Florida, NY die in Costa Rica plane crash

Published:Monday | January 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SAN JOSE (AP):Costa Rican investigators are looking into what caused a charter aircraft to crash in woods in the country's northwest soon after takeoff, killing two crew members and 10 US citizens...

Iran protests have violent night; at least 12 dead overall

Published:Monday | January 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TEHRAN, Iran (AP):Nationwide protests in Iran saw their most violent night as "armed protesters" tried to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repelled them,...

Texting ban may soon be enforced on Florida's deadly roads

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE (AP):Florida Highway Patrol Sgt Mark Wysocky says it is hard to separate texting drivers from drunken drivers as he cruises down a suburban interstate highway.Both weave. They speed up and slow down for no obvious reason and get too...

Departing infrastructure czar vows to fight Brexit

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Britain's outgoing infrastructure chief is vowing to fight Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit policy.Andrew Adonis said yesterday he will campaign next year to keep Britain inside the European Union (EU) because following May's Brexit...

N. Korea says it won't give up nukes if US keeps up 'blackmail'

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SEOUL (AP):North Korea said yesterday that it will never give up its nuclear weapons as long as the United States and its allies continue their "blackmail and war drills" at its doorstep.The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) took...

Police warn parents as fireworks injuries mount

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):Police in Germany are appealing to parents not to let children light fireworks as reports of explosives injuries mounted yesterday in the run up to New Year's celebrations.Dortmund police say a seven-year-old boy was hospitalised with...

Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove

Published:Friday | December 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):New York City's deadliest residential fire in decades was accidentally lit by a three-year-old boy playing with the burners on his mother's stove, officials said yesterday.The flames spread quickly through the kitchen, then roared...

10 killed in shoot-out outside Cairo church

Published:Friday | December 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):At least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed in a shoot-out outside a church and at a nearby store owned by a Christian in a Cairo suburb, Egypt's Health Ministry said...

Winter weather grips Britain; transport disrupted

Published:Friday | December 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) -- Storms are causing problems in much of Britain and more bad weather is forecast for coming days, with strong winds and snow and rain expected.Heavy snow, rain, thunderstorms and wind caused problems in many parts of Britain yesterday...

UPDATE: Three-year-old child playing with stove caused deadly New York fire

Published:Friday | December 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): New York City's deadliest residential fire in decades was accidentally lit by a 3 ½-year-old boy playing with the burners on his mother's stove, officials said Friday. The flames spread quickly through the kitchen, then roared through...

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