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19 killed, dozens wounded as Pakistan jolted by shallow 5.2 quake

MIRPUR, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 19 people have been killed and 300 injured after a shallow earthquake rattled northeastern Pakistan, tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infras...

Sept 25, 2019
Top Democrat announces formal Trump impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, saying he had violated the constitution in seeking help...

Sept 25, 2019
Trump ordered aid frozen; more Democrats want impeachment

President Donald Trump ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before a phone call in which he pressured the Eastern European nation's leader to investigate the f...

Sept 24, 2019
Prepare for a world with more tariffs, US Fed's Bullard says

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Ignited by President Trump's conflict with China, the global economy is facing a future with higher tariffs and barriers to free trade than in the past eight decades, a Federal Re...

Sept 24, 2019
At UN, Trump to face questions about Iran, Ukraine, allies

NEW YORK (AP) -- Faced with growing tumult at home and abroad, President Donald Trump heads into his three-day visit to the United Nations this week hoping to lean on strained alliances while fending...

Sept 23, 2019
'Deficit of trust': At UN, leaders of a warming world gather

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The planet is getting hotter, and tackling that climate peril will grab the spotlight as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week facing an...

Sept 23, 2019
Airbnb announces plans to go public in 2020

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Airbnb, the internet home stay company which disrupted the hotel and travel industry, said Thursday it plans to make its stock market debut next year but offered few details. Launc...

Sept 20, 2019
Japan court to rule in only Fukushima criminal case

TOKYO (AFP) -- More than eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Japanese court will rule Thursday on the only criminal prosecution stemming from the worst nuclear accident in decades. T...

Sept 19, 2019
US Fed cuts key interest rate a quarter point, citing 'uncertainties'

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year on Wednesday, and Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell vowed to do whatever is needed to keep the ...

Sept 19, 2019
Trump names hostages envoy O'Brien as new natl. security adviser

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named the current envoy for hostage negotiations, Robert O'Brien, as his new national security adviser. Trump made the announcement on Twitter, days after he f...

Sept 19, 2019
Police on alert as Taiwan's flag lowered in the Solomons

HONIARA (AFP) -- Police maintained a strong presence on the streets of the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara Tuesday but reported no unrest following the troubled Pacific nation's decision to switch d...

Sept 18, 2019
Saudi oil attacks came from southwest Iran, US official says, raising tensions

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a US official told Reuters on Tuesday, an ...

Sept 18, 2019
[Graphic News] North Korea world’s 2nd most censored country

North Korea is the world’s second-most censored country, an international press freedom group said in a recent report, calling Pyongyang’s media a state “mouthpiece.” Access to the internet is res...

Sept 17, 2019
Facing US ban, Huawei emerging as stronger tech competitor

SHENZHEN (AP) -- Long before President Donald Trump threatened to cut off Huawei's access to US technology, the Chinese telecom equipment maker was pouring money into research that reduces its need f...

Sept 17, 2019
Hong Kong leader says public dialogue aimed at easing tensions to begin next week

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that she would engage directly with her governing team in a dialogue with the community next week, while reiterating calls for an end to the ...

Sept 17, 2019

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