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December 12, 2018 World News

[Newsmaker] Gunman on run after killing three at Strasbourg Christmas market

A gunman killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, authorities said. A manhunt was u...

[Newsmaker] Korea cab driver burns himself to death in carpool protest

A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death on Monday in protest at an Uber-like ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, reports said. (Yonhap) South ...

December 10, 2018
Science
Six dead, dozens hurt in Italy nightclub stampede

Six people, including five teenagers, died and 120 were injured in a stampede when panic broke out during a rap concert at a packed Italian nightclub early Saturday. The suspected use of a pepper sp...

December 9, 2018
World News
China's surplus with the US hits new record in November

EIJING -- China's trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a record $35.6 billion in November, official data showed Saturday, as exports across the Pacific remained strong despite a raft of ...

December 8, 2018
World News
CNN offices evacuated after bomb threat, no explosive found

CNN's New York offices were evacuated Thursday night after a bomb threat, but no explosive was found and police later gave the all clear, the network said. The roughly 90 minute drama recalled a sim...

December 7, 2018
World News
French government yields on fuel price hikes after weeks of protest

The French government, under pressure from weeks of "yellow vest" protests over rising living costs, on Wednesday scrapped all planned fuel tax hikes for 2019 and appealed for calm. An increase sche...

December 6, 2018
World News
Putin threatens to develop nuclear missiles banned by US-Russia treaty

A defiant Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to develop nuclear missiles banned under a treaty with the United States after Washington gave Moscow a deadline to comply with the key arms control a...

December 6, 2018
World News
US senators blast Saudi prince over Khashoggi, after CIA chief briefing

Two key US Republican senators said a Tuesday briefing by the CIA's director only strengthened their conviction that Saudi Arabia's crown prince directed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Th...

December 5, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] S. Korea ‘Garlic Girls’ curling coaches resign over alleged abuse

SEOUL (AFP) - The coaches of South Korea‘s “Garlic Girls” curling team, who shot to fame by winning Olympic silver in February, resigned Tuesday after the athletes accused them of verbal abuse and ex...

December 4, 2018
More sports
World 'way off course', UN warns at crunch climate summit

KATOWICE, Poland -- The world is "way off course" in its plan to prevent catastrophic climate change, the United Nations warned Monday as nations gathered in Poland to chart a way for mankind to aver...

December 3, 2018
World News
Soyuz 'successfully' launched into orbit: Roscosmos

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Monday that the first manned Soyuz flight to the International Space Station since a failed launch in October was proceeding according to ...

December 3, 2018
World News
First manned space mission launches since Soyuz failure

The first manned space mission to the International Space Station since an unprecedented accident in October, which raised concerns about Moscow's Soviet-designed spacecraft, will launch on Monday. ...

December 3, 2018
World News
Beyonce, Jay-Z dazzle South Africa at Mandela gig

Beyonce was leading an all-star line-up including Ed Sheeran, Jay-Z and Usher in Johannesburg at a concert to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. The concert was the climax of a year of ev...

December 3, 2018
Music
Act now or risk disaster, nations told at UN climate summit

After the starkest warnings yet of the catastrophic threat posed by climate change, nations gathered in Poland on Sunday to chart a way for mankind to avert runaway global warming. The COP24 climate...

December 3, 2018
International
[Newsmaker] Violent clashes engulf Paris in new anti-Macron protests

Anti-government protesters torched dozens of cars and set fire to storefronts during daylong clashes with riot police across central Paris on Saturday, as thousands took part in fresh "yellow vest" p...

December 2, 2018
World News

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