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Fears grow that more than 1,000 still missing in Indonesia disaster

More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia's devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the number of people unaccounted for a week after the disaste...

October 5, 2018
World News
German sadistic killer couple jailed in 'House of Horrors' trial

A German court Friday jailed a couple who tortured and killed women they had lured to their village home in what has been dubbed the "House of Horrors" case. Angelika Wagener, 49, received a 13-year...

October 5, 2018
World News
Hong Kong denies FT journalist visa after independence talk

Hong Kong has refused to renew the visa of a senior Financial Times journalist who hosted a talk by an activist advocating the city's independence from China, the newspaper said Friday. Rights group...

October 5, 2018
World News
Nadia Murad: from jihadist slave to Nobel laureate

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. On Friday, Murad and C...

October 5, 2018
World News
Brave healer of DR Congo's most horrific wounds

In Democratic Republic of Congo, they call him "Doctor Miracle" for his surgical skill and dedication in helping women overcome the injuries and trauma of sexual abuse and rape. Denis Mukwege is a c...

October 5, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] DR Congo's Dr. Mukwege and Yazidi rape victim Murad win Nobel Peace Prize

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world. The pair won the a...

October 5, 2018
World
Juventus support Ronaldo as Nike 'deeply concerned' by rape allegations

Italian champions Juventus on Thursday said rape allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo do not change their opinion of their superstar player, but US sportswear giant Nike said it was "deeply concerne...

October 5, 2018
Soccer
[Newsmaker] 'Women must be heard': thousands march against Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jessica Cathcart, a 24-year-old from California, says university professor Christine Blasey Ford inspired her to speak up about her own sexual assault, which took place when she w...

October 5, 2018
World News
Melania Trump kicks off Africa tour in Ghana

ACCRA (AFP) - The US First Lady on Tuesday pulled faces at babies and handed out teddy bears as she kicked off her maiden solo trip to Africa, offering a softer side to the Trump administration after...

October 3, 2018
World News
JUUL: e-cigarette dominates the market -- and fears of parents

In just three years, electronic cigarette maker JUUL has come to dominate the American market with its vaping devices that look like thumb drives, a business success that has brought a public health ...

October 3, 2018
World News
US, Japanese pair win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy

Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research that has revolutionised the treatment of cancer, the jury said on Monday. The pai...

October 1, 2018
World News
US, Canada hold last-minute NAFTA talks as deadline looms

MONTREAL (AFP) - US and Canadian negotiators were holding eleventh-hour talks on Sunday aimed at revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement ahead of a Washington-imposed deadline. The talks w...

October 1, 2018
World Business
Japan election weighs controversy of US bases on Okinawa

Okinawans headed to the polls Sunday to choose a governor in an election that many see hinging on how voters feel about the American military presence on the southwestern Japanese islands. The race ...

September 30, 2018
World News
British ministers' phone numbers leaked in app flaw

Phone numbers and other personal details of senior ministers from Britain's Conservative party were made public by an app security flaw on Saturday, including those of top Brexiteers Michael Gove and...

September 30, 2018
World News
Elon Musk to resign as chair of Tesla board but remain CEO

Elon Musk has reached a deal over fraud charges that will see him step down as electric automaker Tesla's chairman of the board and pay a $20 million fine but stay on as CEO, US securities regulators...

September 30, 2018
World Business

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