-- 2019-12-04 12:51:56
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad formally launched on Wednesday preparations to host next year’s APEC summit, recalling with pride how his country hosted the event more than 20 years ag...
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Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured when a fire broke out after a gas tanker exploded while unloading at a ceramics factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday, the gover...
Thomson Reuters Foundation 2019-12-04 11:54:06
The number of people at risk of being forced from their homes by river flooding could surge to as many as 50 million a year by the end of the century if governments do not step up action to tackle cli...
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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to counter what it calls the "arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment" of Uighur Muslims in China. The bill calls for "targeted sanctions" ...
Xinhua 2019-12-03 20:29:07
The Central Military Commission has issued an official document calling for greater efforts to ensure that China's military retirees are well taken of. Titled "Guideline on Strengthening Work on Mili...
Xinhua 2019-12-03 18:57:07
An explosion resulted from a smoke grenade took place in Indonesia's National Monument Park (Monas) near the presidential palace in central Jakarta on Tuesday, injuring two soldiers, Jakarta Police Ch...
Reuters 2019-12-03 12:55:27
A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing one man and bringing heavy rains that prompted suspension of air travel and government offices in the capital, and warnings of floods, storm surges...
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak took to the witness box for the first time on Tuesday to defend himself on criminal charges linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia...
Reuters 2019-12-02 19:54:11
As Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to travel to the Netherlands to fight charges of genocide against her country at the International Court of Justice, her supporters have held a public rally...
Xinhua 2019-12-02 19:19:23
China has made remarkable progress in advanced vocational education, according to an evaluation report published on the Ministry of Education's website. Advanced vocational schools nationwide have se...
Global Times 2019-12-02 19:04:23
Hong Kong police aim to recruit 1,815 officers by March in a bid to better safeguard the city which has been troubled by six months of social unrest, and encourage those who share the city's determina...
-- 2019-12-02 18:26:20
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China, an economic...
Reuters 2019-12-02 18:18:53
Democratic lawmakers in Congress of the United States will take a big step this week in what appears to be a now inexorable march toward impeaching US President Donald Trump, with the start of hearing...
-- 2019-12-02 12:42:08
Hong Kong protesters geared up for a week of lunchtime rallies on Monday, a day after a mass demonstration showed the anti-government movement can still draw people to the streets even after sweeping...
Reuters 2019-12-02 12:23:00
At least 24 Tunisians were killed on Sunday after a bus crashed during an excursion in the northern town of Amdoun, the health ministry said. The bus veered off a winding road when the driver failed...
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2019-12-02 11:00:13
Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade - a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats...
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At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in Burkina Faso. The victims were attending a service at a church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of the country on Su...
Xinhua 2019-12-01 18:48:24
Ethiopia is hoping to attract more sustainable investment from Chinese enterprises as fruitful cooperations have been carried out under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). At the China-Ethiopia High-...
Xinhua 2019-12-01 15:05:48
Nine people, including two children, were killed and three others injured in a plane crash Saturday in the US state of South Dakota, US media reported, citing local authorities. Peter Knudson, an off...
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Namibia's president Hage Geingob has been re-elected for a second term, the country's electoral commission says. Mr Geingob polled 56.3 per cent in Wednesday's election, well ahead of his nearest riv...
-- 2019-12-01 14:40:26
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi submitted his resignation to parliament amid continuing anti-government protests in the capital Baghdad and in southern Iraq. The prime minister announced on Fri...
-- 2019-12-01 12:52:07
Islamic State said the London Bridge attack on Friday was carried out by one of its fighters, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Saturday. The group did not provide any evidence. It added...
-- 2019-12-01 12:29:08
Ten suspected cartel gunmen and four police were killed during a shootout on Saturday in a Mexican town near the US border, days after US President Donald Trump raised bilateral tensions by saying he...
Xinhua 2019-11-30 18:20:15
The Libyan Coast Guard on Friday rescued more than 200 migrants off the country's western coast, the International Organization for Migration in Libya (IOM Libya) said. "Over 200 migrants were just r...
-- 2019-11-30 11:58:14
North Korea’s state media on Saturday lashed out at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an “imbecile and political dwarf” for calling Pyongyang’s latest test of a large multi...
-- 2019-11-30 10:47:38
The man who carried out Friday's stabbing attack at London Bridge was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison on...
BBC 2019-11-29 20:50:41
London Bridge has been cordoned off by police, with a BBC journalist reporting hearing gunfire. BBC reporter John McManus said he saw a group of men involved in a fight on the bridge. Police then ar...
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Sudan has repealed a restrictive public order law that controlled how women acted and dressed in public. On Twitter, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok paid tribute to women "who have endured the atrociti...
Xinhua 2019-11-29 17:32:13
Australia's first underwater hotel is set to open on the Great Barrier Reef in the coming days, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in one of the world's most spectacular natural environments. Si...
Reuters 2019-11-29 17:17:20
India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaks...
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