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Renowned American free solo climber falls to his death

Renowned American free solo climber falls to his death

-- 2019-11-29 12:50:48

A world-renowned American free solo climber has died attempting to descend the side of a cliff face. Brad Gobright, 31, fell around 300 meters (1,000 ft) to his death in El Portero Chico in northern...

Qatar provides $4.2m grant to Jordan to ease refugee burden

Qatar provides $4.2m grant to Jordan to ease refugee burden

-- 2019-11-29 11:41:43

The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has provided a grant of 4.2 million US dollars to Jordan to help ease its financial burden of hosting refugees. Under the deal signed by the Jordanian government...

Iraqi forces kill 45 after Iranian consulate torched

Iraqi forces kill 45 after Iranian consulate torched

Reuters 2019-11-29 11:41:09

Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 45 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against th...

Lebanon loses $25b by hosting Syrian refugees

Lebanon loses $25b by hosting Syrian refugees

-- 2019-11-29 11:35:24

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday that the country has so far lost 25 billion US dollars as result of hosting a big number of Syrian refugees. "The support that is provided to Syrian re...

Former Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone dies

Former Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone dies

-- 2019-11-29 11:23:11

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died at the age of 101, NHK television said on Friday, after a career during which he hobnobbed on the world stage with Ronald Reagan, and battled...

Sudan moves to dissolve former ruling party

Sudan moves to dissolve former ruling party

-- 2019-11-29 10:53:21

Sudanese transitional authorities approved a law on Thursday to dissolve the former ruling party and repealed a public order law used to regulate women’s behaviour under ex-president Omar al-Bas...

Trump makes surprise Afghanistan trip

Trump makes surprise Afghanistan trip

-- 2019-11-29 10:32:25

President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in America’s longest war. Tr...

US move on Hong Kong dims deal hopes

US move on Hong Kong dims deal hopes

Global Times 2019-11-28 19:41:32

US President Donald Trump's decision to sign a bill into law that interferes with China's internal affairs related to Hong Kong has cast a cloud over prospects for a highly anticipated phase one trade...

Ex-president of Maldives sentenced to five years in jail

Ex-president of Maldives sentenced to five years in jail

-- 2019-11-28 18:46:35

A criminal court of the Maldives found former president Abdulla Yameen guilty of money laundering on Thursday and sentenced him to five years in prison, the judge said. Yameen, who drew the Indian Oc...

Seven kgs of plastic waste found in dead deer's stomach in Thailand

Seven kgs of plastic waste found in dead deer's stomach in Thailand

Xinhua 2019-11-28 16:22:11

A national park in Northern Thailand on Tuesday posted on its social media page images of stomach of a dead wild deer filled with plastic waste and a piece of underwear. Officials from the Khun Satha...

China warns US of retaliation for law backing HK protesters

China warns US of retaliation for law backing HK protesters

Reuters 2019-11-28 10:43:41

China warned the United States on Thursday it would take “firm counter measures” in response to US legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and said attempts to interfe...

US House committee invites Trump to upcoming impeachment inquiry hearing

US House committee invites Trump to upcoming impeachment inquiry hearing

Xinhua 2019-11-27 18:21:08

The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued a statement saying it will hold an impeachment inquiry hearing on December 4, to which President Donald Trump and his counsel are invited. The annou...

Cuba accuses US of meddling in domestic affairs

Cuba accuses US of meddling in domestic affairs

-- 2019-11-27 18:14:17

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday accused the United States of meddling in the island's domestic affairs. Rodriguez tweeted that the United States "urges its embassy in Cuba to interf...

Vietnam's population to reach 104m by 2030

Vietnam's population to reach 104m by 2030

Xinhua 2019-11-27 16:13:26

Vietnam aims to have 104 million people by 2030, with an average life expectancy of 75 years, and minimum healthy life of 68 years, according to the population strategy recently approved by its govern...

China beats annual target for cutting carbon emissions in 2018

China beats annual target for cutting carbon emissions in 2018

Xinhua 2019-11-27 16:08:51

China's carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) were down by about 4.0 per cent in 2018, beating the annual target by 0.1 percentage points, an official said Wednesday. By 2018, Chi...

IS may shift operations to Southeast Asia, Malaysia says

IS may shift operations to Southeast Asia, Malaysia says

-- 2019-11-27 15:48:25

A Malaysian minister warned on Wednesday that the Islamic State militant group may shift its base of operations to Southeast Asia after the death of its leader, according to a media report. Authoriti...

Rescuers work through the night as Albanian quake toll hits 25

Rescuers work through the night as Albanian quake toll hits 25

-- 2019-11-27 15:24:51

Emergency crews found three more bodies on Wednesday morning as they used drones, dogs and heavy machinery to search through the wreckage left by Albania’s worst earthquake in decades, bringing...

UN confce opens with call to make gender equality a reality

UN confce opens with call to make gender equality a reality

FE Online Desk 2019-11-27 14:56:30

Over 500 ministers, senior policymakers, UN officials and civil society from across Asia and the Pacific region on Wednesday gathered in Bangkok to chart out priority actions aiming to support acceler...

Firefighter accused of arson amid Australia bushfire crisis

Firefighter accused of arson amid Australia bushfire crisis

-- 2019-11-27 14:21:48

A volunteer firefighter in Australia has been charged with deliberately lighting blazes during the nation's bushfire crisis. Police arrested the man, 19, for seven counts of alleged arson in an area...

US Congress panel invites Trump to impeachment hearing

US Congress panel invites Trump to impeachment hearing

BBC 2019-11-27 11:04:44

US Congress has invited President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing on 4 December. Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Mr Trump could either att...

Thirteen French troops die in Mali helicopter crash

Thirteen French troops die in Mali helicopter crash

Reuters 2019-11-26 18:26:41

Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when their helicopters collided at low altitude as they swooped in to support ground forces engaged in combat with militants, the French army said on Tuesd...

China summons US ambassador

China summons US ambassador

Xinhua 2019-11-26 18:14:51

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang on Monday summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to lodge stern representations and strong protest against both the House of the Representatives...

ASEAN, S Korea agree to resist all forms of protectionism

ASEAN, S Korea agree to resist all forms of protectionism

Xinhua 2019-11-26 17:22:31

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s 10 member countries and South Korea agreed Tuesday to resist all forms of protectionism and enhance trade for regional prosperity. The agreement w...

Chemical weapons stockpile may remain in Myanmar: US

Chemical weapons stockpile may remain in Myanmar: US

-- 2019-11-26 16:31:43

Myanmar is in breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as a chemical weapons stockpile may remain in the country, the United States said on Monday. Thomas DiNanno, Deputy Assistant Secretary o...

Four dead as strongest quake in decades batters Albania

Four dead as strongest quake in decades batters Albania

-- 2019-11-26 12:02:39

At least four people died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Albania in decades rocked the capital of Tirana and surrounding region early on Tuesday, causing several buildings to collapse and b...

UK urges China to give UN access to Xinjiang region

UK urges China to give UN access to Xinjiang region

-- 2019-11-26 11:06:55

The UK has called on China to allow UN observers "immediate and unfettered access" to the Xinjiang region. It follows a data leak that revealed how hundreds of thousands of Muslims were mistreated in...

Greenhouse gas concentrations break records again

Greenhouse gas concentrations break records again

AL JAZEERA 2019-11-25 18:41:45

Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, a specialised agency of the United Nations has said, calling for swift action to safeguard th...

China mounts fight against illegal virtual currency trading

China mounts fight against illegal virtual currency trading

Xinhua 2019-11-25 17:04:55

China has been cracking down hard on illegal transactions related to virtual currency trading, the Economic Information Daily reported Monday. The country's financial regulator has demanded all-aroun...

China, Japan agree to further improve ties, strengthen people-to-people exchanges

China, Japan agree to further improve ties, strengthen people-to-people exchanges

Xinhua 2019-11-25 17:02:35

Japan and China have witnessed frequent high-level exchanges and positive progress in the improvement of bilateral relations recently, said Abe, adding that the Japanese side is eagerly looking forwar...

Saudi Arabia detains eight intellectuals, entrepreneurs

Saudi Arabia detains eight intellectuals, entrepreneurs

-- 2019-11-25 16:57:35

Saudi Arabia has detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, two sources including London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said, amid a two-year crackdown on free expression in the...