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Taiwan moves like stretching arm to block a car, says China

Taiwan moves like stretching arm to block a car, says China

-- 2019-03-13 22:11:48

Attempts to block Beijing's goal of bringing Taiwan under its control are like "stretching out an arm to block a car," China said in its latest rhetorical broadside against the self-governing island r...

Fresh tariff regime for UK if ‘no-deal’ Brexit occurs

Fresh tariff regime for UK if ‘no-deal’ Brexit occurs

-- 2019-03-13 21:18:17

Business leaders reacted with fury Wednesday after the British government unveiled a temporary tariff regime that could see higher prices on an array of imports ranging from cars to butter, if the cou...

Several dead in Brazil school shooting

Several dead in Brazil school shooting

-- 2019-03-13 20:14:35

Two teenagers have opened fire at a school in south-eastern Brazil, killing at least seven students and one employee, police say. The shooting happened at about 09:30 local time (12:30 GMT) when the...

North Korea election sees 99.99pc voter turnout

North Korea election sees 99.99pc voter turnout

-- 2019-03-13 17:26:08

Surprise as leader Kim Jong-un 'not on ballot' North Korea's election has resulted in the expected landslide win for its authoritarian leadership and turnout in this election hit 99.99 per cent, whic...

China offers help to Venezuela to restore power

China offers help to Venezuela to restore power

-- 2019-03-13 15:15:41

China has offered to help Venezuela restore its power grid, after President Nicolas Maduro accused US counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the South American country i...

Cameroon MP urges impartiality in resolving Anglophone conflict

Cameroon MP urges impartiality in resolving Anglophone conflict

-- 2019-03-13 14:39:39

A senior member of Cameroon's Parliament has called on the international community and the government to be more "objective" in resolving the conflict in the two English-speaking provinces of the West...

CNN faces $275m defamation lawsuit

CNN faces $275m defamation lawsuit

-- 2019-03-13 13:49:56

A US teenager has sued CNN for defamation, saying the cable network falsely conveyed to viewers that he was the "face of an unruly hate mob" confronting a Native American activist at the Lincoln Memor...

Wife, son of Indonesian ‘militant’ blow themselves up: Police

Wife, son of Indonesian ‘militant’ blow themselves up: Police

-- 2019-03-13 13:25:46

The wife and son of a suspected Islamist militant blew themselves up in their home on the Indonesian island of Sumatra early on Wednesday after hours of tense negotiations with counter-terrorism offic...

US Defense Dept sets limits on transgender soldiers

US Defense Dept sets limits on transgender soldiers

-- 2019-03-13 11:55:57

The US Defense Department signed a memo on Tuesday that would enforce limitations on transgender people serving in the military, a policy that has been the subject of court challenges. The policy wil...

UK MPs vote down May's Brexit deal again

UK MPs vote down May's Brexit deal again

BBC 2019-03-13 10:21:45

British Prime Minister Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit. MPs on Tuesday voted down the prim...

Minor boy writes  to airline boss for  ‘CEO advice’

Minor boy writes to airline boss for ‘CEO advice’

-- 2019-03-12 21:25:52

Dreaming of starting an airline but don't know where to begin? One 10-year-old boy went straight to the top for advice, reports BBC. Alex Jacquot, from Australia, decided to write to the chief exec...

Italy bans unvaccinated children from school

Italy bans unvaccinated children from school

-- 2019-03-12 18:03:23

Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated. The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination, reports...

Ethiopian plane smoked and shuddered before crash: Witnesses

Ethiopian plane smoked and shuddered before crash: Witnesses

-- 2019-03-12 17:56:33

The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed killing 157 people was making a strange rattling noise and trailed smoke and debris as it swerved above a field of panicked cows before hitting earth, accordi...

Trump proposes a record $4.75 trillion budget

Trump proposes a record $4.75 trillion budget

-- 2019-03-12 16:38:46

President Donald Trump sent Congress on Monday a record $4.75 trillion budget plan that calls for increased military spending and sharp cuts to domestic programmes like education and environmental pro...

China lawmakers urge easing of family planning rules

China lawmakers urge easing of family planning rules

-- 2019-03-12 14:25:52

Delegates to China’s parliament are urging the overhaul or even scrapping of controversial family planning rules and say radical steps are needed to ‘liberate fertility’ and reverse...

Taliban attack on checkpoints kill 11 Afghan policemen

Taliban attack on checkpoints kill 11 Afghan policemen

Xinhua 2019-03-12 13:48:08

At least 11 police officers were killed after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis overnight, local media Tolo News TV reported on Tuesday.

Fishing boat collides with ship in east China; 12 missing

Fishing boat collides with ship in east China; 12 missing

-- 2019-03-12 12:34:16

Twelve people went missing after their fishing boat collided with a ship and sank in the early hours of Tuesday off the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province. Local authorities said 14 people on bo...

Malaysia to decide fate of Malaysia Airlines 'soon', PM says

Malaysia to decide fate of Malaysia Airlines 'soon', PM says

-- 2019-03-12 11:58:54

The Malaysian government is considering whether to shut, sell or refinance national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAB), Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday. The government was studying optio...

12 die as heavy rains cause flooding in Brazil’s biggest city

12 die as heavy rains cause flooding in Brazil’s biggest city

-- 2019-03-12 11:57:34

Heavy rains deluged Brazil's biggest city, causing flooding and other damage that resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people, authorities said Monday. Six people were reported injured. Sao Paulo's...

Investigators recover data recorders from Ethiopian plane crash site

Investigators recover data recorders from Ethiopian plane crash site

-- 2019-03-11 21:12:17

Investigators have found the flight data recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, according to a BBC report. The devices recovered at the crash site were the Boeing 737 Max...

Religious freedom in China could boost trust in Taiwan: US

Religious freedom in China could boost trust in Taiwan: US

-- 2019-03-11 16:38:50

The US ambassador for religious freedom on Monday again urged China to give its people religious freedom, a move he said could help gain trust from self-ruled Taiwan, an island China considers its own...

Rouhani begins Iraq visit to expand trade ties

Rouhani begins Iraq visit to expand trade ties

-- 2019-03-11 16:01:29

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sharply criticised US military intervention in the Middle East on Monday as he began a first official visit to Iraq, aimed at shoring up Tehran’s influence and e...

Brexit talks remain deadlocked day before Commons’ vote

Brexit talks remain deadlocked day before Commons’ vote

-- 2019-03-11 12:20:09

Brexit talks between the UK and the EU remain deadlocked, Downing Street has said just a day before MPs are due to vote again on Theresa May's deal. Mrs May spoke to European Commission president Jea...

Malaysia frees Kim Jong-nam murder suspect

Malaysia frees Kim Jong-nam murder suspect

-- 2019-03-11 10:57:51

An Indonesian woman accused in the 2017 killing of the North Korean leader’s half-brother was released from custody on Monday after a Malaysian court dropped a murder charge against her. After...

China defends Tibet policies

China defends Tibet policies

-- 2019-03-10 20:25:32

China is defending its often-criticised rule in Tibet 60 years after the Dalai Lama fled into exile amid an abortive uprising against Chinese control, saying those who question its policies are merely...

Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions

Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions

-- 2019-03-10 20:11:08

Thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow and two other cities on Sunday to rally against tighter internet restrictions, in some of the biggest protests in the Russian capital in years. Lawma...

India announce general election dates

India announce general election dates

-- 2019-03-10 18:36:15

India's general election will take place in seven phases between April and May, the Election Commission says. Polls to elect a new Lok Sabha, or lower house of parliament, will be held from 11 April...

Ethiopian plane crash: No survivors among 157 on board

Ethiopian plane crash: No survivors among 157 on board

-- 2019-03-10 16:51:22

All 149 passengers and eight crew members on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane, which crashed on Sunday, have died in the tragedy. The Flight ET302 came down six minutes after it took off from Addis...

North Koreans go to polls in pre-determined election

North Koreans go to polls in pre-determined election

-- 2019-03-10 16:20:40

Millions of North Koreans are going to the polls on Sunday to elect roughly 700 members of the national legislature, the second such election since Kim Jong-un took power. Voting for the Supreme Peop...

Ethiopian plane crashes with 157 aboard

Ethiopian plane crashes with 157 aboard

-- 2019-03-10 14:55:38

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet has crashed on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya. The flight is believed to have had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, the air...