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US train crash kills three, wounds over 100

US train crash kills three, wounds over 100

-- 2017-12-19 10:24:37

At least three people were killed and more than 100 hospitalised with critical injuries after an Amtrak train derailed on Monday during its inaugural run on a faster route from Seattle to Portland, Or...

US holds N Korea responsible for 'WannaCry' attack

US holds N Korea responsible for 'WannaCry' attack

-- 2017-12-19 10:09:07

The US administration has said North Korea was "directly responsible" for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses, and banks across the world earlier this year. The attack is said...

US plane crash takes lives of three

US plane crash takes lives of three

-- 2017-12-18 12:08:18

Three people died when a small plane crashed in southeastern Indiana, US police said on Sunday. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles said the single-engine Cessna plane crashed in a wooded area near Oldenburg, India...

Brazil’s Lula gets party support to run for president

Brazil’s Lula gets party support to run for president

Reuters 2017-12-18 12:00:08

Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT) approved a resolution on Saturday formally supporting the candidacy of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as the nation’s left continues to ral...

Piñera wins Chile presidential election

Piñera wins Chile presidential election

-- 2017-12-18 12:00:00

A conservative billionaire and former president, Sebastián Piñera, has won Chile's presidential election run-off. Left-winger Alejandro Guillier conceded and congratulated his opponent...

World's busiest airport suffers power cut

World's busiest airport suffers power cut

-- 2017-12-18 10:33:04

A power cut at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson international airport has led to a partial shut-down and major delays to flights. The airport is the world's busiest, handling more than 250,000 passengers...

Honduras polls: Tribunal declares President winner

Honduras polls: Tribunal declares President winner

-- 2017-12-18 10:11:23

Juan Orlando Hernández has been declared the winner of last month's fiercely disputed presidential election in Honduras after a partial recount. Earlier results triggered deadly street violenc...

UN weighs measure rejecting US Jerusalem decision

UN weighs measure rejecting US Jerusalem decision

-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00

The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after US President Donald Tr...

Honduran chopper crash kills President’s sister

Honduran chopper crash kills President’s sister

-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00

The sister of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and five other people were killed in a helicopter crash Saturday on a mountain near the Honduran capital. Hilda Hernandez, 51, was an agronomy...

Thousands flee California's growing wildfire 'beast'

Thousands flee California's growing wildfire 'beast'

Reuters 2017-12-17 12:00:00

A raging California wildfire powered by fierce winds grew into the third-largest in state history on Saturday as forced evacuations turned neighbourhoods into ghost towns and ash fell in some areas li...

Pentagon spends millions in secret UFO programme: US media

Pentagon spends millions in secret UFO programme: US media

-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00

The Pentagon has been running a secret multi-million dollar programme to investigate Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), US media report. Only a s        &nbsp...

Argentina fires navy chief over submarine tragedy

Argentina fires navy chief over submarine tragedy

Agencies 2017-12-17 11:19:33

The head of the Argentine navy has been sacked following the loss of a submarine and its crew in the South Atlantic last month. The defence minister placed Adm Marcelo Srur in retirement on Friday ni...

Five die in Chile mudslide

Five die in Chile mudslide

-- 2017-12-17 10:16:05

A mudslide tore through a small village in southern Chile near a popular national park, leaving five people dead and at least 15 missing after a night of torrential downpours, authorities said. A vid...

Mueller obtains emails unlawfully: Trump allies

Mueller obtains emails unlawfully: Trump allies

-- 2017-12-17 05:23:24

The special counsel, Robert Mueller, investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the US 2016 election had obtained tens of thousands of emails unlawfully. Mueller is an American lawyer and civil...

Ex-journalist, billionaire face off for Chile presidency

Ex-journalist, billionaire face off for Chile presidency

Reuters 2017-12-17 03:02:53

Chileans vote in an uncertain runoff presidential election on Sunday that will determine if the world’s top copper producer stays on its centre-left course or joins a tide of Latin American nati...

Trump's 'Christmas gift' for US middle class!

Trump's 'Christmas gift' for US middle class!

-- 2017-12-17 02:34:31

US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended a Republican tax-cut plan against Democratic charges that it favours the rich, saying it will be “one of the great Christmas gifts” for the m...

US makes U-turn on N Korea talks

US makes U-turn on N Korea talks

BBC 2017-12-16 12:00:00

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said North Korea must "earn its way back to the table" for negotiations between the two countries to restart. Mr Tillerson said Pyongyang had to carry out a "susta...

Cops find billionaire couple dead in Toronto home

Cops find billionaire couple dead in Toronto home

-- 2017-12-16 11:17:50

A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as "suspicious". The bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in...

US Republicans agree sweeping changes in tax bill

US Republicans agree sweeping changes in tax bill

BBC 2017-12-16 04:04:53

US Republicans from both houses of Congress have revealed their joint bill for the biggest overhaul of the country's tax system in 30 years. The plan brings the US corporate tax rate down to 21 per c...

Mexico fireworks explosion kills four

Mexico fireworks explosion kills four

-- 2017-12-16 01:08:56

A fireworks explosion in Mexico has killed four people and sent five more to the hospital days after the country's holiday season kicked off in earnest. The State of Mexico says in a statement that t...

Trump talks to Putin over NK situation: White House

Trump talks to Putin over NK situation: White House

-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00

US President Trump talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders over phone for working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House said in...

Peru president denies allegation, not to quit

Peru president denies allegation, not to quit

-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00

Peru's president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has said he will not resign, despite growing pressure over corruption allegations involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. In a televised address late o...

Plane crashes with 25 aboard in Canada

Plane crashes with 25 aboard in Canada

-- 2017-12-14 12:30:04

A plane carrying 25 people crashed late Wednesday in southern Canada, injuring several people, local media reported. The plane is an ATR-42 carrying 22 passengers and three crew members, according to...

US agency to vote on net neutrality rules despite outcry

US agency to vote on net neutrality rules despite outcry

-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00

Internet service providers clashed with Democrats and celebrities like “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill ahead of a vote on the Trump administration’s plan to revoke net neutrality rules...

US lawmaker accused of assault ‘kills self’

US lawmaker accused of assault ‘kills self’

-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00

Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky who defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, died in an apparent suicide Wednesday night...

Court sentences Ecuador's vice-president to six years imprisonment

Court sentences Ecuador's vice-president to six years imprisonment

-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00

A criminal court in Ecuador on Wednesday sentenced the suspended vice-president, Jorge Glas, to six years in prison for illegal association in the bribery scheme of Brazilian construction firm, Odebre...

White House contradicts Tillerson on talks with North Korea

White House contradicts Tillerson on talks with North Korea

-- 2017-12-14 09:56:20

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department, after suggesting the US had softened its position on talks with North Korea, reports Ag...

New York bombing suspect warned Trump on Facebook

New York bombing suspect warned Trump on Facebook

-- 2017-12-13 12:45:20

The man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald trump just before the attack. "Trump you failed to protect your nation," it read....

Let’s just meet: US to North Korea

Let’s just meet: US to North Korea

-- 2017-12-13 12:00:00

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without pre-conditions, backing away from a key US demand that Pyongyang must first accept that giving up its nuclear...

San Francisco gets first Afro-American mayor

San Francisco gets first Afro-American mayor

-- 2017-12-13 10:32:12

San Francisco native London Breed has become the city's acting mayor following the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee on Tuesday. She is the first African-American woman to lead the city in the midst of a...