News In Brief

Trump admn puts Obamacare in crosshairs
AFP, Washington
US President Donald Trump’s administration vowed Tuesday to see Obamacare-a massive, but controversial reform intended to bring health care to more Americans-struck down.
Top Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said the policy, which became law after a fierce legislative battle under then president Barack Obama, had failed.

500 evacuated in fire at Singapore hotel
AP, Singapore
Officials say about 500 people were evacuated during a fire at a luxury hotel in Singapore, but there were no reports of injuries.
Smoke billowed out of the Grand Hyatt hotel in the Orchard Road shopping district. Guests, passers-by and staff, including some wearing chef hats, gasped as they watched from a distance away.

Saudi King meets Libya’s Gen Haftar
Reuters, Dubai
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman met on Wednesday the commander of the Eastern Libyan forces Khalifa Haftar, the Saudi foreign ministry said in a tweet.
King Salman made assurances during the meeting of the Kingdom’s keenness for the security and stability of Libya, the foreign ministry said.
5 hurt in industrial building blast near Stockholm
AP, Copenhagen
Five people sustained minor injuries when a pre-dawn blast occurred in an industrial area northwest of Stockholm Wednesday.
Stockholm police spokesman Mats Eriksson said the blast took place shortly after midnight Wednesday at an industrial building, shattering its glass windows as well as those at a nearby hotel in Vinsta. A number of cars also suffered damage.
“There is nothing indicating that this is terror. The time at which it happened makes us think that. It could be an accident or something else but not terror,” Eriksson told The Associated Press.
Eriksson said three people received medical treatment on the spot while two others were taken to a local hospital.