Venezuela bars self-declared President Guaido from leaving country
AFP, Caracas :Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice barred self-declared president Juan Guaido from leaving the country and froze his bank accounts Tuesday, as leader Nicolas...
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US Midwest gripped by cold, could hit minus 60o
Reuters, Georgia :A blast of arctic-chilled air from the polar vortex brought dangerous, record-setting cold to a wide swath of the eastern United States on...
US starts returning asylum seekers to Mexico to await court dates
AFP, Tijuana :The United States began sending migrants who have applied for asylum back to Mexico on Tuesday to await their court dates under a...
`China, Russia biggest risks to US`
Reuters, Washington :China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they...
Data of 14,200 HIV-positive patients in Singapore leaked
Reuters, Singapore :An HIV-positive American who had been deported from Singapore after serving a jail term has leaked online the personal data of 14,200 Singaporeans...
Presidential standoff may worsen Venezuelans` misery
AP, Caracas, Venezuela :The U.S. recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president is being touted by the Trump administration as the only...
Abe vows Kim meeting to ‘break shell of mutual distrust’
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s prime minister vowed Monday to “break the shell of mutual distrust” with North Korea by meeting leader Kim Jong Un face-to-face and...
US shutdown costs pegged at $3b as govt reopens
Reuters, Washington :The U.S. economy was expected to lose $3 billion from the partial federal government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall...
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Record-breaking cold clobbers two-thirds of USReuters, WashingtonTwo-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box Tuesday, as the so-called polar vortex of...
Brexit risks ‘thousands’ of heart disease deaths by 2030
Thousands more people living in Britain are at risk of dying from heart attacks and strokes in the decade after Britain leaves the European Union...
Red scarves’ protesters march in Paris against ‘Yellow Vest’ violence
Reuters, Paris, France: Thousands of protesters marched through Paris on Sunday to condemn violence in the “yellow vest” movement that has rocked France for weeks...
Killing of Palestinian by Israeli settlers ‘shocking’
Al Jazeera News :The UN’s Middle East envoy has termed the killing of a Palestinian man by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank “shocking...