US fails in UN bid to condemn Palestinian Hamas movement
AFP, United Nations :A US resolution championed by Ambassador Nikki Haley to condemn the Palestinian Hamas movement at the United Nations for firing rockets at...
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Kremlin shrugs off US call to scrap nuclear-capable missileReuters, Moscow The Kremlin shrugged off a U.S. call for it to scrap a nuclear-capable missile on...
Road accident deaths swell to 1.35 m each year: WHO
AFP, Geneva :Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of 1.35 million traffic deaths around the world each year, the World Health...
Washington sets aside divisions as US bids farewell to Bush
AFP, Washington :A divided Washington led by the nation’s five living presidents put on a rare show of unity Wednesday at the state funeral of...
Yemen rivals lash out ahead of peace talks
AFP, Rimbo :Yemen’s government and rebels doubled down on their rival demands on Thursday, just moments before hard-won peace talks were due to open in...
Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: WB
AFP, Accra :Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned...
CO2 emissions up 2.7pc, world ‘off course’ to curb warming: Study
AFP, Paris :Global emissions of carbon dioxide mainly from fossil fuel burning will rise 2.7 percent in 2018, scientists said on Wednesday, signalling a world...
Brexit hardliners resist pleas to vote for May’s deal
AFP, London :Conservative Brexiteers, having spent their entire careers railing against the European Union, are resisting pleas from Theresa May to support her deal and...
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US priest accused of sex abuse arrested in PhilippinesAFP, ManilaAn American Catholic priest wanted for allegedly sexually abusing Filipino altar boys as young as seven...
Washington sets aside divisions as US bids farewell to Bush
AFP, Washington :A divided Washington led by the nation’s five living presidents put on a rare show of unity Wednesday at the state funeral of...
Yemen rivals lash out ahead of peace talks
AFP, Rimbo :Yemen’s government and rebels doubled down on their rival demands on Thursday, just moments before hard-won peace talks were due to open in...
Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: WB
AFP, Accra :Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned...