Merkel sees `tough day` in crunch German coalition talks
Reuters, Berlin :Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservatives still had high hurdles to clear in Thursday’s talks on forming a coalition with Social Democrats (SPD)...
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US Republicans unveil immigration bill, Trump demands wall funds
AFP, Washington : US Republican lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled an immigration package that would tighten border security, end chain migration and fund President Donald Trump’s border...
Trump says he would beat Oprah if she ran for president in 2020
CNN, Washington :President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would beat Oprah Winfrey in a potential 2020 presidential match-up, though he doesn’t think she will end...
Macron urges European unity to face rising China
AFP, Beijing :French President Emmanuel Macron pleaded on Wednesday for European unity in the face of China’s growing economic power as he wrapped up a...
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Catalan separatists agree deal to re-elect Puigdemont AP, Madrid Catalonia’s main separatist parties said Wednesday they have agreed to re-elect fugitive Carles Puigdemont as president...
Two teenage girl ‘bombers’ shot dead in Nigeria
AFP, Kano, Nigeria :Two teenage girls wearing explosive vests were shot dead by soldiers in a town in north eastern Nigeria just days after a...
Mudslides and flooding kill at least 13 in California
Reuters, Los Angeles :At least 13 people died and thousands fled from their homes in Southern California on Tuesday as a powerful rainstorm triggered flash...
Thailand confirms that ex-leader Yingluck is in Britain
AP, Bangkok :Thailand’s foreign minister said Tuesday that former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country last year to evade a prison sentence, is...
US sets deadline for 200,000 Salvadorans to leave
AFP, Washington :The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportation...
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S Africa train collision injures 200 Reuters, JohannesburgAround 200 people were injured on Tuesday when two passenger trains collided in a suburb of South Africa’s...
In rare inter-Korean talks, North pledges `invaluable` gift
Reuters, Seoul :The last North Korean to cross this heavily militarized border was shot by his own comrades, and barely escaped with his life.But when...
BBC editor quits China post over pay discrimination
Reuters, Beijing :Carrie Gracie, the China editor for Britain’s public broadcaster the BBC, has resigned from her post in Beijing due to pay disparities with...