UN has ‘stopped working’: Brazil’s Lula
Agencies : Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took a swipe Saturday at the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, saying they “stopped working”...
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Tropical Storm Melissa, soon a hurricane, brings death, floods to Caribbean
Al Jazeera : The slow-moving, but punishing, Tropical Storm Melissa that has already killed four people is threatening catastrophic flooding across the northern Caribbean as...
Thailand’s former queen Sirikit dies aged 93
Agencies : Queen Sirikit, the mother of Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn, has died aged 93. She passed away “peacefully” in a Bangkok hospital at 21:21 local...
Gaza childern dying
BBC : So many lives in Gaza still hang in the balance.In different wards of Nasser Hospital lie two 10-year-old boys, one shot by Israeli...
US, China seek to avoid trade war escalation
Reuters : Top economic officials from the United States and China ended their first day of talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (25 October), with...
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 4, wound around 20
AFP : Russian overnight drone and missile strikes killed four people and wounded some 20 others in the Ukraine capital Kyiv and several other regions,...
Pakistan flag carrier resumes UK flights after five-year ban
Agencies : Pakistan’s state-owned airline resumed direct flights to Britain on Saturday, after UK authorities had ended a five-year suspension imposed over aviation safety concerns....
Hong Kong collects black boxes after deadly plane crash
Agencies : The black box flight recorders from an aircraft involved in a crash that killed two people at Hong Kong airport earlier this week...
Trump’s Asia comeback and East Timor’s ASEAN entry headline landmark summit
NN ONLINE: Southeast Asian foreign ministers opened preliminary talks Saturday ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will officially admit East Timor as the...
Trump heads for Asia and Xi talks, as Kim speculation swirls
NN ONLINE: US President Donald Trump leaves on Friday for Asia and high-stakes talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — as Washington played down...
Trump to visit Asia with focus on major investment pledges
Agencies: US President Donald Trump will travel to Japan and South Korea next week seeking progress on nearly $900 billion in pledged investments for American...
Louvre thieves left trail of DNA samples on helmet, gloves
Agencies: The thieves who snatched millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry in a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum on Sunday left behind numerous...