US, China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute

6 years ago

BEIJING –The United States and China imposed more tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other's automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Thursday in an escalation of a battle...

Strong typhoon barrels towards flood-hit western Japan

6 years ago

TOKYO –A strong typhoon hurtled towards western Japan on Thursday, with forecasters warning of heavy rains and landslides, including in areas hit by deadly flooding last month.Typhoon Cimaron, with maximum...

Kerala CM to visit relief camps

6 years ago

Trivandrum ,Kerala – Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday will conduct an in-person review of the functioning of relief camps in Chengannur, Kozhencherry, Alappuzha, North Paravoor and Chalakudy.  ...

One killed, two injured in explosion at TMC office

6 years ago

Midnapore – One person was killed and two others were seriously injured in an explosion at a Trinamool Congress office at Makrampur in the district, official sources here said.  ...

Rohingya refugees celebrate holiday amid memories of home

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KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh –Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday, praying for better lives and wondering if...

PM, Shah hand urns with Vajpayee's ashes to party chiefs

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New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Wednesday handed urns with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes to party...

Two Trump lieutenants found guilty, president implicated

6 years ago

NEW YORK –Donald Trump stood accused of conspiring to commit campaign finance fraud and two of his closest aides faced jail time Tuesday, after court proceedings delivered a legal and...

South Sudan's child soldiers hope for life after war

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PIBOR, South Sudan –By the time Baba John escaped the tribal militia he had joined as an 11-year-old, he had long stopped counting the number of people he had killed.  ...

7.3-magnitude quake jolts Venezuela's coast, no tsunami threat

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CARACAS –A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit Venezuela's northeast coast on Tuesday afternoon, with no immediate reports of casualties.  The Venezuelan Seismological Research Foundation (Funvisis) said the quake occu ...

Rohingya mark Eid, one year after Myanmar crisis began

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COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh –Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims marked Eid al-Adha on Wednesday in the world's largest refugee camp, almost a year to the day since a brutal military crackdown...

Knifeman kills six in southern China

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BEIJING –Six people were killed after a man went on a killing spree in southern China, stabbing his girlfriend and her relatives, ploughing a car into pedestrians and attacking passersby.  ...

Greece's Tsipras hails end of bailout 'Odyssey'

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ATHENS –Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called Tuesday a "day of redemption" as he hailed the end of his country's eight-year "Odyssey" of painful bailouts.  "Today is a...

Attackers firing rockets on gov't buildings in Kabul killed, cleanup operation over

6 years ago

KABUL –All the attackers who fired rockets into Kabul city on Tuesday morning had been killed and the cleanup operation was over, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danesh said.  ...

Malaysian PM to scrap China-backed $22 bn projects

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BEIJING –Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad confirmed during a visit to Beijing on Tuesday that three China-backed projects totalling $22 billion will be cancelled until his country can find a...

US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

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-MICHAEL R. SISAK, DAVID RISING and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated PressNEW YORK –The last Nazi war crimes suspect facing deportation from the U.S. was taken from his New York City home...