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Coast Guard lieutenant expected to plead guilty in gun case 02 Oct 2019 - 06:52 pm

COLLEGE PARK, Md: A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists is...

Impeachment fight escalates as Trump calls probe a 'coup' 02 Oct 2019 - 06:47 pm

Washington: Donald Trump and Congress traded threats Wednesday in a growing impeachment scandal that threatens to engulf the White House in what the...

Putin says 'nothing compromising' in Trump call to Ukraine leader 02 Oct 2019 - 04:18 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday defended Donald Trump over accusations the US leader pressured Kiev to dig up dirt on a...

London court allows mass claim against Google over iPhone data 02 Oct 2019 - 03:49 pm

London: London's Court of Appeal gave the go-ahead for action against Google over claims it collected data from more than 4 million iPhone...

Peru's VP gives up claim to the presidency in blow to opposition 02 Oct 2019 - 12:14 pm

LIMA: Peru's vice president renounced her claim to the presidency on Tuesday in a surprise twist to a constitutional crisis, dealing a fresh...

Johnson prepares to unveil 'final' Brexit offer 02 Oct 2019 - 11:16 am

Manchester, United Kingdom: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will submit "final" proposals for a new Brexit agreement on Wednesday, officials said, warning that if...

Australian leader says Trump wanted 'point of contact' for Russia probe 02 Oct 2019 - 10:25 am

Sydney: Australia's prime minister on Wednesday played down the significance of a call from Donald Trump as "brief and uneventful", despite mounting controversy...

Hackers targeted personal data held at top Australian university: Report 02 Oct 2019 - 09:11 am

SYDNEY: Cyber-attackers spent months targeting personal information of students and employees at one of Australia's most prestigious universities, a report into a 2018...

Singapore's 'fake news' law takes effect as critics sound alarm 02 Oct 2019 - 08:32 am

Singapore: Singapore's new law to combat "fake news" came into effect Wednesday despite criticism from tech giants and activists, who labelled the tough...

Twitter, TweetDeck suffer global outage, thousands hit 02 Oct 2019 - 08:28 am

Twitter Inc said late on Tuesday that the social media website and its dashboard management platform TweetDeck was hit with an outage, with...

Trump impeachment probe gains steam with briefing, depositions 02 Oct 2019 - 08:17 am

Washington: Two former officials who were engaged in the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine will meet with U.S. congressional committees starting this week,...

Hong Kong mops up after 180 arrested in violent National Day protests 02 Oct 2019 - 08:10 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities mopped up on Wednesday after the most violent clashes in nearly four months of anti-government unrest, including the...

Asian palm oil giants take action over green group's rainforest probe 01 Oct 2019 - 11:03 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Asian palm oil traders that supply to a list of major consumer brands are investigating two mills accused this week...

Brazil to build network of social workers to support slavery victims 01 Oct 2019 - 09:37 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil is aiming to build a network of social workers nationwide to support people rescued from modern slavery, and help...

Owner charged with cruelty over deaths of goats in Warsaw 01 Oct 2019 - 05:38 pm

WARSAW: Polish prosecutors on Tuesday pressed animal cruelty charges against the owner of a herd of goats, some of whom died on an...

Sanders raises $25 million in 3rd-quarter 2020 cash, Buttigieg $19 million 01 Oct 2019 - 04:55 pm

WASHINGTON: Bernie Sanders reported Tuesday that he raised $25.3 million over the last three months, the largest quarterly sum a Democratic White House...