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Germany seeks motive after van crashes into crowd, killing 2

MUENSTER, Germany -— A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring 20 others before the driver of the vehicle shot ...

Apr 8, 2018
World News
Defence in Kim Jong Nam trial casts doubt on poison test lab

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia -- The laboratory that tested the nerve agent allegedly used to assassinate the North Korean leader's half-brother was not on the list of centres approved by the global chemical w...

Apr 5, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Samsung overtakes IBM for top spot in US patent portfolio

Samsung Electronics has overtaken IBM as the holder of the most US patents as of the start of this year, data showed. The South Korean tech firm held 75,596 US patents, outdoing No. 2 IBM by nearl...

Apr 5, 2018
World Business
'Not in a trade war with China' says Trump

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is not in a trade war with China, as both sides shake global markets with tit-for-tat actions. "We are not in a trade war with China, that ...

Apr 4, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Vienna remains world's most livable city

Austrian capital Vienna once again defended its position as the city offering the best quality of life in the world, while Iraqi capital Baghdad remained the worst, in an annual survey from consulti...

Apr 4, 2018
World
Woman opens fire at YouTube, wounds 3 before killing herself

SAN BRUNO, CA — A woman opened fire Tuesday at YouTube headquarters, wounding three people before fatally shooting herself as terrified employees huddled inside, police and witnesses said. After rec...

Apr 4, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Number of Facebook users worldwide rises

The number of active Facebook users worldwide rose from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2017. Around 1.4 billion users visited the social network daily in the fourth quarter of...

Apr 3, 2018
World Business
Chinese space station breaks up over South Pacific

China's defunct space station broke up over the South Pacific Ocean as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at 9:16 a.m. Monday (Korean time), a local space institute said. The Tiangong-1 disintegra...

Apr 2, 2018
World News
Chinese space station may fall to Earth on Monday

China's defunct space station is likely to plunge to Earth early this week, two hours ahead of the originally expected time, South Korean space authorities said Sunday. The Tiangong-1 will fall to E...

Apr 1, 2018
World News
California Judge: Coffee needs cancer warnings

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process. Superior Court ...

Mar 30, 2018
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[Graphic News] Singapore named world’s most expensive city

The eye-watering cost of owning a car in space-starved Singapore means the city-state is the world’s most expensive place to live - for a fifth year in a row - according to the Economist Intelligenc...

Mar 28, 2018
World Business
Myanmar parliament elects Suu Kyi loyalist as new president

NAYPYITAW -- Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday elected Win Myint, a loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi, as new president, while she retained her executive authority over the government. The vote comes as ...

Mar 28, 2018
World News
Stocks surge on receding trade war fears, reported Kim visit

A wave of optimism flowed across stock markets on Tuesday, building on Wall Street's gains the previous session, as fears of a US-China trade war receded. Speculation that Kim Jong Un paid a surpris...

Mar 27, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Mongolia suffers highest unemployment in Asia

Mongolia, Pakistan, Indonesia and Philippines have the highest unemployment rates in Asia. By contrast, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos have posted the lowest unemployment rates. Mongolia has the high...

Mar 27, 2018
World Business
64 dead in Russian shopping mall inferno

MOSCOW -- A total of 64 people some of them children perished in a fire that ravaged a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia, as rescue teams Monday struggled through piles of charred r...

Mar 26, 2018
World News

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