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Four children die in Canada house fire

Four children die in Canada house fire

-- 2018-01-08 12:00:00

Four children including one infant died in an early-morning house fire in Canada's southwestern province of Nova Scotia, local media reported Sunday night. Troy Amirault, deputy chief with the West P...

US Fed ready to lie low for White House!

US Fed ready to lie low for White House!

Reuters 2018-01-08 12:00:00

US Federal Reserve policymakers have come to view Donald Trump’s tax overhaul as a short-term economic boost that will neither permanently supercharge the economy, as the president says, or caus...

Deadly explosion kills 23 in Syria

Deadly explosion kills 23 in Syria

-- 2018-01-08 11:39:28

At least 23 people are reportedly dead and many more injured after a large explosion in the rebel-held city of Idlib, in northwestern Syria. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

Southeast Asian stocks mostly rise

Southeast Asian stocks mostly rise

-- 2018-01-08 01:21:01

Southeast Asian stock markets mostly rose on Monday as expectations of higher corporate earnings buoyed sentiment, while Thailand hit a record high. Thai shares rose as much as 0.7 per cent to hit a...

Indian shares hit record highs

Indian shares hit record highs

-- 2018-01-08 01:14:19

Indian shares hit record highs on Monday, as pre-budget cheer and optimism over corporate results offset lowered growth forecasts. The rupee, meanwhile, rose to as high as 63.2450 per dollar, its str...

South Korean stocks edge up

South Korean stocks edge up

-- 2018-01-08 01:08:07

South Korean stocks edged up on Monday, while won rose slightly and bond yields climbed. At 01:17 GMT, the KOSPI was up 2.67 points or 0.11 per cent at 2,500.19. The won was quoted at 1,061.9 per do...

UK airport bars could face hours limit

UK airport bars could face hours limit

BBC 2018-01-07 12:57:03

Restrictions on the sale of alcohol at UK airports could be introduced in an effort to reduce the number of drink-related rage incidents on planes. Airports are currently exempt from legislation gove...

Afghan airstrikes leave 20 militants dead

Afghan airstrikes leave 20 militants dead

-- 2018-01-07 12:28:32

At least 20 militants including their three local commanders were killed and eight others wounded during airstrikes launched by Afghan air forces in Farah province, west of Afghanistan on Saturday, de...

US Fed rate-setter for three hikes this year

US Fed rate-setter for three hikes this year

Reuters 2018-01-07 12:00:00

The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates three times this year given the already strong economy will get a boost from tax cuts, and can tighten more or less aggressively if needed, a key US rat...

Two Bangladeshis among 32 go missing in China

Two Bangladeshis among 32 go missing in China

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Thirty-two crew members, including two Bangladeshis and 30 Iranians, have gone missing after two vessels collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening, China's Ministry of Transport said Sunday....

Trump cartoon series to be on TV soon

Trump cartoon series to be on TV soon

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

The first trailer for Our Cartoon President, a new animated series skewering the presidency of Donald Trump, was unveiled during a panel at the ongoing Television Critics Association press tour and su...

‘Immune response to Zika virus can also harm foetuses’

‘Immune response to Zika virus can also harm foetuses’

Xinhua 2018-01-07 11:34:23

The same proteins that mount an immune response to Zika virus infection can also harm the placenta and foetal development, a US study suggested Friday. These antiviral proteins, known as type I inter...

Eight migrants drown after dinghy sinks off Libya coast

Eight migrants drown after dinghy sinks off Libya coast

-- 2018-01-07 11:25:46

At least eight migrants have drowned and 84 have been rescued after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard said. Dozens of others might still be missing, the Spanish resc...

Strong quake batters Russia

Strong quake batters Russia

-- 2018-01-07 11:05:15

An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted 22km SW of Nikol'skoye, Russia at 02:24:06 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 35.0 km, was initially...

Legendary astronaut John Young dies

Legendary astronaut John Young dies

Reuters 2018-01-07 10:58:28

US astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon in 1972 and even smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit during a career that made him the only person to fly with three NASA space programmes, has d...

Cold wave takes nine lives in Nepal

Cold wave takes nine lives in Nepal

-- 2018-01-07 10:43:01

The spell of cold wave has claimed at least nine lives in southern Nepal's Terai region bordering India in the past two days, media reports said. Six people died of freezing cold in Saptari district...

Gunmen shoot dead 13, injure seven in Senegal

Gunmen shoot dead 13, injure seven in Senegal

-- 2018-01-07 10:29:50

Gunmen shot dead 13 people and wounded seven others on Saturday in the forest of Senegal’s southern region of Casamance, the army said. It was not clear who was responsible or what the motive w...

PNG volcano eruption forces evacuations

PNG volcano eruption forces evacuations

-- 2018-01-07 02:12:46

A remote island volcano in Papua New Guinea has begun spewing ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of more than 500 residents, media and non-profit groups have said. Kadovar Island, a 365-metre (...

‘Alcohol may cause cancer by damaging cells’

‘Alcohol may cause cancer by damaging cells’

Xinhua 2018-01-07 01:30:58

Drinking alcohol may cause irreversible damage to the DNA of stem cells and increase the risk of developing certain cancers, a new study has revealed. Using genetically modified mice, British scienti...

Indian stocks continue to rally

Indian stocks continue to rally

-- 2018-01-06 12:49:27

Indian shares hit fresh all-time closing highs on Friday buoyed by foreign funds buying for the fourth successive day and encouraged by the overnight strength on Wall Street. Benchmark indices advan...

Saudi king orders new cost-offsetting allowances for citizens

Saudi king orders new cost-offsetting allowances for citizens

-- 2018-01-06 12:44:25

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered a monthly payment of 1,000 riyals ($267) to state employees over the next year in compensation for rising cost of living after the government hiked domesti...

UK court fines restaurant over wooden serving boards

UK court fines restaurant over wooden serving boards

BBC 2018-01-06 12:01:45

A restaurant has been fined £50,000 by magistrates for serving food on wooden boards. Birmingham City Council says the wooden plates, used by Ibrahim's Grill and Steak House in Acocks Green, po...

White noise video on YouTube hit by copyright claims

White noise video on YouTube hit by copyright claims

BBC 2018-01-06 12:00:00

A musician who made a 10-hour long video of continuous white noise - indistinct electronic hissing - has said five copyright infringement claims have been made against him. Sebastian Tomczak, who is...

Mnangagwa rules out forming coalition govt

Mnangagwa rules out forming coalition govt

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out forming a coalition government after visiting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday. Zimbabwe is due to hold elections in 2018 in t...

‘Mr Bean’ turns 63!

‘Mr Bean’ turns 63!

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Happy birthday to English actor, comedian and screenwriter, Rowan Sebastian Atkinson. Best known as ‘Mr Bean’, Rowan’s rise to fame began when he starred in BBC’s sketch comed...

US stocks end at record highs

US stocks end at record highs

-- 2018-01-06 11:56:10

Wall Street ended at record high on Friday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched their best weekly gains in more than a year as technology stocks helped lift major indexes to the records. With th...

US slaps new sanctions on Venezuelan officials

US slaps new sanctions on Venezuelan officials

-- 2018-01-06 11:55:19

The US has imposed sanctions on four serving or retired Venezuelan generals for rights abuses or corruption. The list includes Rodolfo Marco Torres, whom the US Treasury sanctioned for food smuggling...

King Salman orders to pay citizens inflation allowances

King Salman orders to pay citizens inflation allowances

-- 2018-01-06 11:45:37

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered to provide citizens with inflation allowances to ease the expected rise in the cost of living after the newly enforced value added tax (VAT). Accor...

India lowers growth forecast ahead of budget

India lowers growth forecast ahead of budget

Reuters 2018-01-06 10:50:23

India lowered its forecast for the current year’s economic growth on Friday before a federal budget is released next month, as businesses were hit by the chaotic launch of new nationwide tax las...

Macron says Turkey has no chance of joining EU

Macron says Turkey has no chance of joining EU

-- 2018-01-06 10:48:11

French President Emmanuel Macron has told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that there is no chance of progress towards Turkey joining the European Union at present. At a joint news conf...