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'Just Watch His Team's Jaws Drop to Floor': Were Trudeau, Macron 'Mocking' Trump After Tiff at NATO?
Trump was put on the defensive by Macron, who during a tense 45-minute appearance aggressively challenged the US president’s vision for NATO and his handling of a military conflict involving Turkey.
Hong Kong November Business Activity Shrinks the Most in 21 Years amid Protests: Report
Increasingly violent demonstrations have disrupted the Chinese-ruled city for nearly six months, battering its retail and tourism sector and plunging its economy into recession for the first time in a decade.
Married for 68 Years, US Couple in Minnesota Dies Just a Day Apart
The husband was first hospitalised with cancer, after which the the wife joined him with congestive heart failure. Their children said that as soon as their mother died, their father's condition went downhill.
Stench of Raw Meat, Pools of Blood: Nepal's Mass Animal Slaughter Begins Despite Outcry
Efforts from activists and officials were expected to cut the death toll from the 200,000 butchered at the last Gadhimai Festival five years ago, but thousands of creatures were still set to be killed over the two days
Is it a Dog or a Wolf? 18,000-Year-Old Frozen Siberian Puppy Startles Scientists
The fur, skeleton, teeth, head, lashes and whiskers of the pup, named Dogor, are still intact, he said. But scientists don’t know whether it is a dog or wolf.
Lanka President Rajapaksa Prorogues Parliament for a Month, Session to Start on January 3
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification effective at midnight Monday noticing that parliament would be reconvened on January 3.
'Must Show Our Unity': Aung Suu Kyi’s Loyalists Rally for Myanmar Leader before Genocide Trial
More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military, which UN investigators say was carried out with "genocidal intent".
Japan Activists Urge Govt to Halt Sexual Harassment of Job-seeking Students
Despite some diversification in recruitment, many Japanese firms tend to hire new graduates, who begin the job hunt while still at university.
An Immigrant Influx That a Wall Won’t Deter
Nearly half of the estimated 11 million immigrants now in the US illegally did not trek through the desert or wade across the Rio Grande to enter the country; they flew in with a visa.
Boris Johnson Bats for Intensified Terror Checks as London Bridge Attack Enters Election Fray
The prime minister revealed officials were scrutinising around 74 people with terrorist convictions who had been released early from prison like Usman Khan, who left jail last December and went on to stab two people to death in Friday's rampage.
Bolivia's Evo Morales Victim of 'Coup d'etat,' Says Mexican Prez After Welcoming Him as Asylum Seeker
Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Mexico City on Sunday, the leftist president, nicknamed AMLO, recalled his government's decision to accept Morales as an asylum seeker while discussing Mexico's foreign policy.
'Unsure of Fair Process': White House to Skip Judiciary Committee Hearing in Trump Impeachment Probe
'We cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear whether the Judiciary Committee will afford the President a fair process through additional hearings,' White House counsel Pat C...
Iraqi Court Sentences Cop to Death for Killing Protesters, First in Two Months of Civil Unrest
The Kut criminal court sentenced the police major to be hanged and jailed a police lieutenant colonel for seven years for their roles in the deaths of seven protesters in the southern city on November 2.
Hong Kong Airlines Delays Salaries After Months of Political Unrest 'Severely Affects' Tourism Industry
Nearly six months of protests in the international finance hub have dealt its tourism sector a massive blow, and airlines serving the city have struggled.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone Passes Away at 101
In office for five years from November 1982 to November 1987, Nakasone was known for trying to integrate the nation defeated in World War II as a full-fledged member of the West during the Cold War era.
Famed US Climber Brad Gobright Dies After Falling off Rock Face in Mexico
Witnesses said the men had finished climbing the 900-meter (2,300-foot) summit and were rappelling back down when the accident occurred.