President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Susie Wiles, a Florida strategist who ran his political operations for nearly four years, as the White House chief of staff for his incoming administration. It is the first…
The World: US to Send Aircraft Carriers and…
The U.S. Navy will send two aircraft carriers and several warships to the South China Sea for military exercises just a few days after China began a series of maneuvers in that Pacific Sea region.…
The World: Russia set to reopen embassy in…
Russia will reopen its embassy in Libya although it will be temporarily based in Tunisia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. "I would like to inform you that we have decided to reopen the…
The World: New Zealand mosque shooter sentencing begins…
Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty earlier this year to 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act. Justice Cameron Mander said the hearing is estimated to last…
The World: 24 shot to death in attack…
Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Police in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the attack occurred in…
The World: Concern for pandemic potential flu strain…
A new strain of swine flu that has the potential to cause another pandemic has been labelled "very, very dangerous" and a "salutary reminder" that humans are constantly at risk of new diseases jumping the…
The World: WHO warns ‘we cannot let our…
The World Health Organisation has said it will “read carefully” a Chinese study on a new swine flu, which researchers noted has the potential to cause another pandemic. A spokesman said the emergence of the…
The World: Trump denies being told about Russian…
President of the United States Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was never briefed on intelligence that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S. troops. "Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence,…
The World: Two injured, four dead in shooting…
Two people were left dead and at least four people were in fair condition at a hospital Saturday after a man drove into a Walmart distribution centre in California and started shooting at people. The…
The world: Spain’s top researchers discover coronavirus in…
Researchers at the University of Barcelona, one of Spain's most prestigious universities, had detected the presence of the novel coronavirus in waste water samples collected here on March 12, 2019, the university said in a…
Scientists begin to understand the many health problems…
Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to…
The World: Trump says “probably” sending U.S. troops…
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he probably would send some U.S. troops from Germany to Poland during his joint press conference with visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda. Duda, the first foreign leader to…
The World: Here’s why tensions are running high…
The Chinese assault on Indian troops near the Galwan Valley, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that serves as an unofficial international frontier between the two countries, is, for India’s political elite, a reminder…
South Korea Calls John Bolton’s Claims on Kim…
South Korea’s presidential office said John Bolton painted a distorted picture of diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, joining the Trump administration in criticizing a memoir from the U.S. former national security adviser.…
Three killed, three injured during stabbing attack in…
Three people were killed and three seriously hurt in a summer-evening stabbing attack in a park in the English town of Reading. Police say it's “not currently" being treated as a terrorism-related offence and the…
The World: Australia hit by ‘sophisticated’ state-sponsored cyber…
Australia has been targeted in a "sophisticated state-based" cyber attack, the country's prime minister has said. Scott Morrison did not name the country responsible, and he said he made the threat public to "raise awareness."…
Trump asked China to help him win 2020…
In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to win re-election. Bolton, a longtime foreign…
The World: China Claims Sovereignty Over Galwan Valley…
The Chinese military’s statement on the violent clash in eastern Ladakh has a claim that China has not made directly for decades – sovereignty over entire the Galwan valley. The Indian Army has stated that…
North Korea studies action plan to reenter DMZ,…
North Korea's army is ready to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to send propaganda leaflets into North Korea, state media said on Tuesday, in the latest warning of retaliatory measures.…
