NewsReutersChina's Alibaba outstrips revenue estimates with online sales growth
Alibaba, China's top e-commerce firm, beat analyst's estimates with a 56 percent rise in first-quarter revenue, driven by growth in online sales which make up most of its business. Thursday's results show that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd , one of Asia's most valuable companies, is benefiting
NewsAFP NewsHong Kong's Umbrella Movement leaders jailed
Joshua Wong and two other young leaders of Hong Kong's huge Umbrella Movement rallies were jailed Thursday for their role in the 2014 pro-democracy protests, dealing a fresh blow to the campaign for political reform. The sentences handed down by the city's Court of Appeal came as fears grow
NewsReutersQatar welcomes Saudi border opening, even if "politically-motivated"
Qatar welcomes the opening of the Saudi-Qatari border enabling Qataris to go on pilgrimage to Mecca, even if the move is politically-motivated, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Thursday. "Despite the fact it's been politically-motivated to ban the Qatari
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Donald Trump Flat Out Lies About His Reaction To Charlottesville
President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that he never “said there is a moral equivalency between” white supremacists and the activists protesting bigotry last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.
NewsAFP NewsICC rules jihadist liable for 2.7 mn euros for Timbuktu rampage
War crimes judges said Thursday that a Malian jihadist was liable for 2.7 million euros in personal damages for destroying Timbuktu's fabled shrines in 2012, as they ordered reparations in a landmark ruling. The International Criminal Court ordered that the victims of the razing of the fabled west
NewsReutersIranian opposition leader hospitalised after hunger strike - report
Mehdi Karroubi, an elderly Iranian opposition leader under house arrest since 2011, was hospitalised on Thursday after starting a hunger strike to support his demand for a public trial, his official website reported. Opposition leaders Karroubi, Mirhossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard have been
NewsReutersChina military criticises "wrong" U.S. moves on Taiwan, South China Sea
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NewsReutersU.S. says joint South Korea war games not on the negotiating table
By Michael Martina and Christine Kim BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea will go ahead with joint military drills next week, the top U.S. military official said on Thursday, resisting pressure from North Korea and its ally China to halt the contentious exercises. North Korea
NewsReutersMerkel harming EU credibility over Turkey, minister says
By Tulay Karadeniz and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's European Union minister accused Germany on Thursday of harming EU credibility by trying to dictate policy towards Ankara, after Chancellor Angela Merkel said there would be no expansion of a customs union or deepening in EU-Turkish
NewsAFP NewsPeace with North Korea a 'possibility': top US general
Peace with North Korea is a "possibility", America's most senior uniformed officer said Thursday, but warned the US has "credible, viable military options" for dealing with the errant regime. General Joe Dunford, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, also told reporters
NewsReutersCritics cry foul as young Hong Kong democracy leaders get jail
By Venus Wu and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong appeals court jailed three leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's democracy movement for six to eight months on Thursday, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference.
NewsReutersPhilippines war on drugs and crime intensifies, at least 60 killed in three days
The killings across Manila followed 32 deaths in police raids on Monday night in Bulacan province, which borders the capital. Together, they mark the deadliest period of a drugs-focused crackdown that has killed thousands of Filipinos, and caused international alarm, since Duterte took office over a
NewsAFP NewsDollar recovers ahead of Wall Street open
The dollar recovered Thursday after falling in the wake of Federal Reserve minutes that hinted at a slower pace of US interest rates. European stock markets fell slightly, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.3 percent approaching midday, as traders digested regional economic data. "
NewsReutersHyundai plans long-range premium electric car in strategic shift
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co said on Thursday it was placing electric vehicles at the center of its product strategy - one that includes plans for a premium long-distance electric car as it seeks to catch up to Tesla and other rivals. Like Toyota Motor Corp , Hyundai had initially
NewsReutersPakistan's Malala Yousafzai "excited" after winning place at Oxford University
By Darren Staples BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17, said on Thursday she was "excited" after winning a place to study at Oxford University. Yousafzai said she had been accepted at Oxford
NewsReutersTrump blasts Republican senator on "moral equivalency" after Virginia attack
Donald Trump on Thursday fired back at a critic in his own party who had denounced the president's response to the Charlottesville, Virginia, attack, saying he had not drawn a "moral equivalency" between white hate groups and counter-protesters. Trump, on Twitter, called fellow Republican
NewsReutersSpecial Report: How Syria continued to gas its people as the world looked on
By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - In the spring of 2015 a Syrian major general escorted a small team of chemical weapons inspectors to a warehouse outside the Syrian capital Damascus. The international experts wanted to examine the site, but were kept waiting outside in their car for around an
NewsReutersBritain "confident" of new phase in Brexit talks by October
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it was "confident" talks with the European Union would move towards discussing their future relationship by October, in contrast to warnings from the top EU negotiator that the target is receding. Prime Minister Theresa May'
NewsReutersSaudi Arabia to open border, airports to Qatari pilgrims
DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will open a border crossing for Qataris making the haj pilgrimage and provide a plane to fly pilgrims in, despite a rift in which Saudi Arabia and other states in the region severed transport links with Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt
NewsReutersSuspected Paris militant to face trial in Belgium
Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in 2015 Islamist attacks on Paris who is currently jailed in France, will face trial in Belgium over a police shootout at his suspected hideout in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors said on Thursday. Abdeslam left Paris hours after his brother blew himself up outside a cafe in November
NewsAFP NewsMelbourne retains world's most liveable city crown
Melbourne has topped a list of the world's most liveable city for the seventh year running but terrorism and diplomatic tensions are eroding living conditions worldwide, an annual report from the Economist has found. The Australian city was ranked number one out of 140 cities, slightly ahead of
NewsAFP NewsMali ex-jihadist liable for 2.7 mn euros for Timbuktu destruction
A war crimes court Thursday said a Malian ex-jihadist caused 2.7 million euros in damages when he destroyed Timbuktu's fabled shrines in 2012. The International Criminal Court ordered victims be paid "individual, collective and symbolic" reparations, ICC judge Raul Pangalangan said. Judges
NewsAFP News10-year-old India rape victim gives birth to baby girl
A 10-year-old rape victim whose plea for an abortion was rejected by India's Supreme Court has given birth to a baby girl, a doctor said Thursday. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was raped several times allegedly by an uncle who has since been arrested. The baby weighed 2.2 kilos
NewsAFP NewsMore than one million S.Sudan refugees in Uganda: UN
The number of South Sudanese who have fled to Uganda has hit one million, the UN said Thursday, with no end in sight to the war behind the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis. The nearly four-year civil war has pushed an average of 1,800 South Sudanese into neighbouring Uganda every day for the
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