NewsAFP NewsIndia-Pakistan spy case ruling due at world court
The International Court of Justice will decide Wednesday on India's bid to remove an alleged spy from death row in Pakistan, in a case that has stoked tensions between the South Asian rivals. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, a former Indian navy officer, was arrested in Pakistan's restive southwestern
NewsAFP NewsBitter Sinaloa residents lament likely life sentence for 'El Chapo'
As Sinaloa's most notorious son Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman faces sentencing in the United States, residents of the Mexican state sounded a bitter chorus at the prospect of the capo -- feared and revered here in equal measure -- spending his life behind bars. - Extravagant mausoleums - &
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Kadir Jasin: Zahid made Najib BN adviser just to have company in the dock
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi brought predecessor Datuk Seri Najib Razak on as an adviser to have another accused person keep him company, Datuk A....
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Report: China requests ‘friendly consultation’ with Malaysia over RM1b seizure from its gas pipeline projects
PETALING JAYA, July 17 — Beijing believes its two multi billion-dollar gas pipeline projects in Malaysia being built by a state-owned Chinese company can be resolved through “friendly...
NewsAFP NewsUS House votes to condemn Trump's 'racist comments'
The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president pushed back at accusations of racism. Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump, but four members of the
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Australian watchdog says Uber Eats will amend 'unfair' contract terms
"We consider these (current) terms to be unfair because they appear to cause a significant imbalance between restaurants and Uber Eats," the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims said on Wednesday. The ACCC said Uber Eats will amend terms to clarify that restaurants
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‘Bossku’ only good for Najib, not Umno, says Nazri
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Umno lawmaker Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz says the “Bossku” phenomenon linked to Datuk Seri Najib Razak only benefits the former prime minister personally and not the Malay...
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Five years since MH17 tragedy, Putrajaya vows relentless pursuit of justice
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — The Malaysian government will not rest until those responsible for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 are brought to justice, the Transport Ministry said today. In...
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Hong Kong man in MTR arson case likened to ‘walking bomb’ despite getting ‘better psychiatric treatment than others’
A Hong Kong man who set fire to an MTR train and died after missing his psychiatric appointment in 2017 was on Tuesday likened to a walking bomb, the Coroner’s Court heard.But Cheung Kam-fai’s psychiatrist revealed a different side to the man, calling him a polite and cooperative patient with very good
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Jeffrey Epstein's treatment is 'worse' because of his wealth, his lawyers say
Federal prosecutors say Epstein, 66, should be denied bail because there are no conditions under which a man with his money and international connections could be prevented from fleeing the country if he was released. "To be sure, wealthy defendants do not deserve preferential treatment. Both
NewsAFP News'Arctic heat wave' hits world's northernmost settlement
Temperatures hit a record 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit in Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited spot on the planet less than 600 miles from the North Pole, the Canadian meteorology service said Tuesday. "It's quite phenomenal as a statistic, it's just one example among hundreds and hundreds
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Cogito ergo sum, I think therefore I am
JULY 17 — What makes a university the choice of aspiring students, parents and the larger public? It has surely to be one that is reputable university with high graduate employability? So what...
NewsAFP NewsUS hopes N.Korea talks go ahead despite Pyongyang threat
The United States said Tuesday it hoped to hold denuclearization talks with North Korea, despite a warning from Pyongyang that US-South Korean military exercises could affect their planned resumption. The North had earlier Tuesday hinted that it could even reconsider its moratorium on nuclear testing
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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies
Former Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who later became an outspoken leader of the liberal wing as the court moved to the right, died on Tuesday at age 99, the court said in a statement. Stevens, who retired from the court in 2010 at the age of 90, died at
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Buzz Aldrin, second man on moon, recalls 'magnificent desolation'
Fifty years after their history-making voyage to the moon, Buzz Aldrin recalls the first moments of the Apollo 11 launch being so smooth that he and his two crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins, were unsure precisely when they left the ground. Aldrin says he and his crewmates were so absorbed
huffpostHuffPostJohn Paul Stevens, Former Supreme Court Justice, Dies At 99
Stevens led the court's effort to provide legal protections for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
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Latheefa: MACC will be blind to rank, political affiliations
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) head Latheefa Koya vowed to pursue the corrupt without regard to their positions or political ties. In an interview with Malay...
NewsAFP NewsGM, Fiat Chrysler warn workers auto industry facing tough future
With plant closures hanging over the start of contract negotiations, General Motors chief Mary Barra on Tuesday warned the United Auto Workers union that the industry is facing a difficult road ahead. GM has drawn the wrath of the UAW and President Donald Trump over plans to halt production at four
NewsAFP NewsMixed earnings at large US banks as Fed rate cut looms
JPMorgan Chase reported record quarterly profits on Tuesday behind strong consumer businesses on a day of mixed bank earnings that underscored the sector's vulnerability to lower Federal Reserve interest rates. Wells Fargo also notched higher profits, while Goldman Sachs reported a dip in earnings
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Perak PKR chief Farhash Wafa among trio nabbed over sex video scandal, says source
JOHOR BARU, July 17 — The politician nabbed by federal police in Johor yesterday to assist investigations into the sex video scandal targeting Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali has...
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Rio governor says 'only a matter of time' before he becomes Brazil president
The far-right governor of Rio de Janeiro state, who has likened drug dealers to terrorists and Nazis while advocating snipers in helicopters to shoot them dead, said on Tuesday "it is only a matter of time" before he becomes president of Brazil. Wilson Witzel, a former federal judge, was widely
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Republican support for Trump rises after racially charged tweets - Reuters poll
Support for U.S. President Donald Trump increased slightly among Republicans after he lashed out on Twitter over the weekend in a racially charged attack on four minority Democratic congresswomen, a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll shows. The national survey, conducted on Monday and Tuesday after Trump
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LFL slams Singapore’s AGC for misrepresenting statement on ‘threatening’ letter
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) director Melissa Sasidaran has slammed Singapore’s Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) for allegedly intentionally misinterpreting a statement...
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Jailed British-Iranian aid worker moved to hospital psychiatric ward
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been transferred from prison to a hospital psychiatric ward, the campaign group seeking to free her said on Wednesday. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was moved from Tehran's Evin prison to
NewsAFP NewsMissile seized in Italy sold to third country in 1994: Qatar
A missile once owned by the Qatari army and seized by police in Italy among other weapons was sold to a third country in 1994, Doha said Tuesday. "Qatar is working very closely now with the pertinent parties, including Italy, to unveil the facts and it is very concerned as to how a missile sold
