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Fri, November 15, 2019 | 03:33
More than 200 people killed in Sri Lanka church blasts
More than 200 people killed in Sri Lanka church blasts
More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in nine bombings that rocked churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday _ the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago. Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the blasts as a terrorist attack by religious extremists, and pol...
2019-04-21 14:29
6.1-magnitude quake strikes east Taiwan
6.1-magnitude quake strikes east Taiwan
The bureau said the quake happened at 1:01 p.m. (0501 GMT), with its epicenter just over 10 kilometers (6 miles) northwest of the eastern coastal city of Hualien. The depth was 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey, while Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau put the depth at almost 19 kilometers (12 miles), a distance that would lessen the likel...
2019-04-18 15:42
Indonesian voters deciding between moderate and ex-general
Indonesian voters deciding between moderate and ex-general
Voting is underway across Indonesia in presidential and legislative elections Wednesday after a campaign that pitted the moderate incumbent against an ultranationalist former general. The first votes were cast in easternmost provinces after polling booths opened at 7 a.m. followed an hour later by central regions such as Bali and then the capital Jakarta and western provinces...
2019-04-17 10:15
Japanese air force stealth fighter jet crashed in Pacific
Japanese air force stealth fighter jet crashed in Pacific
A Japanese air force F-35 stealth fighter crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a night training flight and parts of the jet were recovered, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The pilot is still missing. The F-35A stealth jet disappeared from radar while flying off the eastern coast of Aomori and parts of the jet were found late Tuesday, the Air Self-Defense Force said.
2019-04-10 11:14
President Moon, BTS contend in TIME list of 100 most influential people
President Moon, BTS contend in TIME list of 100 most influential people
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and world-famous K-pop band BTS were nominated for TIME magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, a list showed Friday. Moon and BTS were two South Korean candidates competing for the annual list, with which the TIME editors recognize the most innovative and best-performing artists, leaders, scientists, activist...
2019-03-29 15:00
Thai junta holds onto lead as nation awaits election results
Thai junta holds onto lead as nation awaits election results
Results of Thailand's first election since the 2014 coup were expected to trickle out Monday, with the junta primed to retain its grip on power after a vote that saw its main rival diminished, but vaulted a new pro-democracy force into the kingdom's politics.
2019-03-25 18:20
Italy, China sign accord deepening economic ties
Italy, China sign accord deepening economic ties
Italy signed a memorandum of understanding with China on Saturday supporting Beijing's ``Belt and Road'' initiative, which aims to weave a network of ports, bridges and power plants linking China with Africa, Europe and beyond. With the move, Italy becomes the first member of the Group of Seven major economies, which includes the United States, to join the Belt and Road progr...
2019-03-24 09:43
'I still love you': Christchurch survivor forgives his wife's killer
'I still love you': Christchurch survivor forgives his wife's killer
A wheelchair-using worshipper who survived the slaughter at Christchurch's Al Noor mosque, but whose wife was killed, has offered an olive branch to the gunman, saying he would like to meet him and telling him" I still love you." Fifty people died at two mosques in the South Island city on Friday when a gunman burst in, spraying bullets at his victims while they prayed in a c...
2019-03-19 09:34
New US military budget focused on China despite border talk
New US military budget focused on China despite border talk
Chinese bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national security threats that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has summarized in three words: “China, China, China.”
2019-03-16 14:58
New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture
New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture
The suspected gunman in the New Zealand shooting attack on two mosques carefully modeled his attack for the internet age. He live-streamed the massacre, shouted out a popular meme slogan and earlier published a long, rambling manifesto replete with inside jokes for those steeped in underground internet culture. All that makes Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the man charged with mur...
2019-03-16 09:52
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