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Brazil and France target World Cup semi-finals
July 6, 2018
Brazil and France target World Cup semi-finals
Favourites Brazil and Neymar take on a talented Belgium side in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday while an exciting…
37 dead, 18 unaccounted for in Thai tourist boat capsize
July 6, 2018
37 dead, 18 unaccounted for in Thai tourist boat capsize
Thai rescuers pulled 37 bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on Friday after a…
No breakthrough in nuclear talks as Iran demands more after U.S. exit
July 6, 2018
No breakthrough in nuclear talks as Iran demands more after U.S. exit
World powers and Iran appeared to make no concrete breakthrough on Friday in talks to provide Tehran with an economic…
The US has started ‘the biggest trade war’ in history: China
July 6, 2018
The US has started ‘the biggest trade war’ in history: China
China on Friday accused the United States of starting “the biggest trade war in economic history” as the two sides…
‘Race against water’ as rain threatens Thai boys in the cave
July 5, 2018
‘Race against water’ as rain threatens Thai boys in the cave
Thai rescuers on Thursday said they may be prodded into a complex extraction of 12 boys and their football…
Rescuers vow to take ‘no risks’ in evacuation of Thai cave boys
July 4, 2018
Rescuers vow to take ‘no risks’ in evacuation of Thai cave boys
Thai rescuers vowed to take a “no risk” approach to freeing 12 boys and their football coach from a…
Japan’s ill emperor cancels duties for second day
July 3, 2018
Japan’s ill emperor cancels duties for second day
Japan’s ageing Emperor Akihito cancelled his official duties for a second day Tuesday, after being treated for insufficient blood…
Trump, Mexico president-elect get off to ‘great’ start
July 3, 2018
Trump, Mexico president-elect get off to ‘great’ start
US President Donald Trump and Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday they had had a “great” first…
Merkel seeks way out of German crisis as minister dangles resignation
July 2, 2018
Merkel seeks way out of German crisis as minister dangles resignation
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a last-ditch effort to resolve a row over migrant policy with her conservative allies…
UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps
July 2, 2018
UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he heard “unimaginable” accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to vast camps…