Donald Trump has been at frequent loggerheads with CNN since taking office, but their feud has become increasingly bitter as the channel’s acerbic White House coverage fuels a boom in viewers. From reportedly raging that CNN was on the first lady’s television set, to refusing to take questions from the network, to the White House barring one of its ...
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US child migrants: Trump administration says 1,800 reunited
The Trump administration says it has reunited more than 1,800 migrant children with family members by a court-ordered deadline. This includes 1,442 children back with their parents in US immigration custody and 378 others released in “appropriate circumstances”, says a court filing. But more than 700 children are not “eligible” to be reunited, including 431 with parents no longer ...
Read More »Laos dam collapse: Survivors and NGOs query official toll
The death toll from the dam collapse in Laos could be much higher than the official figure of 27, local people and aid agencies have told the BBC. Few details of the rescue operation are being released by the Laotian authorities – but a BBC team managed to gain brief access to the site and survivors, despite a ban on ...
Read More »Jemima pays tribute to Imran Khan’s political journey
The election results may be on halt but preliminary numbers put PTI firmly in the lead, and most people have more or less called it: Imran Khan will be Pakistan’s next Prime Minister. Jemima Khan, former wife and unwavering supporter of the PTI chief, has paid tribute to his years of political struggle on Twitter. Congratulating Imran for becoming ...
Read More »29 killed, 5 missing in Vietnam’s flooding
At least 29 people have been killed and five others are missing after Typhoon Son Tinh triggered flooding in Vietnam’s northern and central regions, local media reported on Thursday, reports Xinhua. Of the dead, 15 were in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, six in the northern mountainous province of Son La, three in the northern midland province of ...
Read More »Israel hits Syria after rockets fall into Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem, Jul 26 : The Israeli military says it bombarded a rocket launcher in Syria in response to two missiles that fell into the Sea of Galilee. The army said in a statement late on Wednesday that the area surrounding the rocket launcher was targeted by Israeli artillery. The rockets appeared to be errant fire from clashes between Syrian government ...
Read More »Japan hangs 6 more members of cult behind subway gas attack
Tokyo, Jul 26 : The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people. Thirteen members of the group had received death sentences. The first seven, including cult leader Shoko Asahara, were hanged ...
Read More »Suicide bombings kill 38 in southern province: Syrian media
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians inspect the site of a suicide attack in Sweida, Syria, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Damascus, Jul 25 : A series of suicide bombings and attacks in southern Syria, including a suicide bomber who struck at a busy vegetable market, killed 38 people on Wednesday, state media reported, blaming ...
Read More »Rescue work underway in villages flooded by Laos dam breach
Villagers take refuge on a rooftop above flood waters from a collapsed dam in the Attapeu district of southeastern Laos, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Bangkok, Jul 25 : Rescuers were searching Wednesday for villagers left missing when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam was breached in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside. SK Engineering & Construction, one of two ...
Read More »31 die in explosion at Pakistan polling station
Islamabad, Jul 25 : A suicide bomber struck outside a crowded polling station in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, killing 31 people as Pakistanis cast ballots Wednesday in a general election meant to lead to the nation’s third consecutive civilian government. The attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, also wounded 35 people and several were reported to be ...
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