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Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada vote, will form minority govt
Oct 22, 2019Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party held onto power in a nail-biter of a Canadian general election on Monday, but as a weakened minority government. Television projections declared the Liberals winners or leading in 157 of... -
Russell Domingo appointed Tigers head coach
Aug 17, 2019Ending month-long speculation, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) finally named Russell Domingo as the head coach for the national cricket team on Saturday. The former South African coach Russell Domingo was given two years after he... -
Hong Kong airport reopens amid warnings over pro-democracy protests
Aug 14, 2019Hong Kong’s airport reopened operations on Wednesday, rescheduling numbers of flights that had been interrupted over the past two days as protesters opposed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city. Ten weeks... -
Convict Panama ex-president in criminal graft case
Aug 9, 2019Panama’s public prosecutor asked a court Thursday to make an example of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, who is accused of spying on political foes, and of graft. Prosecutor Ricaurte Gonzalez said a 21-year sentence would be justified... -
Volcano near Tokyo explodes, prompting warnings
Aug 8, 2019A volcano near Tokyo has erupted for the first time in four years, throwing ash and smoke nearly two kilometers into the sky and sparking warnings not to approach the mountain. Mount Asama, some 140 kilometers... -
INF Treaty: 1987 pact to reduce nuclear weapons
Aug 2, 2019Under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that was dropped on Friday for the first time, the US and the Soviet Union decreased their nuclear arsenals with a ban on a range of missiles. The Cold War-era... -
1,300 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires
Jul 21, 2019Planes and helicopters joined more than a thousand firefighters in central Portugal Sunday to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where over 100 people died in huge blazes in 2017. By 12:30 pm (1130 GMT),... -
India-Pakistan spy case ruling due at world court
Jul 18, 2019The 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,... -
Spain rescues 141 migrants at sea in one day
Jul 14, 2019A total of 141 migrants from the sub- Sahara region were rescued at sea Saturday between Spain and Morocco, from a variety of makeshift vessels, the Spanish maritime rescue service said. Two boats carrying 86 people,... -
Iran to exceed uranium enrichment limit from Sunday
Jul 3, 2019President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed on Sunday the uranium enrichment limit it agreed in a 2015 deal with major powers, raising it “as much as necessary”. Iran is acting on its May 8 threat...
