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Taiwan President Tsai apologises to indigenous people, promises to look after their interest

Taiwan scrambles jets as China sends aircraft carrier to 'intimidate' Taipei

Meanwhile, China said the sortie of the domestically built carrier didn't have any specific mission or target.

14 hours ago

Will Tiananmen repeat in Hong Kong? Police say they may use live bullets in University standoff

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Student Union president Dereke Liu said riot police stormed the campus and several students were injured.

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Princess Eugenie and Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Prince Andrew makes disastrous admissions in sensational chat over sex slaves and deep ties with Jeffrey Epstein

The UK royal playboy, whose marriage with Sarah Fergusan in the 1980s had hogged international limelight, is sinking in the Epstein mess.

43 hours ago

Israeli police raid East Jerusalem hospital

Amnesty international alleges harassment after Indian police raids its offices

'A pattern of harassment has emerged every time Amnesty International India stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India," says Amnesty

2 days ago

Trump accused of real-time intimidation of witness; Republicans reject claim

Hearing chairman Adam Schiff said president's tweets were intended to "chill" the ambassador.

2 days ago

Will Trump pull US troops from South Korea after 2020 win? 7 Questions answered

President Trump has always believed that South Korea is a freeloader. In the 1990s itself, Trump had said that allies including South Korea were taking advantage of the US.

3 days ago

Why is Singapore bank DBS targeted in Hong Kong? PM Lee caught in HK crossfire?

Lee said he did not think a solution to the Hong Kong stalemate was easy as the protesters were not offering a tangible solution.

3 days ago

Pachamama Museum, Amaicha del Valle, Argentina

Who is Pachamama? Did Pope Francis worship pagan idol in the Vatican?

According to Inca mythology, Pachamama is the fertility goddess. People of the Amazon region worship Pachamama as Mother Nature.

4 days ago

Facebook wipes off millions of child nudity and terror posts; but 'pivot to privacy' will help porn peddlers and criminals

Facebook also it removed more than 99 percent of content related to terror network al-Qaeda and the Islamic State

4 days ago

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Indonesia police arrest three suspected of links to Jakarta bombing

Six injured in suicide bomb attack on police headquarters in Indonesian province

The suicide bomber has died, the police say.

5 days ago

Russian meddling again? Hackers target Britain's Tories and Labour ahead of December 12 elections

There are concerns in the UK that Russian agencies may try to disrupt the December 12 elections with the help of concerted cyber attacks

5 days ago

Israel bombs Syrian capital Damascus to kill top Islamic Jihad commander

The attack on the Damascus home of al-Ajouri came hours after Israel killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Leader Bahaa Abu Al-Ata.

6 days ago

What is Project Nightingale? Is Google secretly collecting your health data?

Along with medication and diagnosis details, the data sets have details like patient name, date of birth etc.

6 days ago

Ransomware attack hits Mexican state oil firm Pemex

Pemex, which has been creaking under a massive debt load, said operations were normal and that oil production and storage were unaffected

6 days ago

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Saudi Arabia executes prince from House of Saud in unprecedented act

Terror attack in Saudi Arabia? Yemeni man stabs 4 on stage during live music show in Riyadh

Saudi police said the man, 33-year-old Yemeni expatriate, was arrested and the knife used in the attack was seized.

6 days ago

Worship, conjugal union and a feast? What is ancient Japanese coronation ritual 'Night with the Goddess'?

Japanese Emperor Naruhito will go into the ornate chambers of Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami and symbolically spend a night of union with her.

7 days ago

SHOCKING Hong Kong protesters set man on fire during argument

Disturbing videos of the attack soon spread on social media platforms. The condition of the man is unknown.

7 days ago

DBS Group net profit rises 15% to $1.63 billion in third-quarter

Rising fee income, higher returns from trading and loan growth helps Southeast Asia's largest bank to post robust growth in net profit.

7 days ago

Hong Kong in chaos as thousands of anti-China protestors clash with police (PHOTOS)

BREAKING: Hong Kong police shoot down masked protesters at close range [GRAPHIC VIDEO]

Three more live rounds were fired but it was not clear from the footage if any other protester was wounded

7 days ago

People watch a wildfire raging in the town of Rafina, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018.

Three more die in raging Australian wildfires; conditions to get worse next week

As many as 74 bush fires are burning across New South Wales. More than 40 of them are out of control.

8 days ago

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