US communities start rethinking Taser use as deaths pile up
WASHINGTON, 5 Jan 2019: Warren Ragudo died after two Taser shocks by police intervening in a family altercation. Ramzi Saad died after a Taser shock by police during a dispute …
Pope arrives in UAE for historic Gulf visit
ABU DHABI, 4 Feb 2019: Pope Francis yesterday became the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula – just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the …
China ‘birth tourism’ scheme busted in California
LOS ANGELES, 1 Feb 2019: US federal prosecutors in Los Angeles yesterday said 19 people have been charged in three “birth tourism” schemes which operated in Southern California – to …
Facebook shuts Indonesian accounts for fake news, promoting hate
JAKARTA, 1 Feb 2019: Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, pages and groups from its social network after discovering they were linked to an online group accused of …
Deadly mosque bombing in Phillippines
MANILA, 30 Jan 2019: At least two people were killed and four others injured in a grenade explosion inside a mosque in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga early today, …
US seen as more corrupt in 2018
BERLIN, 29 Jan 2019: The US slid four points lower on a global corruption index in 2018 – dropping out of the top 20 countries for the first time since …
Martial law option available under Brexit no-deal plan
LONDON, 28 Jan 2019: Britain has the option of using martial law to quell civil disorder that might ensue under a no-deal Brexit, but that is not the focus of …
Church bombs horror in Philippines
MANILA, 27 Jan 2019: Twin bombings during a church service in the southern Philippines today killed at least 21 people and wounded 71, security officials said – days after a …
No more coal power generation by 2038 in Germany
BERLIN, 27 Jan 2019: Germany should shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2038 at the latest, a government-appointed commission said yesterday – proposing at least €40 billion …
Dozens missing after Vale dam bursts
RIO DE JANEIRO, 26 Jan 2019: Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst yesterday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, …