Three women crushed to death in Sri Lanka stampede for US$8 handout

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A policeman stands guard outside a warehouse where three women were crushed to death in a stampede while waiting to receive a cash donation in...

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China drops GDP goal, pledges higher spending as parliament starts

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1548" align="alignleft" width="716"] Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Premier Li Keqiang arrive for the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference...

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Members resigning, expelled ‘no big deal’ for Progress Singapore Party: Tan Cheng Bock

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1545" align="alignleft" width="692"] Dr Tan Cheng Bock, secretary-general of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), at the official launch of the party on Aug 3,...

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US warns China against ‘highly destabilising’ Hong Kong move

May 21, 2020May 22, 2020

Pedestrians walk under a television screen in Hong Kong showing a news broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping. WASHINGTON, DC: The United States on...

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Italy COVID-19 death toll could be 19,000 higher than reported

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1535" align="alignleft" width="627"] The coronavirus outbreak in Catania, Italy. [/caption] ROME: Italy's death toll from the novel coronavirus in March and April could be...

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Trump plans to withdraw US from ‘Open Skies’ treaty

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

File photo of US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper (left), President Donald Trump (centre) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Army General Mark Milley (right)...

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Amphan: Indian city of Kolkata devastated by cyclone

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone. [caption id="attachment_1495" align="alignnone" width="774"] The Kolkata airport has been flooded after the...

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Woman wins Picasso painting worth €1m in raffle

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

An Italian woman has won a painting by Pablo Picasso, worth about €1m (£900,000; $1.1m), in a raffle after being given the ticket as a...

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Coronavirus: Universities fear fall in lucrative overseas students

May 20, 2020May 21, 2020

Which sector of the economy do you think is being hardest hit by the coronavirus - construction, retail, transport or catering? [caption id="attachment_1474" align="alignnone" width="651"]...

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US warns India of China ‘aggression’ at border

May 20, 2020May 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1504" align="alignleft" width="701"] More mellow times in 2019 as Indian and Chinese border troops do yoga together at the Nathu La Pass. [/caption] WASHINGTON:...