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Obama vows to send 'clear message' to Putin, warns Trump 17 Dec 2016 - 09:33 am

Washington: President Barack Obama vowed Friday to send a "clear message" to Russia for trying to sway the US election, while calling on...

Obama vows retaliation for 'Russian' hacking 16 Dec 2016 - 09:41 pm

Washington: US President Barack Obama (pictured) has promised the US will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America’s election process, an...

North Carolina GOP to strip Democratic governor’s power 16 Dec 2016 - 09:36 pm

Raleigh, North Carolina: Nearly a month after Election Day, North Carolina Republicans appeared to finally accept Democrats’ narrow win in the contentious governor’s...

Peru’s Congress sacks education minister 16 Dec 2016 - 09:36 pm

Lima: A MOTION to force Peru’s education minister from office sailed through the opposition-controlled Congress yesterday in the latest blow to President Pedro...

Venezuelans struggle hard as banknote becomes void 16 Dec 2016 - 09:36 pm

Caracas: Venezuela became a country without cash yesterday. As the country’s most widely used banknote went out of circulation, the higher-denomination bills that...

Northeastern US in deep freeze 16 Dec 2016 - 09:36 pm

Concord, New Hampshire: Low temperatures and high winds have put the Northeastern US in a deep freeze. Dangerous wind chills of 20 to...

Life in prison or death only option for Dylann Roof 16 Dec 2016 - 09:34 pm

Charleston: THE Confederate flag is gone from South Carolina’s Statehouse. And now Dylann Roof will almost certainly spend rest of his days in...

No common ground between Colombian president & opposition leader on peace accord with FARC rebels. Even with Vatican mediation 16 Dec 2016 - 08:03 pm

VATICAN CITY/BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition leader Alvaro Uribe were unable to find common ground on a peace accord with...

Expert Views: What impact will Brazil’s plan to allow foreign ownership of land have? 15 Dec 2016 - 05:55 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s plan to allow foreigners to buy large tracts of farmland to spur growth in South America’s biggest country is...

In Trump, cartoonists find a poisonous gift 15 Dec 2016 - 09:27 am

New York: Between his wild gesticulating, linguistic tics, sweeping crest of hair and a complexion that suggests a weakness for tanning beds, US...

Mexican village frees gang leader's mom in kidnap deal 15 Dec 2016 - 08:59 am

Mexico City: Residents of a southern Mexican town managed to force a fearsome gang to free a man on Wednesday after villagers brazenly...

Peruvian activists fight for forcibly sterilised women 14 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

LIMA: Feminist activists in Peru are fighting a government decision to stop investigating claims by women who say they were forcibly sterilised, arguing...

Shipwreck in Florida: the stuff of history? 14 Dec 2016 - 10:11 am

Miami: Treasure hunters have apparently found the 500-year-old remains of a naval expedition led by a colonizer who could have changed Florida's history,...

Hottest Arctic on record triggers massive ice melt 13 Dec 2016 - 11:42 pm

Miami: The Arctic shattered heat records in the past year as unusually warm air triggered massive melting of ice and snow and a...

Last hope for anti-Trump camp is the Electoral College 13 Dec 2016 - 07:58 pm

Washington: Americans aghast over the idea of Donald Trump as president are turning to the Electoral College -- the somewhat puzzling, much criticized...

Putin has 'good, businesslike' relations with Tillerson: Kremlin 13 Dec 2016 - 04:13 pm

Moscow: The Kremlin on Tuesday lauded the "good" ties between President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state,...