Donald Trump, America's own Mussolini with double the vulgarity
The only time I met Donald Trump told me all I needed to know. It was at an American Red Cross dinner-dance to raise money to fight cancer, held at his opulent Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach a few years...
View ArticleTreasure hunter searching for $US2 million gold stash vanishes
Washington: Forrest Fenn has spent a lifetime hunting treasure. Now the millionaire art dealer is searching for something more valuable than gold coins and rare memorabilia: a human life. That life...
View ArticleTrump field organiser Elizabeth Davidson accuses campaign of paying men more
A former paid organiser for Donald Trump who was fired in January has accused his presidential campaign of sex discrimination. Elizabeth Mae Davidson, 26, was the Trump campaign's field organiser in...
View ArticlePolitical prisoners-turned-politicians form Myanmar's new ruling party
Bangkok: In Myanmar's most dramatic change in more than 50 years fresh-faced MPs loyal to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi filed into a grandiose parliament to form the country's new ruling party on...
View ArticleRefugee crisis: attempted attack on young migrants in Sweden
​Halmstad, Sweden: Scores of masked men dressed in black, some carrying wooden weapons, descended on the centre of Stockholm, gathering near the entrance to the city's main subway station. They had...
View ArticleIsrael approves 'compromise' on Western Wall worship for women
Jerusalem: Israel has approved a plan that will dramatically change the holiest site in Judaism, creating a space for egalitarian prayer and mixed-gender ceremonies for non-Orthodox Jews. The new area,...
View ArticleUnafraid and unashamed: Five myths Donald Trump tells about Donald Trump
Washington: All politicians like to brag about their abilities and achievements. But rarely has a presidential hopeful emerged like Donald Trump, who consistently touts his resume and plans for the...
View ArticleStricken ship Modern Express drifting off France's Atlantic coast
Paris: An attempt to tow a stricken freighter off the coast of France will reportedly be the last chance to prevent the ship grounding. The Panama-flagged vehicle carrier Modern Express has been adrift...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai seeks $2 billion to educate Syria children
London: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will seek to inspire world leaders at a conference in London on Thursday to commit $1.98 billion this year to give Syrian refugee children access to education....
View ArticleIowa caucus gives Donald Trump's unorthodox GOP presidential candidacy...
Des Moines, Iowa: Republican front-runner Donald Trump puts his precedent-shattering campaign to the test on Monday when Iowa voters begin the nationwide process of choosing a new US president, as...
View ArticleHow Russia is using 'rape' of 13-year-old 'Lisa F.' to weaken German leadership
Berlin: Moscow's intervention in an alleged rape case involving a German-Russian girl has heightened suspicions in Berlin that it is trying to stir up trouble, with a view to weakening Chancellor...
View ArticleIowa caucuses: what to watch for
Voters in Iowa cast the first ballots of the 2016 presidential election in caucuses across the state on Monday, US time. Polls show a close race in both Democratic and Republican contests. Hillary...
View ArticleDelta flight attendants' fist fight causes unscheduled landing
Atlanta: A mid-air dust-up between two flight attendants in the US has prompted an apology to passengers from Delta Airlines. The...
View ArticleSyria peace talks officially under way even as troops advance
Geneva: The United Nations has announced the formal start of peace talks for Syria and has urged world powers to push for a ceasefire even as government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, have...
View ArticleUS presidential election: How Ted Cruz won Iowa
Powered by enormous support from very conservative voters, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz surged past expectations to capture a victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night. Cruz earned the...
View ArticleA massive, out-of-control cargo ship is about to crash into the coast of France
Washington: Unless a dangerous, last-ditch operation on the high seas succeeds, a massive cargo ship will smash into the south-western coast of France in the next 48 hours, authorities say. "We will do...
View ArticleTed Cruz and Marco Rubio rain on Donald Trump's parade as Iowa defies polls
Des Moines, Iowa: Donald Trump, who told his supporters that under his leadership the United States would win so much that they would get sick of winning, has lost the Iowa caucuses to hard-right...
View ArticleIndia's monsoons: A change in the rain
The Western Ghats are a 1,500 kilometre-long ribbon of mountains that run through the southwestern part of India, forming a jagged edge that separates the high Deccan Plateau, which makes up most of...
View ArticleStep aside, Jeb Bush. Marco Rubio is now the last hope for Republican elders
Des Moines, Iowa: You could argue that Donald Trump managed to lose on Monday night not just to the first place winner, Ted Cruz, but to Marco Rubio, who came in third. Rubio's third place might well...
View ArticleEagle versus drone: Birds of prey trained to patrol the skies
For hundreds of years in the skies over Asia, people have used eagles to hunt down prey with deadly results. That tradition has been in decline for decades, but now the bird's keen eyesight, powerful...
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