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Xi urges action on Taiwan unification

BEIJING, Jan 02 (AP): Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generations.No one or no party can stop the trend toward unification, the Chinese leader said Wednesday...

Trump looks forward to new meeting with Kim

WASHINGTON, Jan 02 (Agencies): President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he looked forward to another summit with Kim Jong Un, a day after the North Korean leader warned Pyongyang could take a different approach to nuclear talks if US economic sanctions persist."I also look forward to meeting with Chairman Kim...

Train accident on Danish bridge leaves six dead

COPENHAGEN, Jan 02 (Agencies): Six people were killed on Wednesday and an unspecified number were injured in a train accident on a bridge connecting two islands in Denmark, rail operator DSB said.Rail network officials said debris from a freight train - possibly a tarpaulin - hit a commuter train during...

Cops respond to spider death threats

SYDNEY, Jan 02 (BBC): A man with a "serious fear" of spiders prompted an emergency call by Western Australia police on New Years' Day.According to police, a passerby raised the alarm after hearing a "screaming" toddler and a man repeatedly shouting "Why don't you die?"But after arriving at a home...

NASA rocket signals successful flyby

NEW YORK, Jan 02 (New York Times): Thirty-three minutes into the new year, scientists, engineers and well-wishers here at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory celebrated the moment that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to a small, icy world nicknamed Ultima Thule.Almost 10 hours later, the New...

Somalia asks UN envoy to leave country

NAIROBI, Jan 02 (AP): Somalia's government has ordered the United Nations envoy to the country to leave, amid questions over the arrest of the al-Shabab extremist group's former deputy leader who had run for a regional presidency.A foreign ministry statement late on Tuesday accuses Nicholas Haysom of diplomatic overreach that...

Sharp rise in plane crash in 2018

LONDON, Jan 02 (BBC): Last year saw a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017 but 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, figures show.Airliner accidents killed 556 people last year compared with 44 in 2017, the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) reports.Last year's worst civilian...

Myanmar police clash with Buddhist group

YANGON, Jan 02 (Reuters): Myanmar police have clashed with insurgents in the troubled western state of Rakhine, state-run media said on Wednesday, as intensified fighting continued between the security forces and an armed group representing the Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group.The United Nations said about 2,500 people had been driven from...

Five Afghan troops die in Taliban attack

KANDAHAR, Jan 02 (Xinhua): At least five Afghan soldiers were killed and six others wounded after Taliban militants attacked an army camp in Maywand district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday night, a local official said on Wednesday."Afghan National Army personnel repelled Taliban militants armed with guns and rocket propelled...

News in Brief (3-1-2019)

Indian police tear gas protestersafter women enter Kerala templeTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Jan 02: Indian police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon as protests and clashes erupted across the southern state of Kerala after two women entered a flashpoint temple for the first time since a landmark court ruling, local media...