BEIJING, Jan 07 (Reuters): A US guided-missile destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea in what China called a "provocation" as US officials joined talks in Beijing during a truce in a bitter trade war.The USS McCampbell carried out a "freedom of navigation" operation, sailing within 12...
Read moreBANGKOK, Jan 07 (AP): Thailand's Immigration Police chief says the young Saudi woman who was stopped in Bangkok as she was trying to travel to Australia for asylum to escape alleged abuse by her family will not be sent anywhere against her wishes.Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said at a news...
Read moreLIBREVILLE, Jan 07 (BBC): A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is "under control", following an attempted military coup.Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told the BBC that four of the rebels had been arrested by the authorities. A fifth is on the run.The junior officers...
Read moreBEIJING, Jan 07 (Xinhua): A recent international study found that drinking green tea was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese adults.A total of 119,373 participants from the Shanghai Women's Health Study (SWHS) and Shanghai Men's Health Study (SMHS) were included in the study. The SWHS...
Read moreNEW DELHI, Jan 07 (BBC): Scientists in India have hit out at speakers at a major conference for making irrational claims, including that ancient Hindus invented stem cell research.Some academics at the annual Indian Science Congress dismissed the findings of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.Hindu mythology and religion-based theories have...
Read moreSINGAPORE, Jan 07 (AFP): A fragile truce in Singapore's founding family was shattered Monday after state prosecutors alleged the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's estranged brother may be guilty of professional misconduct.The allegations mark the latest flare-up in a bitter quarrel between Premier Lee, and his younger brother...
Read moreCARACAS, Jan 07 (Reuters): Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest President Nicolas Maduro's second term that will begin with his inauguration this week, the onetime Maduro backer told a Miami broadcaster on Sunday.The latest defection from the crisis-stricken OPEC nation's government...
Read more10 civilians die in Afghanistan bomb attack SHARAN, Jan 07: At least 10 civilians were killed and 13 others wounded after a bomb ripped through a district bazaar in eastern Afghan province of Paktika on Monday, a local official said. "Ten martyred and 13 wounded civilians were admitted to a...
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