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White House chief of staff to leave by year-end

WASHINGTON, Dec 09 (Agencies): President Donald Trump said on Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year's end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats reclaiming control of the House.Nick Ayers,...

Brexit MPs' committee slams May's deal

LONDON, Dec 09 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was condemned as "a huge step into the unknown" by a committee of lawmakers responsible for scrutinising it, in the latest blow to her efforts to win parliamentary approval for it this week.May is battling to win support for...

Archaeologists unveil 2,500- yr old deluxe carriage in China

BEIJING, Dec 09 (Xinhua): Archaeologists at the archaeology research institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have unveiled the details of a deluxe carriage unearthed in a cemetery dating back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 B.C.) in north China's Hebei Province.According to the archaeologists, the carriage is 142.5...

Orange juice reduces dementia risk by 50pc

NEW YORK, Dec 09 (Xinhua): Drinking a glass of orange juice daily could significantly reduce one's risk of getting dementia, a new study suggested.The study, published in the journal Neurology, tracked nearly 28,000 U.S. men over their consumption of fruit and vegetables from 1986 to 2002 and subjective cognitive function...

Peruvians vote in referendum on fighting graft

LIMA, Dec 09 (AP): Peruvians voted on Sunday in a referendum aimed at curbing corruption as the South American nation tries to put an end to a scourge that has landed lawmakers, judges and even former presidents behind bars.The four questions on the ballot include measures that would prohibit legislators...

Helicopter crash leaves five dead in Sudan

KHARTOUM, Dec 09 (AFP): A helicopter crashed Sunday in eastern Sudan, killing at least five local officials who were on board, state media reported.Witnesses said the helicopter caught fire after hitting a communications tower as it tried to land in a field in the state of Al-Qadarif."Flames and thick dark...

Hindu activists demand temple in Ayodhya

NEW DELHI, Dec 09 (Reuters): Thousands of Hindu monks and activists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party gathered in the Indian capital New Delhi on Sunday to urge the government to build a temple at the ruins of a 16th century mosque.The calls for a new temple...

Landslides claim four lives in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Dec 09 (Xinhua): Four people were killed and as many as 236 villagers were forced to flee home as landslides and floods struck East Java province of western Indonesia, disaster agency official said on Sunday.The landslides occurred after soils of a hill slid down and hit a house, where...

Togo opposition accuses govt of brutal crackdown

LOME, Dec 09 (AFP): Togo's opposition has accused the government of deploying police and soldiers in a brutal crackdown in which two protesters were killed during a rally against upcoming elections. Security forces fired teargas and fought running battles on Saturday with demonstrators in the capital, Lome, and several other...

News in Brief (10-12-2018)

11 perish in Maharashtra road mishap NEW DELHI, Dec 09: At least 11 persons, including seven women and two minors, were killed and three others injured in a road mishap in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra, local media reported on Sunday. The accident happened in the state's Chandrapur district when...