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Democrats cross swords with Trump over shutdown

WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters): President Donald Trump and top Democrats in Congress sparred over the partial shutdown of the US government on Monday, with no sign of tangible efforts to reopen agencies closed by a political impasse over Trump's demand for border wall funds.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his...

Five perish in China as hijacked bus crashes

BEIJING, Dec 25 (AFP): At least five people were killed and 21 injured after a hijacked bus crashed into pedestrians in east China's Fujian province on Tuesday afternoon, state media reported.A hijacker carrying a knife had been detained and was being investigated by local police, state television CGTN reported.The incident...

Sick, hungry tsunami survivors flood shelters in Indonesia

CARITA, Dec 25 (AFP): Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline on Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres.Fears about a public health crisis come as the death toll from Saturday's volcano-triggered disaster rose...

N Korea blasts UN resolution on rights abuse

SEOUL, Dec 25 (AFP): North Korea on Tuesday hit back at a latest UN resolution that condemned Pyongyang's rights abuses, calling it a "serious… provocation" that would undermine peace efforts on the Korean peninsula.The UN General Assembly adopted last week a resolution - which passed by consensus without a vote...

Pope calls on rich people to live simpler life

VATICAN CITY, Dec 25 (BBC): It is the 82-year-old's pontiff's sixth Christmas as head of the Church Pope Francis has called on people in developed countries to live a simpler and less materialistic life.He also condemned the huge divide between the world's rich and poor, saying Jesus's birth in poverty...

Mexican governor, husband lose lives in copter crash

MEXICO CITY, Dec 25 (Reuters): A Mexican governor and her senator husband were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash near the city of Puebla in central Mexico, the government said, just days after she had taken office following a bitterly contested election.Martha Erika Alonso, a senior opposition figure and...

British prof returns home from Iran after release

LONDON, Dec 25 (BBC): A British-Iranian academic who was arrested and detained in Iran on security charges has returned to the UK, the Foreign Office has confirmed.Prof Abbas Edalat, who works at Imperial College London, was detained in Tehran in April.The Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran said...

Powerful trio cast shadow over Congo poll

KINSHASA, Dec 25 (AFP): Elections in Democratic Republic of Congo will ostensibly bring the curtain down on the era of President Joseph Kabila, in charge of the vast resource-rich nation for nearly 18 turbulent years.If elections successfully take place on Sunday, it would mark the first peaceful transition of power...

Car bomb attack leaves two dead in N Iraq

BAGDAD, Dec 25 (Xinhua): At least two people were killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in a car bomb explosion at a marketplace in the town of Tal Afar near Iraq's northern city of Mosul, a local official said.A booby-trapped car went off at a crowded market which was...

News in Brief (26-12-2018)

Climate change becomes Italians’ first concernROME, Dec 25: Climate change jumped on top of the issues most concerning Italians at global level, surpassing the threat of terrorism, a survey by a leading domestic research institute showed on Monday. It was the first time environment-related topics ranked first among the country's...