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US, China Launch High Level Trade Talks Amid Deep Differences
The U.S. complaints, along with accusations of Chinese cyber theft of U.S. trade secrets and a systematic campaign to acquire U.S. technology firms, were used by the Trump administration to justify punitive U.S. tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese im...
Special Medical Board Examines Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif in Jail
Earlier, a medical board of Jinnah Hospital Lahore had declared that "Sharif is not completely well and he should be shifted to hospital from jail to get optimal treatment for his heart complications."
China, Russia Posing Biggest Cyber Attack Threats to United States, Says Chief of US National Intelligence
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea increasingly use cyber operations to steal information, influence people and to disrupt critical infrastructure, said Dan Coats, Director of National Intelligence.
President Trump to give State of Union Address on February 5
The annual speech is given by the president to outline the administration's priorities for the coming year
Despair Turns to Anger as Brazilians Reckon with Latest Dam Disaster
By Sunday night, firefighters in the state of Minas Gerais had confirmed 58 dead after a tailings dam broke, sending a torrent of sludge into the miner's offices and the town of Brumadinho on Friday.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Pictures: The Chamber of the Holocaust, Israel's Obscure Memorial
The memorial was established in 1949, four years after the end of World War Two and a year after Israel was founded, as Holocaust survivors who came as refugees to the country sought a place to mourn their families.
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Four Years of Jail for 'State Subversion'
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, 42, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, disappeared in a 2015 sweep -- known as the "709" crackdown -- aimed at courtroom critics of Communist authorities.
Auschwitz Survivors Pay Homage As World Remembers Holocaust
Since last year's observances, an 85-year-old French Holocaust survivor, Mireille Knoll, was fatally stabbed in Paris and 11 Jews were gunned down in a Pittsburgh synagogue during Shabbat services, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
20 Dead, 111 Injured After 2 Bombs Tear Through Sunday Mass in Philippine Cathedral
Army troops and police posted outside were rushing in when the second bomb went off about one minute later near the main entrance, causing more deaths and injuries.
40 Dead and 300 Missing After Dam Collapse in Brazil
The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Saturday as searchers flying in helicopters and rescuers labouring in deep mud uncovered more bodies. The level of devastation quickly led President Jai...
Asia Bibi's Lawyer to Return to Pakistan For Supreme Court Hearing On Blasphemy Case: Report
Saiful Malook went to the Netherlands last year due to "security concerns" when violence broke out soon after Bibi's acquittal.
Experts, Images Suggest a Saudi Ballistic Missile Program
Neither Saudi Arabia nor China is a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime, a 30-year-old agreement aimed at limiting the proliferation of rockets capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear bombs.
Japan Supreme Court Upholds Sterilization Before Gender Change to 'Reduce Confusion'
The law states that people wishing to register a gender change must have their original reproductive organs removed and have a body that 'appears to have parts that resemble the genital organs' of the gender they want to register.
Myanmar Army Chief Must be Prosecuted for Rohingya 'Genocide': UN Rights Envoy
Myanmar has said it 'absolutely rejects' that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to rule on its actions. The country is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the Hague-based court.
Soros Calls China's Xi Jinping 'Most Dangerous' Foe of Free Societies
'China is not the only authoritarian regime in the world but it is the wealthiest, strongest and technologically most advanced,' he said, noting concerns too about Vladimir Putin's Russia.
185 Passengers Fall Sick Minutes After Boarding Canadian Flight, 10 Hospitalised
The passengers experienced various symptoms, including itchy eyes, dizziness, and vomiting during the plane's de-icing before takeoff.