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New York: US President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who was critical of him during his election campaign and who has...

Kansas City: The world's tallest water slide will be torn down after a 10-year-old boy suffered a broken neck and was killed riding it in August, an...

Madrid: Rita Barbera, a scandal-tainted stalwart of Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) and mayor of the Mediterranean city of Valencia for 24 years,...

Berlin: Lufthansa pilots in Germany began a two-day strike on Wednesday, grounding some 1,800 flights at one of Europe's largest airlines in a...

New Delhi: The track where an Indian train derailed on Sunday, killing 150 people, was inspected just two days earlier and found to be in good condition,...

Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh): More Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week, with some feared drowned after a boat sank...

Manila: The Philippines' police chief broke down before a Senate inquiry on Wednesday and vowed to stand by President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war...

Seoul: South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status on Wednesday to its second-highest level following three more outbreaks of the highly...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of Samsung Group on Wednesday, a prosecution official said, after media reports of alleged links with a...

Washington: Facebook Inc has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter...