Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : Saudi Arabia will lift its ban on internet calling applications on Wednesday, authorities said, easing restrictions online as the conservative kingdom faces new criticism over censorship. Voice and video calling apps such as WhatsApp and Skype will be “widely available to users”, a government statement …
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday the first group of about 50 men and woman held in two controversial detention centres for asylum-seekers on remote Pacific islands will be resettled in the United States within weeks. The comments mark the first official timetable …
Read More »Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : Violent incidents in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are unacceptable and there should be understanding of the Myanmar government’s efforts to protect social stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Indonesian counterpart, state media said. More than 400,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled across the border to …
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear standoff, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission. Loud murmurs filled …
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : TOYS ‘R’ Us Inc, the largest U.S. toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday, the latest sign of turmoil in the retail industry that is caught in a vise-like grip of online shopping and discount chains. The Chapter 11 filing is among the …
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : A 15-year-old girl in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was killed after falling off from the third floor of her school building, China’s Xinhua news agency reported the police as saying. The girl’s family alleged she was thrown off by someone and has asked …
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People clear rubble after an earthquake hit Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos JassoWednesday, 20 September 2017 : At least 138 people died when a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital where rescuers scoured frantically under the rubble …
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 : Believing they were investing in valuable art pieces, a Malaysian in the construction business and his father bought 13 paintings, supposedly the works of renowned Indonesian artists, for more than S$2.8mil (RM8.54mil). But they later discovered that the paintings were imitations. Seven paintings, bought from …
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Tuesday, 19 September 2017 : Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is poised Tuesday to break her near-silence on communal violence scorching through Rakhine state, in a televised speech on a Rohingya refugee crisis that has shocked the world and prompted the UN to accuse the country’s army of ethnic …
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Tuesday, 19 September 2017 : A man, angered after being awakened from his afternoon nap, hit his wife and children’s heads with a hammer before running amok and destroying his neighbours’ belongings. According to online media reports, the incident occurred about 4pm Monday in a housing area in Kampung Kalodran, …
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