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At Least 17 Killed as Double-Decker Bus Crashes Into Tree in Thailand
The accident occurred Wednesday evening in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province with the double decker bus carrying around 50 people returning home from a holiday.
China to Become Top Patent Filer Within Three Years: UN
China, the only country to record double-digit growth in its patent applications in 2017, has posted growth higher than 10 percent every year since 2003.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Summoned by UK Lawmakers Over Data Breach Scandal
Other executives from the company boasted that they, along with parent company Strategic Communications Laboratories, had worked in more than 200 elections around the world, including India.
US Republicans to Trump: Let Mueller do his job
The Republican president has renewed his Twitter attacks on both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mueller's probe since the firing on Friday of the bureau's former deputy director, Andrew McCabe, two days before he was eligible to retire with a ful...
Angela Merkel, Xi Jinping Agree to work on steel overcapacity within G20
In a telephone discussion, the two newly reelected leaders emphasised close ties between the two countries, both facing planned U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs, and agreed to deepen their strategic partnership, Steffen Seibert said in a statement.
Donald Trump Gears Up to Host Saudi Prince Who Has Rocked the Kingdom
Ten months after the last face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, the 71-year-old president and the 32-year-old strongman prince are expected to deepen an already warm and congenial relationship.
Hong Kong's Richest Man Li Ka-shing Retires, Says Worked 'Too Long'
Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, 89, will retire after the annual general meeting on May 10, the ports-to-telecoms conglomerate said in a filing to the Hong Kong bourse, passing the mantle to his eldest son Victor Li, who was named successor several...
Australian Court Keeps Queen Elizabeth's Letters Secret
The National Archives of Australia has categorized the correspondence between the British monarch, who is also Australia's constitutional head of state, and Governor-General Sir John Kerr as "personal" and the letters might therefore never become public.
Indian-origin Former McKinsey Partner in US Gets 2-year Jail in Fraud Case
Navdeep Arora, a former partner in the Chicago office of McKinsey & Company, plotted with a former internal consultant at State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company to defraud both companies out of fraudulent consulting fees.
Larry Kudlow to be Donald Trump's New Economic Adviser
Larry Kudlow, 70, would replace Gary Cohen, a former Goldman Sachs executive who quit the post after his differences with Trump on imposing a 25 per cent tariff on import of steel and 10 per cent on aluminum.
Japanese Nobel Winner Hospitalised in US, Wife Found Dead
Ei-ichi Negishi, 82, a chemist teaching at Purdue University, and his wife Sumire Negishi, 80, were reported missing Monday. Police found them early Tuesday morning about 200 miles (320 km) northeast of their home
Another of Donald Trump's Attorney Involved in Pornstar Stormy Daniels Case
New documents obtained by CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday suggest a deeper link than previously known between the Trump Organization and the company that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, established in 2016 to pay off porn star Stor...
US Republicans Shut Down House Russia Probe over Democratic Objections
The House investigation, one of three main congressional probes of Russia and the 2016 investigation, and possible collusion or obstruction of justice by Trump or his aides, has been marred for months by partisan wrangling, including the release of rival...
Maybe 'Jews' But Not Kremlin Meddled in US Election, Says Putin
President Vladimir Putin suggested in a US television interview that Ukrainians, Tatars or "Jews," could have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election - but not the Kremlin.
Donald Trump Gets His Military Parade Wish — But No Tanks
The Pentagon memo says the parade will integrate with the annual DC Veterans Day parade and focus on the contributions of US veterans from the Revolutionary War to today "with an emphasis on the price of freedom."
Afghanistan's Forgotten Gypsies Seek Legal Recognition
Afghanistan's constitution does not explicitly recognise the Jogi as Afghans, making it difficult for them to obtain a tazkira, an identification document needed for any administrative procedure including buying the land they would need to settle permanen...