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Stiff And Guarded: US And Russia Face Off In Saudi Talks
Formal, tense and laced with distrust, the highly anticipated Saudi-hosted talks between the United States and Russia on Tuesday carried all the hallmarks of a major diplomatic showdown.The rare...
Pope Eating, Reading But Weekend Events Cancelled: Vatican
Pope Francis breakfasted and read the papers as usual on Tuesday on his fifth day in hospital but appears no closer to being discharged, with the Vatican cancelling his...
Turkey Arrests 282 Despite Reconciliation Bid With PKK
Turkey has detained 282 people in a nationwide swoop on those with suspected "terror" ties, the interior minister said Tuesday, despite a parallel government bid to end the bloody...
Philippine Coast Guard Slams ‘Dangerous’ China Helicopter Manoeuvres
The Philippine Coast Guard condemned "dangerous" manoeuvres by a Chinese Navy helicopter Tuesday as it flew within three metres (10 feet) of a surveillance flight carrying a group of...
FAA Employee Firings Shake Up Air Travel As Trump Administration Targets Probationary Workers
The Trump administration has initiated the dismissal of several hundred Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, creating disruptions during a busy air travel weekend.The layoffs came just weeks after a...
Southwest Airlines To Cut 1,750 Jobs In First-Ever Mass Layoffs In 53 Years
Southwest Airlines announced on Monday that it will lay off 1,750 employees, or 15% of its corporate and leadership positions -- marking the company's first major layoffs in its...
Iran Mulls Moving Capital To ‘Lost Paradise’ On Southern Coast
Faced with myriad problems including gridlocked traffic and a sinking earth surface in its current capital, Iran is considering a drastic solution -- moving it to an altogether different...
German ‘Bureaucracy Monster’ On Everyone’s Election Hit List
German politicians make a lot of laws and regulations but on the campaign trail many rage against the country's notorious bureaucracy, labelling it a monster that needs to be...
Japan To Allow Taiwan As Place Of Origin In Family Registry
Japan will allow people from Taiwan to list the island as their place of origin in the country's family registry instead of China, a justice ministry official said Tuesday.When...
‘They Knew’: Victims Of Paedophile French Surgeon Blame Systemic Failure
A French surgeon to stand trial over raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, mostly children, practised for decades right up until his retirement despite a conviction for owning...
