A woman and her child died after a tree fell on their house in Wilmington, North Carolina, the first reported fatalities from Hurricane Florence, which made landfall earlier on Friday. Police confirmed the fatalities
more 352Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has begun a visit to China by paying his respects to Mao Zedong, before signing a raft of deals aimed at bolstering his country's crisis-hit economy. Calling the founder of Communist China a "giant of the
more 340The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea will attend a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to sign a peace agreement "cementing" the relations between the two former Horn of Africa bitter rivals, according to a United
more 339President Donald Trump has told aides to proceed with yet more tariffs on Chinese imports, according to reports in the United States. Citing unnamed officials, Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Trump had instructed staff
more 371Much of the world's attention this week has been focused on two powerful storms: hurricane Florence in the United States and super typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines. The signs of climate change are everywhere,
more 354The United States just took a step forward in its battle for global computing supremacy. The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Thursday to help it match China in quantum computing capabilities.
more 349SANAA: The UN’s Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths has met the country’s Houthi rebels in a push for new peace talks, as fighting continued Friday around the strategic port city of Hodeidah.Griffiths traveled to the
more 394The US Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea said on Thursday that the United States will impose tough sanctions on Iran starting Nov. 4, including sanctions on Iranian carrier Mahan and its supporters. Billingslea praised Gulf
more 324SANAA: The UN’s Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths has met the country’s Houthi rebels in a push for new peace talks, as fighting continued Friday around the strategic port city of Hodeidah.Griffiths traveled to the
more 309The Indian rupee, which has fallen by more than 12 percent this year against the US dollar, is currently the worst performing currency in Asia. A strong US dollar and high oil prices, coupled with
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