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FBI combs campus as hunt for gunman enters fourth day
NEW YORK, Dec 17 — FBI experts on yesterday combed through the vicinity of a weekend mass shooting that killed two students at the elite Brown University, as the hunt for the gunman dragged into a fourth day. Images posted by the
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Bondi Beach shooting suspects spent November in Philippines, father entered as ‘Indian national’, immigration says
MANILA, Dec 16 — The father and son allegedly behind one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, authorities in Manila confirmed today, with the father entering as an “Indian national”. Sajid
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Trump signs executive order designating fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday he was classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, ramping up his administration’s campaign against drug cartels in Latin America. “We’re formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass
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Trump sues BBC for US$10b over alleged doctored Capitol riot speech
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 — US President Donald Trump yesterday filed a lawsuit seeking at least US$10 billion (RM40.9 billion) from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot. The lawsuit,
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Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. “I feel so badly. I spoke to President
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Bondi Beach shooting victims include Slovak-Australian woman, two Hungarians
BRATISLAVA, Dec 16 — Two Hungarian nationals and a Slovak-Australian woman were among 15 people killed in an attack on a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, officials from both European countries said yesterday. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said
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Thailand cuts fuel flow via Laos over fears of diversion to Cambodian troops; Asean foreign ministers’ meet pushed to Dec 22
BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 — Thailand’s military said on Monday that it has stopped fuel shipments passing through a border checkpoint with Laos because of fears they were being diverted to Cambodia, with which it is fighting a fierce border
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Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai found guilty under Hong Kong security law, faces possible life sentence
HONG KONG, Dec 15 — Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty Monday on three national security charges, a conviction rights groups denounced as a death knell for press freedoms in the Chinese financial hub. Prosecutors said
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‘We do it with a volunteer’s heart’: Thai farmers turn frontline amid deadly border clashes with Cambodia
BURIRAM (Thailand), Dec 15 — Ten kilometres from Thailand’s disputed border with Cambodia, farmer-turned-village security guard Narongchai Putthet stands at a roadside checkpoint, his rifle slung across his navy blue uniform. The 60-year-old is one of a small band of
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Fruit seller disarms Bondi Beach gunman, now hospitalised with gunshot wounds as world hail him as ‘hero’
SYDNEY, Dec 15 — Australians are hailing a “hero” whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the country’s worst mass shooting in years. He even earned a shout-out from US President Donald
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