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Trump dangles US$5,000 ‘dividend’ to Americans if Republicans win November elections
DALLAS, Sept 10 — President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised US$5,000 (RM20,335) to every adult American if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, coupling the extraordinary claim with a […]
Rubio defends US strikes on suspected drug boats, vows to fight cartel ‘cancer’
QUITO, Sept 10 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended controversial strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats during a visit to Ecuador on Wednesday, arguing Latin American cartels would “eat […]
Republicans put Trump at centre of US midterm election gamble
DALLAS, Sept 10 — US Republicans kicked off an extraordinary midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday betting that putting Donald Trump at the centre of their campaign can rescue a […]
Norway PM says drone ‘almost hit’ Zelensky’s plane en route to Oslo
OSLO, Sept 10 — Ukraine and Moldova on Wednesday played down claims from Norway’s prime minister that a plane carrying President Volodymyr Zelensky was almost hit by a drone as […]
Cyberattack ruled out in UK air traffic glitch that disrupts hundreds of flights
LONDON, Sept 10 — UK air travellers faced more misery Wednesday with nearly 400 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain’s air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a […]
Iran strikes ships, widens maritime no-go zone beyond Hormuz
TEHRAN, Sept 10 — Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as it announced an expansion of a […]
New York Muslims find new voice 25 years after 9/11 backlash
NEW YORK, Sept 10 — Asad Dandia was eight when he watched the September 11, 2001 attacks on television at his Pakistani immigrant parents’ home in New York. Then came […]
Brussels plots sweeping child social media ban, critics warn freedoms crushed in digital clampdown
BRUSSELS, Sept 10 — The European Union is poised for a big reveal of its plans to keep minors safe online — but proposals to restrict their social media access […]
Fed up with Trump’s science squeeze, US researchers flock north to Canada’s open arms
MONTREAL, Sept 9 — Fed up with the funding restrictions surrounding her research on the links between climate change and health, American epidemiologist Sheryl Magzamen has left the United States […]
Indonesia airports reopen after Anak Krakatau ash, but Ili Lewotolok plume extends travel disruption
JAKARTA, Sept 9 — Volcanic ash from three more Indonesian volcanoes was reported across parts of the archipelago on Wednesday, in addition to Mount Anak Krakatau, with ash from one […]