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The Trump slump: Why the US president’s promised ‘No Tax on Tips’ isn’t enough to keep Las Vegas workers afloat
LAS VEGAS, Aug 29 — After more than 30 years in the Las Vegas restaurant industry, waiter Aaron Mahan ought to be pleased about Donald Trump’s much-touted “No Tax On […]
Seven dead, 554 missing after mudslide hits China-Nepal border
LHASA, Aug 29 — Seven people were killed and 554 others remained missing after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port along the China-Nepal border in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Two […]
Tibet rescue hampered by fresh flood risks, heavy rain and buried roads under mud 1.5 metres thick
BEIJING, Aug 29 — Risks of renewed flooding, heavy rain and roads covered in mud are complicating the search for hundreds of people missing in Tibet, two days after a […]
Nepal flood disaster deepens as missing toll surges past 2,400
NUWAKOT (Nepal), Aug 29 — The number of people missing in Nepal and China leaped to more than 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like […]
US military judge throws out FBI confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden’s aide
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 — A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used […]
Trump team eyes Yosemite land swap for private road access despite past court rejection
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — President Donald Trump’s administration is considering giving away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer. An investigation published Friday by NOTUS, […]
US$54m and counting: Powerful pro-Israel lobby tests the limits of money in American politics
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 — The most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States is spending more than any other outside group on the 2026 midterms — even as its once-coveted […]
Fear subsides, but hardship grinds on in post-Maduro Venezuela
CARACAS, Aug 29 — Eight months after US forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the prevailing national mood is bittersweet as delight at his fall gives way to impatience about […]
Murder or madness? The Lindsay Clancy trial puts postpartum psychosis in the spotlight
PLYMOUTH (Massachusetts), Aug 29 — The high-profile US murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a woman who says she suffered from postpartum psychosis before strangling her three young children, has sparked […]
Can the US economically isolate Iran without China? Analysts are doubtful
BEIJING, Aug 28 — The United States has threatened the “economic asphyxiation” of Iran, but analysts say that a successful chokehold would require unlikely cooperation from China. Almost six months […]