Workers fired for selling 15,000 apples to one client in Cuba
Several employees of a Cuban supermarket have been fired for selling 15,000 apples to a single customer in a country regularly plagued…
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Trump declares North Carolina a ‘major disaster’
Trump has declared North Carolina a “major disaster”, as officials warned of the potential for massive flooding from the “epic” amount of…
Sexual abuse rocks Dutch Catholic Church
More than half of the Netherlands’ senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a…
US deficit soars to $895b under Trump watch
The U.S. federal deficit hit $895 billion in the first 11 months of fiscal 2018, an increase of $222 billion, or 32…
In Brazil Lula quits for Fernando Haddad
Brazil’s most popular politician, imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on Tuesday ended his legal battle to run for the…
Kofi Annan gets last respect in Accra
Ghana citizens and members of the international community on Tuesday paid their respects to the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as his…
Japan PM visits quake-hit Hokkaido as toll rises to 42
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region of Hokkaido Sunday as officials confirmed more deaths, bringing the toll to…
China outlaws Zion Church
Beijing city authorities have banned Zion Church, one of the largest unofficial Protestant churches in the city and confiscated “illegal promotional materials”,…
Egypt sentences 75 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
An Egyptian court on Saturday issued death sentences for 75 people, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and jailed more than 600 others…
Air Force hits Boko Haram’s facilities
The Nigerian Air Force has carried attacks and destroyed facilities and equipment belonging to Boko Haram fighters. The Air Task Force (ATF)…
Apple warns Trump tariff war against China will hurt
A “wide range” of Apple Inc products including the Apple Watch would be affected by proposed U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, the…
Presidential Candidate takes advantage of Knife attack
Right-wing Brazilian election front-runner Jair Bolsonaro looks set to make a dramatic rise from the emergency room to the presidency, family and…
Toyota to recall 1m hybrid models over wiring issue
Toyota Motor Corp. says it plans to recall around 1.03 million vehicles, including its gasoline-hybrid Prius model in Japan and other regions,…
Ceasefire agreement reached in Libya
War lords have reached a ceasefire agreement to end years of hostilities, protect civilians, safeguard public and private property in war-torn North…
Like Apple, Amazon hits $1 trillion valuation
Amazon.com Inc. has followed Apple Inc. to become the second U.S. company to reach $1 trillion in market value, reflecting the online…
US trade deficit in July highest since 2015 despite Trump’s tariffs
The U.S. trade deficit widened for the second straight month in July and by the most since 2015 on record imports, despite…