US ban: Huawei’s aviation business booming says official

US moves against Chinese tech titan Huawei have had “no effect” on the firm’s aviation business despite several countries taking steps to block its mobile services, a top company executive said Monda…

Kim Jong Un executes officials for failed Trump Summit

North Korea has executed five officials for their part in the failed second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to a South Korean newspaper. Citing the newsp…

Philippines sends trash back to Canada

The Philippines has started returning dozens of shipping containers full of trash to Canada after a long-running row over waste exports that has tested diplomatic ties amid threats from firebrand Pre…

Sexual abuse: UN receives 37 petitions against personnel

The United Nations said it had received 37 petitions on alleged sexual exploitation and abuse against its personnel in the first quarter of 2019, according to one of its spokespersons.  &nb…

7 dead, 19 missing after tourist boat sinks in Hungary

At least seven South Korean tourists have died and another 19 are missing after a tour boat sank on the Danube River in Budapest, according to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. &nbsp…

Man sets himself on fire in front of White House

A man set himself on fire near the White House on Wednesday, the US Secret Service said. The incident happened on the Ellipse, a park area just south of the White House fence which is popular with to…

Trade: China accuses US of ‘naked economic terrorism’

China accused the United States of “naked economic terrorism” on Thursday as Beijing ramps up the rhetoric in their trade war. The world’s top two economies are at loggerheads as trade talks have app…

World’s smallest baby born in California

Doctors said Saybie was delivered via emergency cesarean section in December at 23 weeks and three days gestation in the womb after severe pregnancy complications that put her mother’s life at risk. …

Trump is ‘God’s Choice for U.S. – Cleric

Amid the debates about impeaching the current US president over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, Pastor Robert Henderson, head of a ministry, has claimed that he interceded for Donald Trump be…

2 dead after Japan mass stabbing

A knife-wielding attacker killed a 12-year-old schoolgirl and another man before stabbing himself to death in a rampage outside Tokyo Tuesday that also injured more than a dozen including several chi…

Clashes In Four Brazil Prisons Leave 40 Dead

At least 40 inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Monday over an apparent gang dispute, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country’s overpopulated and dead…

Pell, Cardinal jailed for sex abuse wont seek reduced sentence – Report

Jailed Australian Cardinal George Pell will not seek a reduced sentence if he loses an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral in the mid-1990s, news…

US Judge Deals Blow To Trump’s Border Wall Plans

A US federal judge dealt a blow on Friday to President Donald Trump’s signature wall project, issuing a temporary injunction against using Defense Department funds to pay for barriers on the border w…

EU Says May Resignation Changes Nothing In Brexit Talks

The European Union said Friday that Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation does nothing to change its position on the Brexit withdrawal deal that its members agreed with Britain.    …

China slams US ‘lies’ about Huawei’s government ties

China ramped up a war of words with the United States over Huawei on Friday, accusing Washington of spreading “lies” about the telecom giant thrust to the centre of their trade war.   …

Facebook disables billions of accounts

Facebook said it recently disabled billions of bogus accounts set up by “bad actors” and that five percent of active accounts are likely fakes. An estimate of how many of the online social networks a…

Hundreds of same-sex couples register marriages in Taiwan

Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan are rushing to get married on the first day a landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage takes effect. One household registration office in Taipei was pack…

May to announce date for departure

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Friday to announce the date of her departure, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a more decisive Br…

British Government Postpones Brexit Vote

he British government on Thursday postponed a crucial Brexit vote scheduled for the first week of June, following an outcry from hardline Brexiteers over concessions made by Prime Minister Theresa Ma…

Chinese Man In Oregon Guilty Of Defaurding Apple of 1,500 Iphones

Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn’t turn on and should be replaced under warranty. He didn’t just submit a co…