Trump daughter Ivanka to get West Wing office
US President Donald Trump‘s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is getting an office in the White House West Wing, stepping up her highly visible role in helping advise her father. A White…
“Gay moment” stays put as Malaysia to release “Beauty and the Beast” without cuts
KUALA LUMPUR – Walt Disney blockbuster “Beauty and the Beast” will be released in Malaysia this month without any cuts, the company said, after censors had earlier asked for the…
Stolen Van Gogh paintings back in Amsterdam after 14 years
AMSTERDAM – Two paintings by Vincent Van Gogh have been unveiled, barely damaged, at an Amsterdam museum today, 14 years after they were stolen in a mafia heist. The works, 1882’s…
Australia again denounced for treatment of Aborigines as UN investigates
SYDNEY – Australia has come under fresh criticism over its treatment of its indigenous population as a UN investigator examined the impact of a government takeover of remote communities and as Canberra…
China to talk new Silk Road in Australia, no deal expected yet
BEIJING – China expects positive moves to signing up Australia for its New Silk Road initiative when Premier Li Keqiang visits this week, but two sources familiar with the issues…
“You know there’s crocs there” says teen bitten after jumping in river
A Queensland teenager who was bitten by a crocodile when he jumped into a river on a dare is now recovering in hospital and looking forward to a date with…
Greek police intercept eight suspect packages following parcel bombs to IMF, Germany
ATHENS – Greek police have intercepted eight suspect packages at a postal sorting centre in Athens, after the dispatch of booby-trapped deliveries to the International Monetary Fund in Paris and…
FBI head denies Trump wiretap claim, confirms Russia election probe
WASHINGTON – The head of the FBI has publicly challenged US President Donald Trump, denying the Republican’s claim that former president Barack Obama wiretapped his 2016 election campaign and confirming…
Thai opposition “red shirt” says plot to kill PM a setup
BANGKOK – An exiled “red shirt” opponent of Thailand’s junta has accused police of trying to set him up after they said they had found a cache of weapons and…
US officials meet asylum seekers at Australian-run camp, possibly restarting “dumb deal”
CANBERRA/PERTH – US officials have began taking fingerprints of asylum seekers in an Australian-run camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, signalling that vetting of applicants for resettlement in what US President…
