Pressure on S.Korea’s Park mounts as massive crowd demands she quit
SEOUL – South Korean President Park Geun-hye faced mounting calls to step down as a record number of people at a massive rally on Saturday criticised her as unfit to…
Trump names loyalists, children to transition team
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump has put vice presidential running mate Mike Pence in charge of a White House transition team that also includes three of his grown children…
Egypt imposes big security clampdown, protests fail to materialise
CAIRO – Egypt imposed a big security clampdown in its cities on Friday as mass demonstrations called to protest against austerity measures failed to take place. Riot police and armoured…
Facebook to stop ethnicity-based targeting for some ads
Facebook Inc said on Friday it would no longer allow certain advertisers to exclude racial or ethnic groups when placing ads on its service, following criticism that the practice was…
Vietnam says economy will still thrive even if TPP tanks
HANOI – Vietnam will stay competitive and its economy will still thrive if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal collapses, its trade minister said, as doubts hang over the future of…
Australians encouraged to remember all soldiers on Armistice Day
CANBERRA – Australians were encouraged on Friday to do more for returning soldiers with mental illness, during Canberra’s annual Armistice Day ceremony to honour its war dead. Soldiers often bring…
Gunmen in Philippines seize 6 Vietnamese sailors near rebel stronghold
MANILA – Gunmen have abducted six Vietnamese sailors and shot another on Friday when a bulk carrier was intercepted in Philippine waters off a southern island stronghold of the militant…
Leonard Cohen, rock music’s poetic visionary, dies at age 82
LOS ANGELES – Leonard Cohen, rock music’s man of letters whose songs fused religious imagery with themes of redemption and sexual desire, earning him critical and popular acclaim, has died…
Trump campaign removes ‘Muslim ban’ link from website
NEW YORK – Some of the most controversial proposals Donald Trump made while running for US president were gone from his campaign website by Thursday, including his call to ban…
Obama, Trump meet at White House to begin transition of power
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama has greeted President-elect Donald Trump at the White House to coordinate a smooth transfer of power after the New York real estate developer scored a…
