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…
Actor Brad Pitt cleared of child abuse allegations -source
LOS ANGELES – Film star Brad Pitt has been cleared of abuse allegations in a child welfare investigation and has asked a court to grant him shared custody of his…
Transgender advocates fear reversal of civil rights under Trump
NEW YORK – Transgender advocates have vowed to resist any effort to reverse or slow down an expansion of transgender rights made under President Barack Obama, fearing a rollback of his…
How the Vietnamese-Americans voted in the US elections
Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States, in a win that has shocked the world. World leaders have congratulated Mr Trump with Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull…
Trump heads for White House after stunning win over Clinton
Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Wednesday’s (AEST) presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a…
Kabul welcomes back National Geographic’s green-eyed “Afghan Girl”
Afghan’s president on Wednesday welcomed back Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed “Afghan Girl” whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country’s wars, offering her a furnished apartment…
China jails 49 over Tianjin blast that killed 165
BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) – A Chinese court has jailed 25 government officials and 24 company managers over a series of explosions in the port city of Tianjin that killed…
British diver rescued after 17 hours in shark-infested Australian waters
A 68-year-old British scuba diver expressed relief over his rescue after 17 hours lost at sea in shark-infested waters off Australia’s northeast coast, when a solo dive trip went wrong.…
