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Trump says he expects "great deal" with China, but more tariffs if not 30 Oct 2018 - 10:05 am

SHANGHAI, US President Donald Trump said he thinks there will be "a great deal" with China on trade, but warned that he has...

Brazil elects far-right president, worrying rights groups 29 Oct 2018 - 08:06 pm

SAO PAULO: In some of his first words to the nation as president-elect, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro has promised to defend the constitution...

'Tropical Trump' Bolsonaro elected Brazil president 29 Oct 2018 - 10:47 am

Rio de Janeiro: Former army captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday, promising a fundamental change in direction for the...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hits south of Argentina's town of Ushuaia -USGS 29 Oct 2018 - 10:21 am

SINGAPORE, A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck on Monday south of the resort town of Ushuaia in Argentina, the United States Geological...

Hundreds of Salvadorans form new US-bound caravan 28 Oct 2018 - 09:48 pm

San Salvador: A group of around 300 migrants left the El Salvador capital on foot on Sunday heading for the border with Guatemala...

Brazil's right-wing Bolsonaro poised to win presidency as voting begins 28 Oct 2018 - 05:27 pm

BRASILIA: Brazilians began voting on Sunday in the most polarized election in decades as anger over corruption and crime were expected to carry...

Mattis: Military already moving equipment to southern border 28 Oct 2018 - 03:08 pm

PRAGUE: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the military has already begun delivering jersey barriers to the southern border in conjunction with plans...

Migrant caravan to rest following report of abducted child 28 Oct 2018 - 12:25 pm

TAPANATEPEC, Mexico: Coordinators of a caravan of several thousand Central American migrants moving through southern Mexico urged its members to rest Sunday. At...

An open door and a massacre: Gunman kills 11 at synagogue 28 Oct 2018 - 10:03 am

PittsBURGH: During the week, anyone who wanted to get inside Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue had to ring the doorbell and be granted...

A man kneels to light a candle beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. AFP / Brendan Smialowski

More violence feared as Brazil braces for far-right presidency 27 Oct 2018 - 02:22 pm

SAO PAULO: After a presidential campaign that has seen political violence overshadow policy debate, many Brazilians fear attacks will continue after the likely...

US mail bombing suspect an ardent Trump supporter 27 Oct 2018 - 10:04 am

Plantation, United States: Cesar Altieri Sayoc, the Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to critics of Donald Trump, had plastered his social...

Trump says bomb alerts harming Republican vote 'momentum' 26 Oct 2018 - 07:37 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump claimed Friday that the explosive devices mailed to his rivals were slowing Republican "momentum" ahead of November's midterm elections,...

FBI arrests man suspected in spree of parcel bombs 26 Oct 2018 - 07:03 pm

MIAMI: Federal authorities arrested a man in Florida on Friday in connection with at least a dozen parcel bombs sent to high-profile critics...

Two more Trump critics get suspicious packages as manhunt focuses on Florida 26 Oct 2018 - 05:48 pm

MIAMI: Police found two more suspicious packages on Friday addressed to U.S. Senator Cory Booker and James Clapper, the former U.S. director of...

China denies Trump spying report, suggests change of phones 25 Oct 2018 - 04:22 pm

BEIJING: China on Thursday denounced a U.S. newspaper report that it is listening to President Donald Trump's phone calls as "fake news," and...

Two more bombs sent to former US Vice President Biden, actor De Niro 25 Oct 2018 - 04:02 pm

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Authorities discovered another wave of suspicious packages on Thursday targeting high-profile Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump as a...