Kanye West finally answers Jimmy Kimmel's Donald Trump question
The rap star also apologises for saying slavery "sounds like a choice". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wt5evr
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Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?
One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pm5AL3
Why Australia is talking about a French au pair
A minister's decision to personally intervene in a visa case is attracting national attention. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2or6hqZ
Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full
Chinese government investigators say certain investment companies are faking box office results. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wv3oKd
Iosif Kobzon: Russians mourn 'Soviet Sinatra'
Iosif Kobzon was the soundtrack to the lives of many Russians but had a controversial career. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LHKRPL
Why India activist arrests have kicked up a storm
The issue has heated up online and people are staging protest rallies against the arrests. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LDapxu
New Zealand PM Ardern has two ministers step aside
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had to strip one minister of her portfolio and had another step aside in less than a week, capping off a month of challenges for the popular premier since her return from maternity leave. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PQSu9V
Duterte says Philippines better off run by dictator if he were not around
President Rodrigo Duterte has said graft and illicit drugs were so entrenched in the Philippines that if he were not around, it would be better off run by a dictator such as late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N1Tl96
Thrill-seeking runners take sport - and spending - to rural China
At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over limber athletes preparing to run 100 kilometers across sand dunes, rivers and ravines. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PTk1HR
Trump tweets are 'messages from some alternative universe': China Daily
Twitter comments by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing China of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server are an attempt to cast China as a "scapegoat", the official China Daily said in an editorial Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PR9yMU
Australian police charge Sri Lankan with terror plotting
Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible targets in his notebook, police said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NyUDFL
Brazil centrist Alckmin attacks far-right election rival in anti-gun ad
Brazil's business-friendly presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin unveiled a campaign ad against gun violence on Thursday that targeted his far-right pro-gun adversary Jair Bolsonaro. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NAdK1W
Dam nation: Big state projects spared in China's hydro crackdown
In a mountain village in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities have demolished seven small dam projects this year along a river to clear illegal developments in a new nature reserve. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Nb0YdD
Mexico union boss brushes off past woes in political comeback
A long-exiled Mexican union leader stormed back onto the political stage on Thursday as a newly-minted senator, saying his legal troubles were behind him and pledging to help President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defeat poverty. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N2l5uq
Despite debt woes, Africa still sees China as best bet for financing
A wave of African nations looking to restructure debt with China on the eve of a major Beijing summit provides a reality check for the continent, where most countries still view Chinese lending as the best bet to develop their economies. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PjuZoY
Exclusive: Fake photos in Myanmar army's 'True News' book on the Rohingya crisis
The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. "Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally", reads the caption. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Pn4YVK
Iran is complying with nuclear deal restrictions: IAEA report
Iran has remained within the main restrictions on its nuclear activities imposed by a 2015 deal with major powers, a confidential report by the U.N. atomic watchdog indicated on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NAhtwu
Merkel backs Bavarian ally as center-right's EU Commission candidate: media
Angela Merkel has given her backing to fellow German conservative Manfred Weber's bid to front the center-right's campaign in next year's European Parliament elections, several German newspapers reported on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PSV6Ec
Uganda police arrest lawmakers trying to leave country after torture allegations
Ugandan police detained two lawmakers, one of whom is also a pop star, at the country's sole international airport, where supporters say they were trying to seek treatment abroad for injuries suffered while being tortured by the security forces. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2opm2it