Day: August 16, 2019
17 missing in SW China landslide
Beijing, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):More than a dozen workers remained missing Friday after a landslide in southwest China buried a section of railway ...Countries push to protect sharks, rays
Geneva, Aug 15 (AFP/APP):Dozens of countries will push at a global meeting for regulations on trade in 18 types of shark and ...Federer stunned by world number 70 Rublev in Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Aug 15 (AFP/APP):Seven-time champion and third seed Roger Federer was knocked out of the Cincinnati Masters by world number 70 Andrey ...July 2019 hottest month on record for planet: US agency
Washington, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):July 2019 temperatures were the hottest ever recorded globally, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday, ...Trump proposes mental asylums, but silent on gun laws
Manchester, United States, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):More mental hospitals are needed to take potential mass killers off the streets, President Donald Trump said ...Ex-real estate developer Trump wants US to buy Greenland: report
Washington, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):President Donald Trump hasn’t forgotten his old job — the world’s most-famous real estate developer says he wants the ...Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster
Jakarta, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third ...Asia stocks choppy as trade war fears dominate markets
Hong Kong, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Asian markets were jittery Friday as a modest rebound in US equities failed to ease fears over the ...Consumers supporting US economy amid manufacturing slump
Washington, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):American consumers appear to be carrying the US economy in their shopping carts as manufacturing slumps amid President Donald ...