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US readies for ‘big one’ as Hurricane Florence approaches Carolinas

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, USA: People fleeing North and South Carolina clogged coastal highways early Wednesday as Hurricane Florence, a monster Category 4 storm, bore down on the US east coast for a direct hit in a low-lying region dense with beachfront vacation homes.President Donald Trump, warning residents to get out of the way, said the federal government was “ready for the big one that is coming.”While coastal residents frantically boarded up homes and businesses and hit the road, others chose to ride out a storm that is forecast to dump up to three feet (almost a meter) of rain in some...

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China cancels trade talks with US as tariff threats escalate: report

Shanghai: The United States is optimistic about finding a way forward in its trade dispute with China, but it does not have a date scheduled for further talks as it assesses Beijing's response to the latest round of tariffs, a senior White House official said on Friday. The official said despite its protestations, China was well aware of US demands it halt what Washington considers unfair trade practices. US President Donald Trump has made clear his resolve on the issue, the official said, and the two sides remain in touch. "We have been very clear in all of these meetings...
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China shuts over 4,000 websites in massive-clean-up campaign

Shanghai: China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against "harmful" online information, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, citing the country's illegal publication watchdog. China keeps the internet under tight control and has been cracking down on a range of illegal online activities including pornography, gambling, religious proselytising and even "spreading rumours". In a campaign that started in May, the authorities tackled 120 violations and ordered 230 firms to rectify irregularities. More than 147,000 pieces of harmful information were removed by the end of August, according to China's National Office...
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Brazilian police arrest alleged Hezbollah financier

Brazilian police arrest alleged Hezbollah financier >> File Photo: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gestures as he addresses his supporters via a screen the night before Muslim Shi'ites around the world mark the day of Ashura, in Beirut, Lebanon Sept 19, 2018. Reuters Brazilian police have arrested a man designated by the US Treasury Department as a high-ranking Hezbollah financier after neighbouring Paraguay sought his detention on identity theft charges, authorities in Brazil said on Friday. In 2004, US authorities designated Assad Ahmad Barakat as one of Hezbollah's "most prominent and influential members." They said he had long served...
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Tunisia’s premier unlikely to push reform as polls loom

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has survived attempts by his own party and unions to force him out but, with elections looming, looks less and less able to enact the economic reforms that have so far secured IMF support for an ailing economy. Last week, the Nidaa Tounes party suspended Chahed after a campaign by the party chairman, who is the son of President Beji Caid Essebsi. Chahed has gathered enough support in Parliament to stave off a possible vote of no confidence by working with the co-ruling Islamist Ennahda party and a number of other lawmakers including 10 Nidaa...
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Cambodia frees Australian filmmaker convicted of spying

Cambodia frees Australian filmmaker convicted of spying>>Julia Wallace, The New York Times File Photo: Australian filmmaker James Ricketson speaks to journalists as he arrives at the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Aug 20, 2018. Reuters An Australian filmmaker whose imprisonment in Cambodia on espionage charges made him a symbol of the government’s crackdown on journalists and opposition figures was pardoned Friday, his lawyer said. The filmmaker, James Ricketson, 69, had been jailed since June 2017, when he was arrested while filming a street rally held by the country’s most popular opposition party. After his arrest, Cambodian police searched his...
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Indian escapes unhurt after plane crash lands on his Tesla

An Indian man walked out unscathed after a plane crash landed on a road and hit several cars including his own.  According to an Indian Express report a small plane of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) crash-landed in Texas, injuring one of the agents on board. The plane faced mechanical glitches and as a result, collided with several vehicles as it tried to make an emergency landing. One of those affected was Indian man, Oniel Kurup who thanked his Tesla for helping him escape unhurt.  Sharing images of the crashed plane and wrecked car on Facebook, he wrote, "GOD and...
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