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Trump says ‘we don’t think’ Russian plague is bio-weapon

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory worker did not appear to be linked to a biological weapon.”We don’t think so. We’re going to find out soon enough, but we don’t think so,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if a “bio-weapon” was involved. Russia […]

Five children among 26 killed in Ukraine after Russian strikes

Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, including five children who died when a missile slammed into an apartment block in the north of the country as they slept. Windows shattered in the powerful blast in Pryluky, in the Chernigiv region, reducing half of the five-storey building into a smoking pile […]

US woman who survived botched execution is awake and speaking

A convicted killer was awake in a US hospital on Wednesday following a botched execution last week, with her lawyers in court after demanding prison authorities preserve evidence about the case. Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was a teenager, received two supposedly lethal doses of […]

Russia’s plague scare: What we know

The death of a plague laboratory worker in Siberia last week has made global headlines, with Russian media suggesting hundreds were under quarantine and US President Donald Trump expressing concern. Russia has attributed the worker’s death to pneumonia of an “undetermined” cause, but the United States, European Union and World Health Organization (WHO) have all […]

Trump wants to turn Florida golf course into presidential retreat

Donald Trump wants to turn his luxury Florida golf course into retreat for future US presidents modeled on the historic Camp David getaway, the White House said Wednesday. The plan would make the Trump International Club in West Palm Beach — where the 80-year-old billionaire often spends weekends on the fairway — into an official […]

Mayor of Turkish opposition stronghold defects to Erdogan party

The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third city and an opposition stronghold,defected to the ruling AKP Wednesday, in a huge symbolic victory for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mayor Cemil Tugay’s decision to join the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) was announced by Erdogan at a party meeting in Ankara where he personally welcomed the […]

French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular ‘mystery’

France’s Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to manipulate forms of key molecules, a crucial breakthrough for drug manufacturing. Like hands, molecules such as amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only one of them is found in the proteins in the body’s cells […]

Children among heavy casualties in Ukraine after Russian strikes

At least 24 people were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday, including four young children who died when a missile slammed into an apartment block in the north of the country as they slept. Windows shattered in the powerful blast in Pryluky, in the Chernigiv region, reducing one half of the five-storey building […]

Court orders German ex-spy chief kept in jail after spying, treason arrest

A court Wednesday ordered ex-German spy chief August Hanning to remain in jail after his arrest on suspicion of espionage and treason, along with a former deputy who allegedly supplied him with secret files. Prosecutors say the 80-year-old Hanning, who led Germany’s BND foreign spy service from 1998 to 2005, illegally obtained agency secrets after becoming […]