US to apply ‘extreme vetting’ in refugee swap deal with Australia
SYDNEY: The United States will apply ‘extreme vetting’ to up to 1,250 asylum seekers it has agreed to resettle as…
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‘Halal snack pack’ named Australia’s People’s Choice Word of the Year
CANBERRA: ‘Halal snack pack’ (HSP) has been announced as Australia’s People’s Choice Word of the Year for 2016, edging out…
Daimler to supply self-driving cars for Uber
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German auto giant Daimler on Tuesday said it had struck a partnership with Uber to supply self-driving…
Carbon monoxide killed 6 teens at German party
BERLIN: Six teenagers found dead at the weekend after a party in a garden shed in Germany were killed by…
Duterte asks China to patrol piracy-plagued waters
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he had asked China to help in the fight against Islamic State-linked…
Prosecutor: Handwriting proves Walesa helped secret police
WARSAW: Polish prosecutors on Tuesday said handwriting analysis proves that Solidarity freedom hero Lech Walesa collaborated with the communist-era secret…
Massachusetts to join court battle against Trump travel ban
BOSTON: Massachusetts plans to join a court fight against US President Donald Trump’s order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries,…
Japan ‘space junk’ collector in trouble
TOKYO: An experimental ‘space junk’ collector designed to pull rubbish from the Earth’s orbit has run into trouble, Japanese scientists…