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Donald Trump defends Supreme Court pick but says he could change mind

Dr. Ford answered "no" to both questions and the polygraph detected no signs of "deception". "If I thought he was guilty of something like this, yes, sure", T...

Pope calls on divided Chinese Catholics to reconcile

Taiwan said on Thursday its relationship with the Vatican is stable, although it will closely watch what it described as "suppression" by China following a land...

NUS loses title of Asia's top uni but scores in global outlook

Australian unis slipped in the ranking , under pressure from Chinese universities which have improved their standing due to "improvements in citation impact". ...

Supreme Court allows women entry into Sabarimala temple

Arguments in the case were heard over eight days beginning July 17, 2018, though the case has been before the Supreme Court since 2006. The apex court took up...

Major quake prompts tsunami warning off Indonesia

A tsunami alert has been issued hours after a milder quake brought down houses in the same area, and officials expect further damage. Indonesian officials iss...

Canadian MPs vote to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

Member of Parliament Salma Zahid called Aung San Suu Kyi's "unwillingness to take any moral leadership. inexcusable, and deeply disappointing". However, as R...

Millennials Are Causing The US Divorce Rate To Drop

Thanks to younger couples getting married later, presumably when they're more mature, the United States divorce rate dropped by 18 percent between 2008 and 20...

New Zealand's First Baby makes United Nations debut

The first elected world leader to deliver a child while in office was Benazir Bhutto, who gave birth to daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari in 1990 while serving ...

US F-35s Could See Combat Soon

CNN reported the comments on Tuesday, citing several officials who said the fifth-generation stealth aircraft are now aboard the USS Essex amphibious assault s...

China's Foreign Minister rejects claim of Chinese meddling in upcoming United States election

Beijing urged the United States (US) on Thursday to stop slandering China after President Donald Trump accused the Asian giant of trying to interfere in upcom...

Blasey Ford says '100 percent' certain Kavanaugh assaulted her

The emotionally charged proceedings on Thursday saw both Kavanaugh and Ford bring their cases before the Senate judiciary committee , leaving it in the hands o...

Christine Blasey Ford says she’s ‘100 percent’ sure Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her

Ms. Blasey Ford says she is "terrified" to be testifying, and has received death threats for her decision to come forward and speak about a 1982 incident in wh...

Plane overshoots runway in Micronesia and lands in ocean

He said the passengers and crew were at the local hospital undergoing checks, with no serious injuries reported. The Boeing 737-800 was scheduled to stop in C...

Nigerian universities join world’s best higher institutions

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has lost its title as Asia's top university. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (headquartered in Tamil Nadu) saw a rise, f...

Trump backs Supreme Court pick but 'could change mind'

Avenatti tweeted four pages of a declaration from Julie Swetnick of Washington , D.C., who said she holds four active clearances with the federal gover...

'First Baby' Neve and mom Jacinda Ardern make United Nations debuts

Ardern's meetings today include new Spanish President and UN Goodwill Ambassador, actress Anne Hathaway. Keeping her government on the same page has been a co...

Trump says he "may delay" meeting with Rosenstein

During the freewheeling presser, Trump also said that he would prefer to keep Rosenstein in his position, calling him a "very nice" man. The president's comme...

Kavanaugh calls Swetnick's 'gang rape' allegations a 'farce' during emotional Senate testimony

Avenatti told MSNBC that Swetnick was "100 percent absolutely " ready to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Other conservatives have followe...

Donald Trump Calls Deborah Ramirez Forgetful Drunk Who "Has Nothing"

The president went on to say that Democrat "con artists" like Sen. Trump said this "con game" at the "highest level" could "go on forever", and claimed "it's ...

UN Security Council Members Reject Trump's Calls For Sanctions On Iran

Iran's president said on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council meeting chaired by President Donald Trump the previous day reflected America's increasing is...

White House says Rosenstein meeting postponed

The future of the No. 2 official at the Justice Department was thrown into doubt on Friday with a report in the New York Times that Rosenstein had suggested...

Dutch police arrest seven over plot to attack large event

Dutch prosecutors believe the attack has now been foiled following a months-long investigation. The arrests capped a monthslong investigation that was launche...

"We searched everywhere": 911 call released on missing Gastonia 6-year-old

The boy was there with his father, Ian Ritch, and his father's friend. Charlotte FBI also tweeted that the body they found at around 1:00 p.m. Thursday is bel...

China attempting to interfere with 2018 United States election

On Wednesday, Trump also said in a posting online: "China is actually placing propaganda ads in the Des Moines Register and other papers, made to look like ...

Journalist called 'Mr Kurd' by Donald Trump says he is delighted

Trump described Kavanaugh as a "great gentleman" and a "great intellect" and said he believed the accusations against the conservative judge were "false". "I've...

President Trump speaks at the UN

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to North Korea next month to prepare for a second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Tr...

Republicans Hire Female Lawyer to Ask Questions at Kavanaugh Hearing

Mitchell works in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix as the chief of the Special Victims Division. "She is about evidence-based approaches and i...

Trump meets Abe in NY

Trump's meeting with Abe - who has worked to forge a good relationship with the president - comes as the president has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff ...

EU, Iran set financial 'vehicle' to ease trade between them

The US reimposed sanctions on Iran after US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the nuclear agreement, signed by Iran and major world powers. "I...

IISc Bengaluru highest-ranked Indian institution in list of world’s top universities

Covenant University is ranked 601- 800, out of more than 1,250 higher education institutions on the list, same with the University of Ibadan. "We are honore...