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Hong Kong reports African swine fever case
Published On: May 11, 2019 01:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, May 11: A case of African swine fever has been detected in a Hong Kong slaughterhouse, prompting the culling of all 6,000 pigs at the facility.
37 spotted seal pups rescued from China traffickers released
Published On: May 11, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, May 11: Animal rights groups have cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China.
Washington state limits exemptions for measles vaccine
Published On: May 11, 2019 12:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
VANCOUVER, May 11: Parents in Washington state will no longer be able to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for their children from receiving the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine before attending a day care center or school under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee.
Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war
Published On: May 11, 2019 11:22 AM NPT By: Reuters
KABUL, May 11: Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group’s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces.
US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs
Published On: May 11, 2019 09:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 11: Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports.
Two French soldiers killed in rescue of four hostages in Burkina Faso
Published On: May 10, 2019 06:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
PARIS, May 10: Two French soldiers were killed in a night-time rescue of four foreign hostages including two French citizens from the clutches of a militant group described as “terrorists” by the military.
South Korea says North Korea’s latest launches were missiles
Published On: May 10, 2019 03:24 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, May 10: The U.S. and South Korea have determined that two projectiles launched by North Korea were short-range missiles, a South Korean military official said Friday, a day after the North’s second launch in five days raised jitters about an unraveling detente between the Koreas and the future of U.S.-North Korea nuclear negotiations.
China hoping US will meet it halfway on trade
Published On: May 10, 2019 03:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, May 10: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman says Beijing is hoping the Trump administration will meet China “halfway” in their dispute over trade.
US seizes North Korean ship amid tense moment in relations
Published On: May 10, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 10: The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its-kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment in relations between the two countries.
U.S. air strike kills 13 Islamic State fighters in Somalia: U.S. military
Published On: May 10, 2019 12:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
NAIROBI, May 10: A U.S. air strike killed 13 Islamic State fighters in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, days after another strike killed three.
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