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French far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Frejus, France, on September 16. Photo: Reuters

France’s Le Pen ordered to undergo psychiatric tests over tweets

Far-right leader blasts ruling ordering her to undergo evaluation for posting graphic pictures of atrocities committed by terror group

20 Sep 2018 - 8:33pm More on France

Cody Wilson shows a 3D-printed handgun, called the Liberator, at his home in Austin, Texas, in 2013. Photo: TNS

3D-printed gun maker, accused of sex with minor, flies to Taiwan

20 Sep 2018 - 5:11pm

A handout photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) shows an aerial view of a dead, poached elephant lying in a National Park in South Sudan on July 10, 2015. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Who is killing Africa’s elephants? DNA identifies three crime cartels

20 Sep 2018 - 12:40pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a Chukavin sniper rifle at a firing range outside Moscow, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

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20 Sep 2018 - 10:34am 5

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says his company is better prepared to defend against efforts to manipulate the platform to influence elections and claims to have recently thwarted foreign influence campaigns targeting several countries. Photo: AFP

Facebook builds ‘war room’ to combat election meddling on social media

20 Sep 2018 - 4:18pm

The frame of an abandoned Peugeot 404 rests in the Sahara Desert in Niger, one of the 11 nations containing part of the world’s largest sandy desert. Photo: AP

Trump suggested wall across Sahara, says Spanish minister

20 Sep 2018 - 2:08pm 1

eSwatini parliamentary election candidate Alec Lushaba explains his programme to people from a rural community on the outskirts of Mbabane on September 19. Photo: Agence France-Presse

World’s oddest election? No parties, no rallies, king picks whole cabinet

20 Sep 2018 - 1:28pm 1

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Stewards remove member of the Pussy Riot punk group Pyotr Verzilov during the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia. Photo: AFP

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Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 1:24pm

A bag of confiscated dried abalone in Cape Town, South Africa in 2014. Photo: Reuters

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Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 1:44am 10

United States & Canada

New York Review of Books editor exits amid outrage over harasser’s essay

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 9:57am

In a scene from a video posted online by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, a truck pulls away from a service station in Arizona, as a dog tied to the back sprints alongside (bottom left). Photo: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

United States & Canada

Watch: truck drives off, with dog still leashed to the back

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 9:00am

Opinion

They’re coming from different angles, but American leaders are beginning to sound a lot like China’s when warning of the dangers of an untamed, unregulated internet

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Keith B. Richburg

On internet censorship, China can tell the US: told you so

16 Sep 2018 - 8:37pm 60

Keep calm and carry on amid the current state of the trade war, for time is on China’s side

China has the advantage of having time on its side in this trade war

16 Sep 2018 - 7:10pm 29

US President Donald Trump embraces India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Reuters

Fascist fest as Trump’s America meets Modi’s Hindus

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James Mattis before a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo Reuters

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7 Sep 2018 - 9:33pm 51

The Vietnam war veteran and six-term Arizona senator lost his final battle against brain cancer at the age of 81. Photo: AFP

John McCain was a chronic warmonger, not a war hero

4 Sep 2018 - 5:57pm 188

An array of Chinese passports that were endorsed with fake and doctored stamps by Canadian immigration consultant Xun Wang. Wang's tactics helped rich migrants maintain the illusion of their presence in Canada when they were actually living and working in China. Photo: CBSA

United States & Canada

Canada border agency tried to hide Chinese mega-fraud files from taxman

19 Sep 2018 - 3:32pm 2

A combination of photos released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office shows g Grant William Robicheaux, 38, and Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, who have been arrested and charged with allegedly sexually assaulting two women by use of drugs, in Newport Beach, California. Photo: EPA

United States & Canada

Reality TV doctor and girlfriend ‘may have raped 1,000 women’

19 Sep 2018 - 9:35pm 3

US President Donald Trump (seen left in March) has been slammed for his sexual abilities by porn actress Stormy Daniels (right, also in March) in her new book, reports say. Photos: AFP

United States & Canada

Stormy Daniels reveals the secrets of sex with Donald Trump. It’s weird

19 Sep 2018 - 8:50am 26

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dined on expensive steak at a ‘Salt Bae’ restaurant in Istanbul during a stop-off returning from a visit to China. Photo: Twitter

Americas

As Venezuelans starve, president feasts on steak at Salt Bae restaurant

18 Sep 2018 - 9:47pm 4

Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, a process that leaves steam and water as the only emissions

Europe

Behold, the world’s first hydrogen-powered train

18 Sep 2018 - 9:47pm 9

The new 10 per cent tariffs will rise to 25 per cent on January 1

United States & Canada

Trump hits China with new US$200 billion tariff attack

18 Sep 2018 - 4:22pm 377

United States & Canada

World

New York Review of Books editor exits amid outrage over harasser’s essay

“The exact nature of his behaviour – how much consent was involved – I have no idea.”

20 Sep 2018 - 9:57am More on Sexual harassment and assault

Cody Wilson shows a 3D-printed handgun, called the Liberator, at his home in Austin, Texas, in 2013. Photo: TNS

United States & Canada

3D-printed gun maker, accused of sex with minor, flies to Taiwan

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 5:11pm

A woman is escorted from the scene of a shooting at a software company in Middleton, Wisconsin on Wednesday. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Gunman killed by police after hurting three in shooting at US software firm

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 5:10am

Islamic State militants patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah in 2014. Photo: AP

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Terror attacks are down but global threat more ‘complex’, US report says

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 3:45am 2

The top US diplomat said he had invited his North Korean counterpart to meet next week in New York City

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Full North Korean denuclearisation by early 2021, Pompeo says

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 5:43pm 20

US President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina on Wednesday. Trump arrived in North Carolina to tour areas of the state pummeled by Hurricane Florence. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Donald Trump praises emergency response to ‘epic’ floods and hurricane

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 2:02am 2

US President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Quantico, Virginia, last year. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Trump rips Jeff Sessions, says ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 2:21am 8

In a scene from a video posted online by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, a truck pulls away from a service station in Arizona, as a dog tied to the back sprints alongside (bottom left). Photo: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

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Europe

French far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Frejus, France, on September 16. Photo: Reuters

Europe

France’s Le Pen ordered to undergo psychiatric tests over tweets

20 Sep 2018 - 8:33pm

The frame of an abandoned Peugeot 404 rests in the Sahara Desert in Niger, one of the 11 nations containing part of the world’s largest sandy desert. Photo: AP

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Trump suggested wall across Sahara, says Spanish minister

20 Sep 2018 - 2:08pm 1

Pope Francis, at right, welcomes Irish band U2’s Bono, prior to their meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday. Photo: Vatican Media via AFP

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U2’s Bono says Pope Francis is ‘aghast’ over church sexual abuse crisis

20 Sep 2018 - 2:41am 4

Security officer grilled over allegations of abuse of power at presidential palace

Europe

Macron’s fired former guard defends himself at French Senate inquiry

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 2:11am

Thomas Borgen, former CEO of Denmark’s largest lender Danske Bank. Photo: AFP

Europe

Danske Bank CEO quits over US$234 billion money-laundering scandal

Wednesday, 19 September, 2018, 9:35pm

A robot that pours beer on display at a tech fare in Hanover last year. Photo: Reuters

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Germany considers billion euro fund to counter China tech takeovers

Wednesday, 19 September, 2018, 11:09pm 8

Middle East

Islamic State militants patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah in 2014. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Terror attacks are down but global threat more ‘complex’, US report says

20 Sep 2018 - 3:45am 2

A cleric speaks to protesters demonstrating in Mashhad, in Khorasan Razavi province, on August 3, 2018. Photo: AFP/Nasim News Agency

Middle East

Rowdy protests in Iran over return of US sanctions

4 Aug 2018 - 9:46pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban after their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow on September 18, 2018. Photo: AFP

Middle East

Putin: Syria shooting down Russian plane was accident

18 Sep 2018 - 11:23pm 16

Israeli police investigating the scene of a stabbing attack in the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion on Sunday. Photo: AP

Middle East

Palestinian stabs American-Israeli man to death in West Bank

Sunday, 16 September, 2018, 11:01pm

Explosions during the attack were heard across Damascus. Photo: Xinhua

Middle East

Israeli missiles target Damascus airport, Syria state media reports

Sunday, 16 September, 2018, 9:48pm 1

A young boy is rushed to a hospital to receive medical attention in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Photo: EPA-EFE

Middle East

Afghan suicide attack kills 68 people, 165 wounded

Wednesday, 12 September, 2018, 9:29pm 1

Beijing is trying to break further into Latin America’s lucrative market, but history and cultural differences have been stifling trade ties

Americas

A dead drug lord’s mansion and China’s new Colombian connections

Sunday, 9 September, 2018, 11:47am READ NOW

Americas

Chairman of the Board of China National Petroleum Corporation Wang Yilin and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shake hands during their meeting in Beijing on September 15. Photo: Reuters

Americas

Venezuela’s Maduro doubles down on Chinese money to reverse crisis

19 Sep 2018 - 9:35pm 1

The market for low-cost and second-hand bulletproof cars is booming

Americas

Forget the limo, Brazil’s bestselling armoured car is a Corolla

18 Sep 2018 - 9:47pm 2

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dined on expensive steak at a ‘Salt Bae’ restaurant in Istanbul during a stop-off returning from a visit to China. Photo: Twitter

Americas

As Venezuelans starve, president feasts on steak at Salt Bae restaurant

18 Sep 2018 - 9:47pm 4

This file photo taken on December 23, 2014 in Malabo shows Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and his former girlfriend Christina D. Mikkelsen, Miss Denmark 2016. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Africa Americas

Brazil seizes US$15m in watches from Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president

Tuesday, 18 September, 2018, 9:47pm

The five assailants opened fire in Plaza Garibaldi as partiers enjoyed Independence Day weekend celebrations

Americas

Gunmen dressed as mariachis kill four in famed tourist plaza in Mexico City

Sunday, 16 September, 2018, 4:55am 1

In this file picture taken on January 13, 2017 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (L) is welcomed by Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren with a ceremony at the presidential house in San Salvador. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Americas Diplomacy

US$10m in Taiwan funds linked to El Salvador corruption case

Friday, 14 September, 2018, 10:01pm 4

Africa

The frame of an abandoned Peugeot 404 rests in the Sahara Desert in Niger, one of the 11 nations containing part of the world’s largest sandy desert. Photo: AP

Africa

Trump suggested wall across Sahara, says Spanish minister

20 Sep 2018 - 2:08pm 1

eSwatini parliamentary election candidate Alec Lushaba explains his programme to people from a rural community on the outskirts of Mbabane on September 19. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Africa

World’s oddest election? No parties, no rallies, king picks whole cabinet

20 Sep 2018 - 1:28pm 1

A handout photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) shows an aerial view of a dead, poached elephant lying in a National Park in South Sudan on July 10, 2015. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Africa

Who is killing Africa’s elephants? DNA identifies three crime cartels

20 Sep 2018 - 12:40pm

A bag of confiscated dried abalone in Cape Town, South Africa in 2014. Photo: Reuters

China Hong Kong Africa

Chinese gangs’ abalone demand depletes South Africa’s supply, report says

Thursday, 20 September, 2018, 1:44am 10

This file photo taken on December 23, 2014 in Malabo shows Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and his former girlfriend Christina D. Mikkelsen, Miss Denmark 2016. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Africa Americas

Brazil seizes US$15m in watches from Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president

Tuesday, 18 September, 2018, 9:47pm

Emerging from dictatorship, a movement against Chinese fishing investments gains momentum in Gambia

Africa

When Chinese wanted lots of fish, one African strongman obliged

Saturday, 15 September, 2018, 9:17pm 14

Russia & Central Asia

Stewards remove member of the Pussy Riot punk group Pyotr Verzilov during the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia. Photo: AFP

Russia & Central Asia

Pussy Riot member poisoning linked to African murder probe

20 Sep 2018 - 1:24pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a Chukavin sniper rifle at a firing range outside Moscow, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

Watch: Putin tests sniper rifle, ‘hits targets 600m away’, of course

20 Sep 2018 - 10:34am 5

A pro-Russia separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed near Grabovo in the Donetsk region in July 2014. Photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

Russia ‘has proof’ missile that shot down MH17 was from Ukraine

18 Sep 2018 - 5:38am 1

Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters in New York City on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

East Asia United States & Canada Russia & Central Asia

Russia ‘cheating’ on North Korea sanctions, says US envoy to the UN

Tuesday, 18 September, 2018, 5:27am 8

Opponents of archaeological digs by the Kremlin-backed Russian Military History Society say they are trying to cover up Stalinist purges in a forest where thousands were executed

Russia & Central Asia

Kremlin archaeologists are accused of burying Stalin’s atrocities

Thursday, 13 September, 2018, 12:25pm

Pyotr Verzilov, who ran onto the pitch during the World Cup final between France and Croatia. Photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

Member of Pussy Riot being treated in hospital, possibly poisoned

Thursday, 13 September, 2018, 6:11pm

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