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February 5, 2018 1:05 PM

Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong freed from S Korea jail

In South Korea, Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong has been freed from jail after an appeal court today suspended his five-year jail term for bribing the country's ex-president. <br/><br/>Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, Lee was...

February 5, 2018 12:06 PM

IOC says no Olympics for Russians who had life bans lifted

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said 15 Russian athletes and staff whose life bans for doping was lifted last week, will not be invited to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In a statement, IOC said in Pyeongchang, South Korea that a special panel, Olympic Athlete from Russia Implementat...

February 5, 2018 8:55 AM

North Korea to send ceremonial head Kim Yong-Nam to South Korea

North Korea is to send its highest ranking official for years to the South amid an easing of tensions during the Winter Olympics. <br/><br/>The South's Unification Ministry said Kim Yong-Nam, the ceremonial head of state, will lead a 22-member delegation to the South beginning on Fr...

February 5, 2018 7:22 AM

Gunmen kill 6, wound 14 at cockfight club in northern Mexico

In Mexico, at least six people were killed and 14 injured by masked gunmen in the Chihuahua state capital. The state prosecutor's office said in a statement that several masked attackers fired at people gathered at the "Santa Maria" cockfight club late yesterday off a highway on the s...

February 5, 2018 2:01 AM

Yemen: 8 killed, 58 injured in air strike by Saudi-led coalition

In Yemen, 8 people were killed and 58 injured in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on a police building in the rebel-controlled capital Sanaa. <br/><br/>In a statement, military media unit of Houthi rebels said that a child was killed in today's attack and a department of rec...

February 5, 2018 2:01 AM

2 killed, more than 110 injured in South Carolina train crash

In US, 2 persons were killed and more than 110 injured after a passenger train collided with a goods train in South Carolina today. <br/><br/>The wreck took place around a switchyard about 16 kilometers south of Columbia. Governor Henry McMaster said that Amtrak's Silver Star train ...

February 5, 2018 2:01 AM

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades wins re-election for second term

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades today won re-election for a second term.<br/><br/>The official final result after a second round run-off put the conservative incumbent on 55.99 per cent of the vote, ahead of Communist-backed Stavros Malas on 44 per cent. <br/><br/>Local m...

February 5, 2018 1:59 AM

Costa Rica: Voting underway for first round of presidential election

In Costa Rica, voting is underway for the first round of the presidential election after a campaign dominated by same-sex marriage. <br/><br/>A total 13 candidates are vying to succeed outgoing President Luis Guillermo Solis, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a second consecuti...

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