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Sultan of Brunei Returns his Oxford Honorary Law Degree Following Backlash Over LGBT Law
Oxford MP Layla Moran also wrote to the university urging it to strip the world second-longest reigning monarch of the degree, and said it being returned was "clearly not sufficient".
Caught in a Crowd During Mount Everest's Descent, Three Indians Climbers Die of Exhaustion
More than 120 climbers scaled the world's highest mountain on Thursday, but some of them were caught in the crowd of people on the slopes, leading to exhaustion, dehydration and death, they said.
'Crazy Nancy' vs 'Soon-to-be-Impeached Genius': Dramatic Blow-up at White House as Trump, Pelosi Trade Insults
Pelosi went first, with demure shrugs and practiced sass. Then, as a tornado warning blared across Washington, Trump followed with a derisive nickname something he had declined to give her, up to now.
US Aviation Body Meets International Regulators Over Resuming Boeing 737 Max Flights
The meeting is crucial to the US agency's hopes of convincing other regulators around the world to lift their bans on the Boeing 737 Max soon after the FAA does.
Donald Trump Abruptly Ends Meet on Infra After Nancy Pelosi Accuses Him of Doing Cover Ups
In the meeting, Trump, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer were supposed to talk about working together on a USD 2 billion infrastructure plan.
Indian-American Judge Orders Trump's Firm to Hand Over Financial Records to Congress
Judge Amit Mehta of the DC District Court on Monday decisively ruled in favour of the House Oversight Committee, whose chair, Elijah Cummings had subpoenaed 10 years' worth of Trump's financial records from accounting firm Mazars USA back in April.
OECD Cuts Global Growth Forecast as US-China Tensions Rise
As both Washington and Beijing slap trade tariffs on more and more of each other's goods, President Donald Trump has barred US companies from engaging in telecommunications trade with foreign companies said to threaten American national security.
Billionaire Offers to Pay Student Debt of Graduating Class in US College
Robert F. Smith had earlier this year announced a $1.5 million donation to the school, but Sunday's news came as a surprise even to the staff at Morehouse, according to the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
Flights Grounded for Italy Air Traffic Strike as Airline Employees Protest 'Proliferation of Bankruptcies'
The industrial action by employees of Alitalia, Blue Air and Blue Panorama was confirmed Monday over the future of the sector and specifically that of the troubled national carrier.
Syrian Woman Collects Nearly 1,500 Dog-related Items for World Record
The woman owns two beautiful dogs-- a mini Pomeranian and black German Shepherd.
3 Guards, 29 Inmates Killed After Islamic State Militants Riot in Tajikistan Prison
Security forces have killed 24 Islamic State militants and restored order in the prison which has 1,500 inmates.
Hundreds Turn Out to Protest Alabama's Most Restrictive Abortion Ban at State Capital
Protesters in Montgomery held up signs reading 'her body, her choice' and 'we are not ovary-acting.' There we no counter-demonstrators.
Croats Gather in Austria for Controversial Commemoration
For Croatian nationalists, the controversial annual event symbolises their suffering under communism in the former Yugoslavia before they fought a war for independence in the 1990s.
Iran Dismisses All Possibility of Conflict, Says it Does Not Want War with US
President Donald Trump has tightened economic sanctions against Iran, and his administration says it has built up the US military presence in the region.
Austrian Government Collapses After Far Right Leader Caught in Video Sting
The far-right Freedom Party's Heinz-Christian Strache resigned as vice chancellor and party leader after the video was released by two German news organisations. He acknowledged that the video was 'catastrophic' but denied breaking the law.
Former UK Doctor Jailed for Groping Female Patients
Alan Tutin assaulted victims at the Merrow Park Practice in Guildford, 35 miles (55 kilometers) southwest of London, between 1980 and 2004.