Protest in France continues, 9th straight weekend

Jan 13,2019
Demonstrators clashed with police in France as the protest against President Emmanuel Macron's policies continues for the ninth straight weekend.
21 dead in coal mine collapse
Jan 13
21 workers died when a tunnel collapsed in a Chinese coal mine on Saturday.
Saudi woman who fled family arrives in Canada
Jan 13
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who escaped what she said was abuse by her family has arrived in Canada, where she is offered asylum.
Pentagon Papers whistleblower wins Swedish rights prize
Jan 12
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, a former US military analyst who exposed Washington's secret war plans for Vietnam in 1971, won the 2018 Olof Palme human rights prize on Wednesday.
Hong Kong filings show Thailand's Yingluck has Cambodian passport
Jan 11
Fugitive former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra used a Cambodian passport to register a company in Hong Kong, records show,
Int'l travel mart to be held in Vietnamese capital
Jan 11
 The 2019 Vietnam International Travel Mart will take place here on March 27-30, with the participation of hundreds of travel companies from 25 countries and regions,
Nigeria train derailment kills 1 person
Jan 11
One person died in a train derailment in the early hours of Thursday in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said.