Study | E-cigarettes may lead to cancer and heart disease

E-cigarette users are possibly putting themselves at risk for developing heart disease, lung and bladder cancers, according to a new report. The findings, though preliminary, indicate

Afghanistan | 11 troops die in IS attack on Kabul military academy

Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding a military academy in the capital of Kabul yesterday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16. The attack

Finland | President skates to overwhelming re-election win

Finland’s president has crushed his competition to win a second six- year term, scoring a landslide victory in an election that saw the incumbent getting more than

Offbeat | More caffeine, please: Keurig is buying Dr Pepper Snapple

Keurig is buying Dr Pepper Snapple Group, bringing together the make-at-home coffee brand with the company behind Dr Pepper soda, Mott’s apple juice and Snapple iced teas.

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TAIWAN refused to allow two Chinese airlines, Xiamen Airlines and China Eastern Airlines, to expand service to the island during the Lunar New Year holiday, a news

Russia |Putin opponents mount protests across country ahead of vote

Several thousand Russians braved sub-zero temperatures to protest against President Vladimir Putin, who’s seeking to prolong his almost two-decade-long rule in March elections. Russian opposition leader

Offbeat | Finns to lobby EU for abolition of daylight saving time

Finland says it will lobby for the abolition of daylight saving time within the European Union after more than 70,000 Finns signed a petition last year. Anne

UK ‘old boys’ club rocked by sexual misconduct accusations

Britain’s financial “old boys” club was rocked by its own sexual harassment scandal last week after a Financial Times investigation found that female hostesses were groped

Holocaust remembered as warning amid far-right resurgence

Holocaust survivors wearing striped scarves that recalled their uniforms as prisoners of Nazi Germany placed candles on the train tracks carried people to their deaths at Auschwitz

This Day in History | 1996 – France halts nuclear testing

The French President, Jacques Chirac, has said France will no longer test nuclear weapons. The announcement comes a day after France exploded its sixth and biggest

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BANGLADESH Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is in Bangladesh on a visit to sprawling refugee camps for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar.

The Buzz | French towns swim in floodwaters that are rising in Paris

Floodwaters have transformed the streets of scenic French towns into murky canals, swallowed up picturesque parks and drained the demand for riverboat cruises through Paris. And the waters

US calls for release of missing Chinese bookseller

President Donald Trump’s administration has joined European governments in urging China to release a Swedish citizen who sold gossipy books about Chinese leaders. A U.S. State Department

Russiagate | Trump ‘looking forward’ to being questioned under oath

President Donald Trump declared he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump’s possible

Offbeat | Movie, newspaper that share name confusing some ‘Post’ fans

A student newspaper in Ohio is getting some social media love meant for the award-winning movie with the same name. The Post of Ohio University in Athens

The Buzz | US Senator may release Russia interviews of Trump Jr., others

The Senate Judiciary Committee is finishing its investigation into the meeting between Russians and President Donald Trump’s campaign in June 2016 — and the committee chairman wants to

This Day in History | 1998 – Clinton denies affair with intern

He also rejected accusations that he asked her to lie about the relationship on oath. Mr Clinton has come under intense media pressure as rumors

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US-VIETNAM A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is expected to make a port visit to Vietnam in March, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said yesterday. It would be

Trump wants to tell Davos elite how great US is

President Donald Trump said he’s going to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, “to tell the world how great America is and is doing.”

USA | Top Democrat rescinds offer of USD25 billion for Trump’s wall

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of USD25 billion for President Donald Trump’s long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure

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