typhoon slams into Taiwan killing 2
Taipei: A powerful typhoon lost power on Friday after slamming into Taiwan’s eastern coast, bringing ferocious winds and torrential rains to the area. It has killed two people and injuring 66 others.
Clinton leads Trump by 9 points: survey
Washington: Hillary Clinton has a lead of nine points over her Republican rival Donald Trump with roughly four-in-ten voters saying it is difficult to choose between them because neither would make a good US president, according to a latest survey by a nonpartisan.
35 people killed in landslide in China
Beijing: At least thirty five people were killed after a massive landslide swept through a village in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, officials said on Friday.
The landslide hit the village located near Kokyar Township in Yecheng County of Kashga in Xinjiang province Wednesday and the death toll was confirmed at 35, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
lawmaker claims win in close OZ election
Canberra: A senior Government Minister claimed victory on Friday in Australia’s knife-edge election, although the official result could be days away and the opposition did not concede defeat. Christopher Pyne, the Government leader in the House of Representatives, said his conservative liberal Party-led coalition would form a majority Government following the weekend election or a minority Government with the support of independents.