A selection of news stories that happened overnight, March 11, 2019.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In budget, Trump to ask Congress for US$8.6 billion for border wall President Donald Trump on Monday will ask the US Congress for an additional US$8.6 billion to help pay for his promised wall on the US-Mexico border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking, officials familiar with his 2020 budget request told Reuters.
The proposal comes on the heels of a bruising battle with Congress over wall funding that resulted in a five-week partial federal government shutdown that ended in January, and could touch off a sequel just ahead of a trifecta of ominous fiscal deadlines looming this fall.A Greek man said on Sunday he would have been the 150th passenger on the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing plane that crashed killing all on board, except he arrived two minutes late for the flight.
Shawn Gilleland, a spokesman for the Rural Metro Fire Department, told The Washington Post on Sunday that fire crews said the woman, who is in her 30s, climbed over a barrier at the zoo to get closer to the jaguar's enclosure so that she could get a selfie with the animal.READ MORE HERELiverpool cut Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League to a single point on Sunday as Manchester United slipped to their first domestic defeat under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Arsenal.
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UN: 11 million North Koreans need food and kids are stuntedUNITED NATIONS (AP) — An estimated 11 million people in North Korea — over 43 percent of the population — are undernourished and 'chronic food insecurity and malnutrition is widespread,' according to a U.N. report issued Wednesday.
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Jewel Changi Airport to open 17 April, sneak previews 11-16 AprilJewel Changi Airport, featuring renowned brands such as Marks & Spencer and MUJI, will officially open on 17 April.
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China prosecutes 11 people for smuggling $162 million worth of endangered totoaba fishBEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities have prosecuted 11 people for smuggling 800 million yuan (S$162 million) worth of Mexican totoaba fish swim bladders, one of the country's biggest busts related to the trafficking of an endangered species used in traditional medicine.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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China prosecutes 11 people in US$119 million totoaba fish bustChinese authorities have prosecuted 11 people for smuggling $119 million worth of Mexican totoaba fish swim bladders, one of the country's biggest ...
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Infrared drowning detection system to be installed at 11 public swimming pools by 2020SINGAPORE: A drowning detection system, which alerted a lifeguard early after a man became unconscious while swimming, will be installed in ...
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136 suspected drug offenders arrested in 11-day islandwide operationSINGAPORE: A total of 136 suspected drug offenders were arrested during an islandwide operation by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), the ...
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Death toll in attack on political gathering in Kabul rises to 11The death toll in an attack on a political gathering in Kabul attended by many senior Afghan leaders has risen to 11 with another 95 wounded, the ...
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Drowning detection system to be implemented at 11 public poolsWhen lifeguard Mr Lin Xin, 25, was on duty on Aug 4 at Hougang Swimming Complex last year, an alarm went off. It was from the drowning detection system and alerted him to a possible casualty in the pool. A 64-year-old unconscious man had sunk to the bottom of the...
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Construction worker molested boy, 11, in MRT train while father was nearbySINGAPORE - A construction worker molested an 11-year-old boy in an MRT train while the child's father was standing nearby.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Tunisia's health minister resigns after 11 babies die in hospitalTUNIS: Tunisia's health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned on Saturday (Mar 9) after 11 babies mysteriously died within 24 hours in a ...
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