WORLD: Thursday, July 18
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US HOUSE REJECTS BID TO LAUNCH TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
A clear majority of the House’s 235 Democrats – 137 – voted along with Republicans to set aside the impeachment resolution.
REPORT FLAGS HOW CHINA CONDUCTS INFLUENCE OPERATIONS IN SINGAPORE
Beijing is using cultural, clan and business bodies in Singapore in a bid to impose a Chinese identity, a United States-based scholar said this week.
PKR ARRESTS REIGNITE MALAYSIA’S SEX VIDEO SAGA, CAST DOUBT OVER SUCCESSION PLAN
If there is proof that Mr Anwar Ibrahim or members of his inner circle are behind the video leaks, it could end his ambitions.
US FED SEES ‘MODEST’ GROWTH DESPITE ‘WIDESPREAD’ TRADE FEARS
While the outlook for the coming months is “generally positive”, there are “widespread concerns” about possible harm caused by trade-related uncertainty, the US Federal Reserve said in its regular survey of business conditions across the country.
FROM SLEEPING IN VOID DECKS TO READING PHILOSOPHY AT OXFORD
Mr Zulhaqem Zulkifli, 27, used to spend Sundays with his father rummaging through dumpsters for scrap metal and cardboard boxes to sell.
PROSECUTORS DROP SEX ASSAULT CASE AGAINST ACTOR KEVIN SPACEY
Prosecutors said they made the decision to drop the felony indecent assault and battery charge against the Oscar winner after the alleged victim invoked his right under the US Constitution against giving self-incriminating testimony.
