Doctors and nurses rally against Syria regime Idlib offensive
ATME, Syria: More than 300 doctors and nurses rallied Sunday in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, urging the international…
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Over 28 per cent of Japanese population officially old
TOKYO: More than 28 per cent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest…
Desperate dig for landslide victims
ITOGON, Philippines: Philippine rescuers used shovels and their bare hands to claw through mounds of rocky soil yesterday as they desperately…
Hong Kong, southern China clean up after super typhoon, 4 dead in Guangdong
SHANGHAI: The financial hub of Hong Kong began clearing up yesterday after being battered by one of the strongest typhoons in…
7 dead, 5 in coma after taking drugs at Vietnam music festival
HANOI: Seven Vietnamese have died and five are in a coma after taking drugs at an electronic dance music festival in…
UN seeks to open air bridge to aid Yemeni cancer patients
SANAA: The United Nations is working to open a humanitarian air bridge to take Yemeni cancer patients for treatment at qualified…
Researchers turn to oysters as pollution-tracking sentinels
ARCACHON: French researchers hoping to get an early warning on pollution in the ocean have found an unlikely ally in…
Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF
PARIS: Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a…