Trump orders flags to fly at half-staff to honour McCain
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump bowed to pressure to honour the late John McCain, ordering that flags be lowered to half-staff across…
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Venezuelans in Peru take up Maduro’s offer to fly home
LIMA: Nearly 100 migrants took up an offer by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to fly them home from Lima, citing…
China says pressure unhelpful in resolving Rohingya issue
BEIJING: China said yesterday that exerting pressure was not helpful in resolving the issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar after…
China’s swine fever outbreak may spread in Asia — FAO
BEIJING: An outbreak of African swine fever in China may spread to other parts of Asia, the UN Food and Agriculture…
Top court asked to halt Duterte’s ICC withdrawal
MANILA: Rights advocates urged the Philippines’ top court yesterday to halt President Rodrigo Duterte’s push to quit the International Criminal Court,…
Given the right to larger families, Chinese may hold off
China’s moves to combat an ageing population by relaxing decades-old curbs on family size have hit an unexpected snag: many…
End of an ‘era’: Emperor’s exit resets Japan calendar
The abdication of Japan’s Emperor Akihito next year will be quite literally the end of an era, the Heisei era…
NKorea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan
TOKYO: North Korea still poses a “serious and imminent threat”, Japan said Tuesday in its first annual defence review…