China launches first rocket designed by a private company
BEIJING: China launched its first privately developed rocket from a launchpad in northwestern China yesterday, state media said, the latest…
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Three more victims sue Japan govt over forced sterilisation
TOKYO: Three people who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law in Japan are suing the government as part…
Senate to grill Aussie Transport Safety Bureau over failed MH370 search
CANBERRA: The Australian government’s transport safety investigator will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny over its handling of the US$150 million…
Trump says ‘we’ll see’ as North Korea threatens to cancel summit
US President Donald Trump sounded a note of caution Wednesday about his much-vaunted summit with Kim Jong Un, saying “we’ll…
US Justice Dept, FBI probing Cambridge Analytica — Report
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm embroiled in the Facebook…
OPCW confirms chlorine use in February attack in Syria
THE HAGUE: A global arms watchdog yesterday confirmed that chlorine was “likely used as a chemical weapon” in a February…
Turkey-Israel in escalating row over Gaza dead
ISTANBUL: Turkey has told the Israeli consul general in Istanbul to leave the country temporarily, state media said yesterday, the…
Australia’s largest telescope upgraded with ‘bionic ear’
CANBERRA: An upgrade to Australia’s biggest telescope may allow Australian astronomers to create a clearer picture of the universe, according to…