Los Angeles to pay US$2 million in police killing of homeless man
Los Angeles agreed to pay US$2 million to settle a civil lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a homeless…
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Migrants in Mexico stage colourful anti-Trump protest
TIJUANA, Mexico: In Mexico, there is a particularly colourful insult reserved for the mother of someone who has deeply offended…
Toxic water fears in Pakistan region infamous for deformities
KOT ASSADULLAH, Pakistan: Basharat Ali was 15 when his legs began to falter, a condition doctors have blamed on polluted…
Calls for restraint after Israeli raids on ‘Iranians’ in Syria
JERUSALEM: Unprecedented clashes between Israel and Iran over Syria have sparked calls for restraint from world leaders worried about the…
Indonesian volcano erupts, sparking evacuations
JAKARTA: Indonesian villagers living in the shadow of one of the world’s most active volcanoes fled to safety Friday…
Hawaii volcano could be building up to big eruption: scientists
LOS ANGELES: A Hawaii volcano that has been oozing lava and burping steam for days may be gearing up…
Worked to the bone: South Korea’s elderly
SEOUL: In theory Park Jae-yeol should have retired 11 years ago. But, unable to survive on meagre South Korean state…
Nearly wiped out by quake, China’s Qiang minority lives on
CHENGDU: Ten years ago, a powerful earthquake destroyed Er Ma’s village deep in the mountains of southwestern China. It…