Inuka, first polar bear born in the tropics, is put down
SINGAPORE: Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, was put down Wednesday after a rapid decline in health,…
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$35 mn penalty for not telling investors of Yahoo hack
SAN FRANCISCO: US securities regulators on Tuesday announced that Altaba will pay a $35 million penalty for not telling…
Oil, metals prices set to rise amid trade tensions: World Bank
WASHINGTON: Crude oil prices are expected to jump 23 percent this year amid strong economic growth, while metals prices…
Online skin trade fuels Myanmar elephant slaughter: conservation group
BANGKOK: An emerging online market for elephant skin in China is threatening the survival of the creatures in neighbouring…
Kim’s ‘bitter sorrow’ as N. Korea bus crash kills 32 Chinese
BEIJING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed his ‘bitter sorrow’ after dozens of Chinese tourists killed when a…
‘Maximum’ security as Philippines readies Boracay shutdown
BORACAY, Philippines: Police with assault rifles patrolled entry points to Boracay island yesterday just days before a six-month shutdown and clean-up…
Mexican students ‘ killed and dissolved in acid’
MEXICO CITY: Three missing Mexican students were killed last month in the western state of Jalisco and their bodies dissolved…
Kremlin: We don’t regard tumult in Armenia as Ukraine-style revolution
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said yesterday it did not regard political tumult in Armenia, a close Russian ally, as a Ukraine-style…