Australia checks if tainted rockmelons were exported
SYDNEY: Australian authorities said yesterday they were checking whether rockmelons had been exported from a farm where fruit contaminated with…
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150,000 in urgent need of quake aid
Landslides cut roads in PNG, preventing delivery of aid to places where it’s most needed SYDNEY: Almost a week after…
Dozens dead in attacks in Burkina Faso capital
OUAGADOUGOU: Dozens of people were killed Friday in twin attacks on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s…
Trump praises Chinese President extending tenure ‘for life’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was eliminating the…
China defends ‘moderate’ defence spending
BEIJING: China’s ‘moderate’ defence spending rises in the past few years have been to make up for past deficiencies and the…
Fearing mass shootings, some schools turn to armoured equipment
BERLIN, United States: Linda Bragg wrote a ‘quote of the day’on the small whiteboard in her classroom, a teaching aid that…
Fractured Ethiopia parliament endorses emergency decree
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s parliament approved a nationwide state of emergency on Friday despite unusual opposition from some lawmakers, in the latest…
Italy votes in uncertain election stalked by populism
ROME: Italians began voting in one of the country’s most uncertain elections ever, with far-right and populist parties expected to make…