Contestants turn Miss Peru pageant into protest
LIMA: Contestants broke with tradition and turned the Miss Peru pageant into a protest highlighting violence against women in one…
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India sees big jump in World Bank ‘ease of doing business’ ranking
NEW DELHI: India saw a sharp improvement in the World Bank’s latest ‘ease of doing business’ report, rising 30 spots…
Japan killing spree ‘lasted 2 months’
A Japanese man arrested after police found nine dismembered corpses rotting in his house has confessed to killing all his…
N. Korea slams ‘incurably mentally deranged’ Trump
SEOUL: North Korea slammed US President Donald Trump as “incurably mentally deranged” in a personal diatribe ahead of his first…
Singapore says will facilitate India’s greater engagement with Asean
NEW DELHI: Singapore said it will facilitate India’s greater engagement with Southeast Asia and pledged to further deepen bilateral…
Protestants, Catholics mark 500 years since Reformation
WITTENBERG, Germany: Catholic and Lutheran leaders Tuesday asked forgiveness for violence sparked by the Reformation, as worshippers celebrated 500 years…
Siege fears as Australia asylum-seeker camp in PNG closes
SYDNEY: Hundreds of asylum-seekers were refusing to leave an Australian detention camp in Papua New Guinea that authorities closed Tuesday,…
Suspect kills eight in New York truck ‘act of terror’
NEW YORK: A pickup driver killed eight people in New York on Tuesday, mowing down cyclists and pedestrians, before striking…