Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong’s historic trading floor
HONG KONG: In its heyday in the 1980s, more than a thousand brokers dressed in signature red blazers made…
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Approaching typhoon brings heavy rain, wind to election-day Japan
TOKYO: A powerful typhoon barrelled toward Japan on Sunday, with heavy rain triggering landslides and delaying voting at one…
Whistleblower makes claims of systematic doping in China
BERLIN: A Chinese whistleblower, now seeking political asylum in Germany, has claimed there was a systematic doping programme in…
Fighting in Marawi may end imminently, says Philippine army
Clearing of bombs, bodies to start when battle ends MARAWI CITY, Philippines: The Philippines is preparing to declare the end…
Australian police offer record reward in serial killer cold case
SYDNEY: Australian police offered a record A$4.75 million in rewards yesterday to catch the serial killer or killers behind the…
Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies
MADRID: Spain’s government kicked off a crisis cabinet meeting yesterday as it prepares to seize powers from Catalonia’s separatist executive…
K-Pop star apologises over dog bite death
SEOUL: Choi Siwon, a member of popular K-pop boy band Super Junior, on Saturday apologised over the death of…
FBI confirms death of militant leader Hapilon – Philippine defence chief
MANILA: Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon has been killed in an assault in the Philippine southern city of Marawi,…