Millions of chickens face cull in Europe health scandal
BRUSSELS: Millions of chickens could be culled in the Netherlands over fears of insecticide-tainted eggs, an industry body said as…
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Electric car startup Faraday Future signs factory deal
WASHINGTON: Electric car startup Faraday Future said Monday it had signed a lease for a new assembly plant in California…
Typhoon Noru lashes western Japan, thousands ordered to evacuate
TOKYO: A strong typhoon made landfall again on Monday afternoon in western Japan, lashing areas across the southwest of…
US, allies slam Chinese island-building
MANILA: The United States, Australia and Japan on Monday denounced Beijing’s island-building and militarisation of the South China Sea, in…
Indonesia’s agency predicts forest fires to increase
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) predicted that forest and land fires would continue to increase ahead of…
Singapore’s Halimah Yacob prepares to run for president
SINGAPORE: Halimah Yacob today resigned as Singapore Speaker of Parliament and an MP to run for president next month.…
S. Korea prosecutors seek 12 years’ jail for Samsung heir
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the heir to the Samsung empire be jailed for 12 years over…
Floods, landslides kill 26 in Vietnam
HANOI: Floods and landslides caused by torrential rains have killed 26 people and left 15 missing in Vietnam’s mountainous north,…