Record haul of pangolin scales seized in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian customs officers have seized more than 700 kilograms of pangolin scales, the country’s largest haul of the scales…
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South Korea’s frustrated younger voters demand change
Thirty years after South Korea became a democracy, voters born in the period go to the polls Tuesday frustrated over…
North Korea detains another US citizen: state media
North Korea has detained another US citizen for committing “hostile acts,” it said Sunday, its second arrest of an American…
Macron elected French president
PARIS: Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron resoundingly won France’s landmark presidential election, first estimates showed Sunday, heading off a fierce challenge…
More troops deployed as Canada braces for worse flooding
OTTAWA: With heavy rains persisting and waters still rising over much of waterlogged eastern Canada, the nation’s military on Sunday…
Hundreds of suspected cholera cases in Yemen: MSF
SANAA: At least 570 suspected cases of cholera have surfaced in war-torn Yemen in the past three weeks, sparking fears…
France goes to vote in watershed polls
Run-off vote pits pro-Europe, pro-business Macron against anti-immigration and anti-EU Le Pen PARIS: French voters went to the polls yesterday…
Troops deployed as Canada braces for worse flooding
OTTAWA: Waterlogged parts of eastern Canada were hit with more rain yesterday, as freshly deployed troops helped evacuate residents ahead…