Sri Lanka battles labour shortage amid massive building boom
COLOMBO: Cheap Sri Lankan labour has built skyscrapers and condos across the Gulf for decades but now contractors at home…
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Kim family values on show at North Korea parade
PYONGYANG: Before tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians marched before him, along with some of the most fearsome weapons…
Death by overwork: Japan’s 100-hour overtime cap sparks anger
TOKYO: Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to give it the boot, saying…
Google Earth re-invented for new era
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Tuesday launched a re-imagined version of its free Earth mapping service, weaving in storytelling and artificial…
Big space rock to streak past Earth on Wednesday
PARIS: An asteroid stretching 650 metres (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on Wednesday at a…
Three dead as man goes on killing spree in California city
UNITED STATE, California: The suspect, an African-American named Kori Ali Muhammad, is believed to have shot a security guard last…
Egypt arrests church bombings suspect
CAIRO: Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a man wanted for alleged involvement in twin church bombings this month claimed by…
Mummies discovered in ancient tomb near Egypt’s Luxor
LUXOR, EGYPT: Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed several mummies, colourful wooden sarcophagi and more than 1,000 funerary statues in a 3,500-year-old…