Civil servant’s death highlights world’s lowest birth rate
SEOUL: Trying to raise the world’s lowest birth rate is among the missions of South Korea’s welfare ministry — a challenge…
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One dead, two injured in Germany car attack
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: One person was killed and two injured Saturday when a man rammed a car into pedestrians in the…
Trump to skip correspondents’ dinner as media row heats up
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump ratcheted up an increasingly hostile feud with the media, announcing he will skip a century-old annual correspondents’…
‘It’s like tripping’, says French artist entombed in rock
PARIS: An artist entombed inside a 12-tonne rock for nearly three days has described the experience as like “tripping”, insisting…
Syria’s White Helmets rescuers will not attend Oscars
BEIRUT: Rescue workers from Syria’s White Helmets group — the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary — will not attend this…
Trump promises Americans safety and strength
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump promised a massive military buildup and put a staunchly nationalistic stamp on Republican politics in a…
Hundreds on Philippine streets as Duterte jails top critic
MANILA: More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Manila yesterday to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war…
Son of boxing legend Muhammad Ali detained at Florida airport
WASHINGTON: A son of boxing legend Muhammad Ali was held for questioning for two hours at a Florida airport upon…