China’s Spring Festival travel frenzy to see 3 billion trips
SHANGHAI: China’s transport ministry said yesterday it expects travellers to make nearly 3 billion trips during the upcoming Spring Festival,…
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Mass display of grief on late Thai king’s birthday
BANGKOK: Thousands of Thais gathered on a Bangkok bridge named after the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on what would have…
Still seeking top diplomat, Trump taunts China
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump has fired off another Twitter broadside, attacking China over alleged currency manipulation and foreign policy, as…
New Zealand PM calls it quits
John Key says he is never a career politician after eight years in the job WELLINGTON: Popular New Zealand…
11 dead, 75 injured in Pakistan hotel fire
A pre-dawn inferno at a four-star hotel in Pakistan’s Karachi killed 11 people on Monday and wounded 75, police said,…
Man fires rifle inside Washington ‘pizzagate’ eatery
WASHINGTON: A man has been arrested after firing an assault rifle inside a popular pizzeria in Washington that was the…
Japanese navy veteran recalls Pearl Harbor 75 years on
OSAKA: Navy aircraft mechanic Kuniyoshi Takimoto watched as Japanese planes roared off the aircraft carrier Hiryu to attack Pearl Harbor…
Mass display of grief on late Thai king’s birthday
Thousands of Thais gathered on a Bangkok bridge named after the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on what would have been…