S. Korea’s Park refuses questioning by prosecutors: lawyer
SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye will not answer questions from prosecutors over a snowballing influence-peddling scandal rocking, her lawyer…
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Throngs to pay homage to Cuba’s Fidel Castro
HAVANA: Throngs are set to pay tribute to Fidel Castro at Havana’s iconic Revolution Square on Monday, kicking off a…
Japan skating rink slammed for freezing 5,000 fish
TOKYO: A Japanese skating rink that froze 5,000 dead fish into the ice as an attraction for visitors has been…
Bomb defused near US embassy in Philippines: police
MANILA: Philippine police defused a bomb found in a rubbish bin near the US embassy in Manila Monday, authorities said.…
Aussie ‘backpacker tax’ to be halved ahead of fruit picking season
CANBERRA: In a last-ditch effort to ensure Australian farmers have sufficient help ahead of the fruit picking season, Australia’s coalition…
‘Millions voted illegally’ in US election, Trump claims
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that he won the popular vote in the Nov. 8…
Thousands flee Syria regime advance into east Aleppo
Thousands of civilians have fled rebel-held east Aleppo after government forces, determined to retake all of Syria’s second city, seized…
Brazil to pursue satellite, nuclear sub projects despite downturn: minister
BRASÍLIA: Ambitious projects such as satellites that could bring the internet to the remote Amazon and construction of Brazil’s first…