Bitter lessons of 2011 tsunami put to use
When powerful quake hits same area, Japan swings into action, ensuring coastal residents evacuated in time TOKYO: Massive tsunami waves…
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Chinese chicken chain investigated over suggestive name and menu — Paper
SHANGHAI: Authorities are investigating a Shanghai-based fried chicken chain for possible violations of social order over its sexually suggestive name…
Bandit leaves cheeky clue for Australian police
SYDNEY: Australian detectives have been left with a cheeky clue after discovering that a large print on a glass door…
Pile-up on Chinese motorway kills 17 — Xinhua
BEIJING: A huge pile-up on a Chinese motorway killed at least 17 people when a total of 56 vehicles crashed…
Taiwan’s TransAsia closes down after fatal air crashes
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s troubled TransAsia Airways said Tuesday the company would be dissolved in the wake of two deadly plane crashes,…
Bandit leaves cheeky clue for Australian police
SYDNEY: Australian detectives have been left with a cheeky clue after discovering that a large print on a glass door…
Ancient Indonesian martial arts seeks global spotlight
JAKARTA: Some fight with machetes three-feet long, others are armed with daggers curved like the claws of big cats, while…
Polluted water in hand, Nigerian king takes Shell to court in London
LONDON: King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi holds up a plastic bottle containing contaminated water from his community in Nigeria, proof…