‘N. Korea fails with attempted missile launch’
SEOUL: North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch yesterday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a…
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Suzuki shrugs off use of wrong fuel economy testing methods
TOKYO: Suzuki Motor Corp on Tuesday shrugged off the use of wrong methods to test fuel economy of its cars in Japan,…
Diamond-encrusted Hermes handbag sold for record $300,000
HONG KONG: A diamond-encrusted crocodile-skin Hermes handbag with white gold details has broken the record for the world’s most expensive ever sold…
Japan erupts in anger over boy abandoned in forest after being naughty
TOKYO: Japanese searchers scoured thick forest Monday, looking for a seven-year-old boy whose parents left him in mountain woods as a…
One-armed surfer stuns women’s best in Fiji
SUVA: One-armed American surfer Bethany Hamilton sealed third place in the Fiji Women’s Pro on Tuesday after beating some of the…
Crocodile safaris urged after Australia attack
SYDNEY: An outspoken Australian politician Tuesday called for crocodile-shooting safaris to help control their numbers in the wild, after a…
Multiple casualties in India army ammunition depot fire
MUMBAI: A fire at a massive military ammunition depot in central India on Tuesday has killed at least 17 people…
More than 45 million trapped in modern slavery: study
SYDNEY: More than 45 million men, women and children globally are trapped in modern slavery, far more than previously thought,…