Rio offering 500,000 free Olympic, Paralympic tickets
RIO DE JANEIRO: The city of Rio de Janeiro will offer more than 500,000 free tickets for this year’s Olympic and Paralympic…
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S. Korea says North fails with attempted missile launch
SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday appeared to have tried and failed with a fresh ballistic missile launch in violation of…
US zoo defends killing gorilla that grabbed boy
WASHINGTON: The director of an Ohio zoo on Monday defended the killing of a critically endangered gorilla as it dragged…
Paris tourism hit by attacks, protests
PARIS: Already suffering from the impact of last year’s jihadist attacks, tourism in Paris faces a fresh challenge from the…
Crocodile takes woman during night swim in Australia
SYDNEY: A woman is feared dead after being seized by a crocodile during a night-time swim with a friend at…
China hails brotherly Africa ties after ‘racist’ ad outcry
BEIJING: China and Africa are ‘good brothers’ and China respects all people regardless of race, the government said yesterday after…
Mass coral bleaching cast shadow over future of Great Barrier Reef
SYDNEY: Mass coral bleaching has destroyed at least 35 per cent of the northern and central Great Barrier Reef, Australian…
China angry after Indonesia detains fishing boat
JAKARTA: Beijing insisted yesterday a Chinese boat detained close to Indonesian islands had been fishing legally, in a fresh flare-up…