Former Putin aide ‘died of blunt force trauma’ in Washington hotel room
MOSCOW: Former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel room last year, died of…
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Beijing accuses Tokyo over patrol planes for Philippines
BEIJING: Beijing on Thursday accused Tokyo of interfering in the South China Sea after Manila said it would lease five…
Suu Kyi picks close aide for president
Htin Kyaw, 69-year-old economics graduate, nominated to head Myanmar’s first civilian government NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi was yesterday…
US boy, four, accidentally shoots gun-loving mom in the back
MIAMI: A four-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother in the back, leaving the passionately pro-gun woman badly wounded and facing…
Australia’s unseasonally hot weather breaks records
SYDNEY: Australia is grappling with a seemingly endless summer, as every state and territory swelters through an unseasonally hot start…
Bill Gates Steve Jobs ‘dot comedy’ pulled in New York
NEW YORK: It was billed as an uproarious comedy that would take New York by storm, but a musical inspired…
Mars robot launch now scheduled for May 2018: NASA
WASHINGTON: The launch of a robot that will delve deep beneath the surface of Mars has been rescheduled for May…
Total Solar Eclipse
JAKARTA: A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the…