Free upgrades for stranded Chinese travellers
BEIJING: Chinese rail authorities offered 10,000 stranded Lunar New Year travellers free upgrades to high-speed trains Wednesday as they tackled…
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Australian asylum ruling paves way for deportation of infants
SYDNEY: Australia’s High Court threw out a challenge to offshore immigration detention camps on Wednesday, clearing the way for the…
Flying solo: Chinese woman only passenger on New Year flight
BEIJING: A Chinese woman heading home for the holidays had a commercial airline flight all to herself after gruelling delays…
US confirms ‘rare’ case of sexually transmitted Zika virus
The Zika virus has been transmitted sexually, top US health authorities confirmed on Tuesday, fueling fears of the rapid spread…
Florida calls off execution
MIAMI: Authorities in Florida suspended the upcoming execution of a death row inmate, after the US Supreme Court found problems…
Demonstrators in Haiti hit streets over political crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Hundreds of Haitians took to the streets Tuesday to protest against a potential transitional government, with President Michel Martelly…
Slow food: study says prehistoric people feasted on turtles
JERUSALEM: Discoveries in an Israeli cave dating back 200,000 years show that early humans ate turtles alongside plants and large…
Mercury in seafood not harmful to aging brain
MIAMI: Eating seafood may lead to higher levels of mercury in the brain, but a study out Tuesday found that…