Earthquakes strike Taiwan, Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR: Two moderate earthquakes, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, struck Yungkang, Taiwan, and Halmahera, Indonesia, early today, according…
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‘Be like Bill’ meme becomes worldwide hit
BBC Trending has tracked down the man behind the popular Facebook page Be like Bill, whose perennial stickman character is…
Students design ‘plant backpack’ to combat air pollution
THE HAGUE: Five Dutch students have hit on a unique idea to replace face masks used against air pollution, and…
Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey dead at 67
NEW YORK: Eagles guitarist and founding member Glenn Frey, an American rocker whose band dominated charts throughout the 1970s with…
Global warming strikes deep into oceans: study
PARIS: The oceans have soaked up as much heat from global warming over the last two decades as during the…
Turkish man opens fire on teahouse for ‘overpriced tea’
ISTANBUL: Turkish police were Monday hunting a man who sprayed a teahouse in the northwest of the country with bullets…
Philippines plans tracking system for civilian flights
MANILA: The Philippines plans to install a US$1-million satellite-based system to track commercial flights over the disputed South China Sea,…
China state media warn Taiwan president-elect against ‘hypocrisy’
BEIJING: China’s state-run media yesterday warned Taiwanese president-elect Tsai Ing-wen against pursuing a pro-independence path and that a formal split…