Strong 6.8-magnitude quake rocks Chile: USGS
SANTIAGO: A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists said. The quake…
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Sexting scandal shocks US high school
LOS ANGELES: A massive sexting ring is rocking a high school in Colorado, with at least 100 students trading nude…
Unbridgeable divide? The China-Taiwan schism since 1949
TAIPEI: When presidents Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinping shake hands on Saturday it will be a gesture of solidarity once…
Obama rejects Canada-to-US Keystone XL pipeline
US President Barack Obama on Friday rejected the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists…
Black box confirms ‘violent, sudden’ demise of Russian plane: source
PARIS: One of the black boxes from the Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing 224 people showed it…
Bomb carried onto plane — British Intel
US, British leaders say Russian jet may have been downed by terrorist bomb in Egypt LONDON: US President Barack Obama…
Suu Kyi eyes historic win in Myanmar elections
YANGON: Myanmar’s boisterous election campaign drew to a close yesterday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung…
Designer cells reverse baby girl’s cancer in world first
LONDON: A one-year-old girl in Britain has become the first in the world to be treated with ‘designer’ immune cells…