Oil prices stable after heavy drop
LONDON: Oil prices steadied Tuesday after heavy losses the previous day, as markets looked ahead to more indications of world…
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Liberals storm to landslide victory
Leader Trudeau ends a decade of Conservatives rule with pledges to raise taxes on the rich OTTAWA: Canada’s Liberals won…
Rain deepens flood misery in Philippines after typhoon kills 22
CABANATUAN, Philippines: Heavy rain deepened flood misery in farming and mountainous regions of the northern Philippines yesterday, after the latest…
Indonesia’s Widodo marks disappointing first year in power
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo took office last year on hopes that an outsider and ‘man of the people’ would…
Harper to resign as Tory leader after election defeat
OTTAWA: Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper will resign as Conservative leader after losing legislative elections to the Liberals led by…
Pet dogs originated in Nepal, Mongolia
MIAMI: Dogs may have become man’s best friend in Central Asia, specifically in what is modern day Nepal and Mongolia,…
China suffers 250,000 road deaths a year — WHO
BEIJING: More than 250,000 people are killed on China’s notoriously dangerous roads every year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said…
Canada’s Trudeau sweeps to victory, toppling Harper in election
Canada’s Liberal leader Justin Trudeau rode a late campaign surge to a stunning election victory on Monday, toppling Prime Minister…