Four abducted from Philippines resort
Gunmen kidnap two Canadian tourists, a Norwegian employee and a Filipina in southern island MANILA: Gunmen kidnapped two Canadian tourists,…
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Indonesia acts against timber, palm oil firms over haze
JAKARTA: Indonesia has revoked the licence of a timber supplier and suspended the operations of three palm oil plantation operators…
Muslim pilgrims mass in Mecca for haj
MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world began moving yesterday from the holy city of…
Tsipras to form cabinet, push EU on migration
ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will prepare yesterday to unveil a new coalition cabinet to enact economic reforms after…
Apple revving work on electric car
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple aims to have an electric car on the road some time in the year 2019, according to…
France rejects Google appeal over ‘right to be forgotten’
PARIS: France’s data protection watchdog rejected Monday an appeal by Google against a decision ordering the Internet giant to comply…
Greece’s Tsipras storms to victory
Mandate given to PM to drive through unpopular reforms agreed under austerity deal with creditors ATHENS: Greece’s left-wing prime minister-elect…
Kim Dotcom extradition hearing opens in N. Zealand
AUCKLAND: Internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s long-awaited extradition hearing opened in New Zealand yesterday with the flamboyant founder of now-defunct Megaupload…