Hong Kong student leader Wong in ‘chilling’ assault
HONG KONG: Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong, the teenage face of the city’s pro-democracy protests, was assaulted in the…
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Solar Impulse passes ‘point of no return’ from Japan to Hawaii
TOKYO: A revolutionary solar-powered aircraft was past ‘the point of no return’ and flying over the Pacific Ocean bound for…
China angered by Philippine documentary on South China Sea
BEIJING: China yesterday accused the Philippines of spreading misinformation and ‘creating the illusion of the victim’ in their dispute over…
Sinabung worsens, Malaysian students given masks and medicine
JAKARTA: Education Malaysia (EM) in Indonesia have supplied face masks and basic medicines to Malaysian students in North Sumatra following…
57 countries hold signing ceremony to set up China-led bank
The 57 founding member countries of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank began signing articles of association setting up the…
Fun turns into horror at water park
Over 500 injured when ball of fire rips through a crowd at Taiwan’s Formosa Fun Coast water park
Asean against third party involvement in S. China Sea disputes
BEIJING: Asean is against third party involvement in South China Sea disputes, says Norodom Sirivudh. The founder and chairman of…
Second NY prison escapee shot and captured: US media
NEW YORK: A convicted murderer who busted out of a maximum-security New York prison three weeks ago has been shot and…