Burundi opposition announces election boycott
BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Burundi’s opposition parties announced yesterday they will boycott upcoming elections, saying it was not possible to hold a…
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‘Decapitated body’ found in attack on French factory
SAINT-QUENTIN-FALLAVIER (FRANCE): An attacker carrying an Islamist flag killed one person and injured several others Friday at a gas factory…
Women flock to Japan zoo to see ‘hunky’ gorilla
TOKYO: A giant gorilla with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at a Japanese zoo, with…
Patient trial validates Ebola rapid test
PARIS: A 15-minute, on-the-spot blood test for Ebola was as accurate in a patient trial as the most widely-used laboratory-based…
‘Back to the Future’ hoverboard comes to life
TOKYO: The future is here already — or at least the one imagined for Marty McFly — with a carmaker…
Ebola-hit Sierra Leone quarantines 31 health workers
FREETOWN: Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive…
Donors pledge US$3 bln in aid to Nepal
Country’s premier Koirala vows ‘zero tolerance’ of corruption and says all aid money would go to victims KATHMANDU: International donors…
Boston bomber Dzhoktar Tsarnaev apologises, sentenced to death
BOSTON: Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologised to his victims for the first time at a highly emotional court hearing Wednesday…