Music festivals shake their money maker for UK economy
LONDON: Music festivals like Glastonbury sometimes leave the British countryside strewn with discarded tents and beer cans for days after…
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Ambassador denies receiving 7 protest notes on Ambalat
JAKARTA: The Malaysian ambassador to Indonesia has denied claims he received seven protest notes from the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on…
Australian fishermen catch rare basking shark
MELBOURNE: Fishermen off Australia who accidentally caught a whopping basking shark have provided scientists with a rare opportunity to study…
US wiretapped three French presidents
Wikileaks’ documents also reveal Hollande approved secret meetings on Greek exit from eurozone PARIS: The United States wiretapped three French…
Myanmar trio charged over Singapore murder plot
SINGAPORE: Three Myanmar men were charged yesterday with conspiring to murder a fellow national in Singapore with a gruesome collection…
Innocent man gets US$6.25 mln for 25 years in jail
NEW YORK: New York authorities on Tuesday agreed to pay US$6.25 million compensation to an innocent man who spent nearly…
Hospitals suspend services as MERS outbreak spreads
SEOUL: Two major hospitals in South Korea’s capital suspended services to patients yesterday in a bid to stop the spread…
Top UN rights official meets former ‘comfort women’ in Seoul
SEOUL: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights met with three ageing ‘comfort women’ on a visit to Seoul yesterday…