Chinese woman pays to rescue 100 dogs from meat festival: report
YULIN: A Chinese woman has paid over $1,000 to save 100 canines from being eaten during a dog meat festival,…
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Greece scrambles for debt deal with fresh plan before summit
Greece’s prime minister presented new proposals to European leaders Sunday aimed at ending his country’s debt crisis, as Athens announced…
Israel PM rejects ‘dictates’ as French FM visits
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected “international dictates” as France’s top diplomat visited, with Paris advocating a UN…
‘Pirates held by Vietnam speak Indonesian’
HANOI: Eight men detained by Vietnam on suspicion of hijacking a Malaysian-flagged tanker speak Indonesian and were carrying large amounts…
Thousands rally for migrants in Europe
BERLIN: Thousands of people took to the streets in several European cities on Saturday, in a show of solidarity with…
India bends it like Modi on first World Yoga Day
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday hailed the first International Yoga Day as a ‘new era of peace’, moments…
Cat bites woman, woman bites man
BERLIN: A cat bit a woman in Germany, sending her into such a rage that she then repeatedly bit and…
Thousands mark summer solstice at Stonehenge
STONEHENGE, United Kingdom: Nine people were arrested as thousands gathered at the prehistoric stone circle in Stonehenge to mark the…