HK student leaders consider protest retreat
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s student leaders said yesterday they would decide in the coming days whether to leave protest sites they…
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China says 100 million ‘outbound trips’ this year
BEIJING: Chinese travellers have taken 100 million ‘outbound’ trips this year, officials said, with the vast majority visiting Hong Kong,…
Singapore activists slam ‘anti-gay’ speaker at EU event
SINGAPORE: Holding placards and a rainbow flag, Singapore gay rights activists yesterday condemned the European Union for inviting an academic…
Online freedom declines, amid NSA effect
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Internet freedom suffered this year as a growing number of countries stepped up efforts to spy on users…
Nepal arrests seven over rape of Indian girl at festival
KATHMANDU: Nepal police have arrested seven men for allegedly gang-raping a teenage Indian girl visiting the Himalayan nation for a religious festival…
NASA counts down to Orion’s first step to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL: The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast…
‘Gangnam Style’ gallops beyond YouTube counter
NEW YORK: Just how big a hit was “Gangnam Style”? So mammoth that the Internet literally wasn’t ready to handle…
Italy PM wins confidence vote on job market overhaul
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi won a confidence vote in parliament Wednesday, giving him the go-ahead to press on…