Arizona hits back at ‘botched’ execution criticisms
LOS ANGELES: Arizona authorities on Thursday hit back at criticism of the execution of a double murderer who took two…
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Australia activist escapes jail over mine hoax
SYDNEY: An Australian anti-coal activist escaped jail yesterday over a fake press release that temporarily wiped more than Aus 300…
Americans alarmed as heat stroke kills children in cars
WASHINGTON: Leaving children in parked cars in the blazing heat of summer: it’s so obviously wrong, yet it happens with…
Ex-rebel Ukraine city uncovers ‘mass grave’
SLAVYANSK, Ukraine: Three hours after the digging began, a piece of white sackcloth was seen in the soil. A few…
Putin igniting dangerous nationalist fervour — US general
WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military intervention in Ukraine is fanning nationalist sentiments that could spread across the region with…
Dutch sending police, want to secure MH17 crash site
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands is sending 40 unarmed police to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-held Ukraine and…
Earth survived near-miss from 2012 solar storm
WASHINGTON: Back in 2012, the Sun erupted with a powerful solar storm that just missed the Earth but was big…
US ‘delighted’ by impending arrival of Sudanese Christian convert
The White House said it was “delighted” over the release by Sudan of a Christian woman sentenced to death for…