Flooding, havoc in Japan as Typhoon Neoguri batters mainland
TOKYO: Typhoon Neoguri slammed into the Japanese mainland yesterday bringing widespread flooding, ripping trees from their roots and leaving houses…
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Most chinese provincial regions have relaxed one-child policy
BEIJING: Twenty-nine out of 31 provincial regions in the Chinese mainland have relaxed the decades-old one-child policy that now allows…
Thai junta urged to address violence against women, children
BANGKOK: The Foundation for Women and the Regional and Bangkok Women Networks have urged the military-led National Council for Peace…
Texas gunman kills at least six including children
A gunman killed at least six people, most of them children, during a domestic dispute in Texas that has triggered…
Obama tells Central Americans not to send kids over border
US President Barack Obama warned parents in Central America not to send their children alone on the perilous journey through…
Typhoon Neoguri makes landfall on Japan’s southern main island
Typhoon Neoguri slammed into Japan’s southern main island early Thursday after lashing the Okinawa island chain, with three people killed…
Dutch teen targets Pacific Ocean ‘plastic soup’ menace
Dutch student Boyan Slat is only 19 years old, but he already has 100 people working on his revolutionary plan…
China, US vow to end old rivalries
BEIJING: China and the United States yesterday launched high-level talks, with Chinese President Xi Jinping urging the world’s two biggest…