G7 leaders to meet President Putin
BRUSSELS: Western leaders come face-to-face with President Vladimir Putin in Paris yesterday for the first time since Russia seized Crimea,…
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800 ‘forgotten’ babies buried in mass grave at Irish Catholic home
DUBLIN: Almost 800 babies and children were buried in a mass grave in Ireland near a home for unmarried mothers…
India minister says rape “sometimes right, sometimes wrong”
NEW DELHI: An Indian minister from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party said on Thursday that rape was “sometimes right,…
Singapore reveals quirky consular requests
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Thursday urged its globetrotting citizens to avoid misusing consular services abroad, revealing ‘odd requests’ including one man…
Gunman kills three police officers in eastern Canada
A gunman opened fire in eastern Canada, killing three federal police officers and wounding two more, the Royal Canadian Mounted…
Divorce may be linked to obesity in kids
Children of divorced parents may be at higher risk of being overweight or obese than those whose parents are married,…
Grave shortage in HK, it costs more to house the dead than the living
HONG KONG: There’s one thing even Hong Kong’s more than 40 billionaires will struggle to buy – a final resting…
Koala shows it’s cool to be a tree hugger
PARIS: Australia’s cuddly koala rarely drinks water and doesn’t have any sweat glands, long leaving scientists to wonder how it…