Earth Hour to tap crowdfunding for campaigns
SINGAPORE: Lights will go off in some 7,000 cities around the world for this weekend’s Earth Hour event, which will…
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Tiger killing show for Chinese rich and powerful — Report
BEIJING: More than 10 tigers have been killed as ‘visual feasts’ to entertain officials and rich businessmen in a Chinese…
World’s ‘longest-serving’ death row inmate freed for retrial
TOKYO: A man believed to be the world’s longest-serving death row inmate walked free from jail yesterday after decades in…
Obama demands West stand firm against ‘brute force’
BRUSSELS: US President Barack Obama urged the West on Wednesday to stand firm in opposing Moscow’s takeover of Crimea, saying…
Singapore’s Changi Airport wins World’s Best Airport
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Changi Airport has once again been named the World’s Best Airport at the 2014 Skytrax World Airport Awards…
Kerry holds ‘constructive’ talks with Abbas
AMMAN: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held ‘constructive’ talks on the Middle East peace…
Obama meets Pope Francis, looks for Catholic boost
Barack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time Thursday for talks on a shared agenda to fight inequality…
Russian officials dump iPads over spy fears
Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure tighter security, the telecoms minister told news agencies on Wednesday,…