Hong Kong to return Singapore’s seized troop carriers, easing tensions
SINGAPORE – Hong Kong has said it would release the nine Singaporean armoured vehicles it seized in November on their way home from military exercises in Taiwan, easing tensions between…
Australia zoo urges people to catch deadly spiders as antidote runs low
An Australian zookeeper has urged people to catch and donate deadly funnel-web spiders, to help replenish stocks of antidote running low after a spate of spider bites. The Australian Reptile Park,…
Venus reaches first Melbourne Park semi in 14 years
MELBOURNE – Venus Williams has continued her astonishing late-career revival by felling Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6(3) today to reach her first Australian Open semi-final in 14 years and become the oldest…
Egyptian state TV airs video of murdered Italian student Regeni
CAIRO – Egyptian state television has aired footage of Italian student Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo almost a year ago, speaking to the head of a Cairo…
Crowd controversy: The making of an Inauguration Day photo
WASHINGTON – The picture that lit up social media and unsettled the White House began with a trek up 50 flights of stairs, nearly to the top of the Washington Monument,…
Emirates airline embarks on ‘modest restructuring’ as growth slows
DUBAI – Emirates, the world’s biggest long-haul airline, said on Monday it was in the process of only a “modest restructuring,” two months after it reported a 75 percent decline…
Trump’s new EPA transition team draws from oil industry groups
WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump’s administration has drawn heavily from the energy industry lobby and pro-drilling think tanks to build its landing team for the Environmental Protection Agency,…
Australia and New Zealand pledge to salvage TPP after US exit
Australia hopes to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by encouraging China and other Asian nations into the agreement in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his…
Trump makes early move on restricting abortions around the world
NEW YORK – United States President Donald Trump on Monday reinstated a global gag rule that bans US-funded groups around the world from discussing abortion, a move that was widely…
Malaysian minister meets MH370 relatives’ group in Perth
Malaysia’s transport minister has met a group representing families of passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, after being lobbied by relatives of those lost when the plane vanished…
