Japan opens radar station close to disputed isles in move bound to rile China
An aerial view shows Yonaguni island, Okinawa prefecture, in this file picture taken by Kyodo on March 28, 2007. (Photo: Reuters) YONAGUNI – Japan has switched on a radar…
Islamic State driven out of Syria’s ancient Palmyra city
Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad drive a tank during their offensive to recapture the historic city of Palmyra. (Photo: Reuters/SANA) BEIRUT – Syrian government forces have…
Mexicans burn Donald Trump effigies in Easter ritual
Mexicans burn an effigy of US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump as they celebrate an Easter ritual late on Saturday in Mexico City’s poor La Merced neighbourhood. (Photo: Reuters) …
Syrian army, with Russian air support, advances inside Palmyra
Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad flash victory signs and carry a Syrian national flag on the edge of the historic city of Palmyra in Homs Governorate. (Photos: Reuters)…
British EU exit campaign backed by 250 business leaders
A British Union Jack flag and a European flag fly on the Amiens city hall during a Franco-Britain summit in Amiens, northern France, March 3, 2016. (Reuters) LONDON…
Hugh Jackman helps swimmers to safety
Actor Hugh Jackman (Photo: Reuters) SYDNEY – Aussie Actor Hugh Jackman became a real-life action hero at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Saturday, when he helped his son and another…
Chile reports its first sexually transmitted Zika case
Physiotherapist Jeime Lara Leal exercises 19-day-old Sophia, who is Ianka Mikaelle Barbosa’s second child and was born with microcephaly, at Pedro l Hospital in Campina Grande, Brazil. (Photo: Reuters) …
Massive Samsung R&D investment approved by Vietnam’s PM
A model demonstrates a Samsung Electronics’ new smartphone Galaxy S7during its launching ceremony in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: Reuters) HANOI – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a new…
Donations scandal another headache for Turnbull
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a joint news conference with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (not pictured) in Sydney February 19, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) SYDNEY –…
Microsoft apologises for offensive tirade by its ‘chatbot’
(Photo: Microsoft) LOS ANGELES – Microsoft is “deeply sorry” for the racist and sexist Twitter messages generated by the so-called chatbot it launched this week, after the artificial intelligence…
