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Ex-minister gets life in Vietnam graft case
Published on 28/12/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Saturday sentenced an ex-minister to life imprisonment in a multi-million-dollar corruption case in which another minister and a dozen executives also received lengthy prison terms, state media reported.
Magnitude 5 quake strikes near Iran nuclear plant, no damage
Published on 27/12/2019
» DUBAI: A magnitude 5 earthquake struck southern Iran early on Friday near the Islamic Republic's only nuclear power plant. Iranian state TV said it caused no damage or injuries.
San Francisco cafes are banishing disposable coffee cups
Business, Published on 25/12/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: A new cafe culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffee-shops are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies.
China delays tariffs on US autos, other goods in trade deal
Published on 15/12/2019
» BEIJING: China's government says it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on US-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal with Washington.
US-China trade deal brings stability for now
Published on 14/12/2019
» China has put a positive spin on a first-phase trade agreement that turns down the temperature on a trade war it blames the United States for starting.
Rape victim's death fuels more outrage in India
Published on 07/12/2019
» NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old rape victim set on fire by a gang of men, including her alleged rapists, has died in a New Delhi hospital, prompting protests from opposition leaders who blamed authorities for failing to curb violence against women.
Jury: Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet
Published on 07/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him "pedo guy" in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found on Friday.
Mekong River's new colour a sign of trouble
Published on 06/12/2019
» The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine colour that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, experts say.
Google co-founders step down as execs of parent Alphabet
Published on 04/12/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades during which Larry Page and Sergey Brin shaped a startup born in a Silicon Valley garage into one of the largest, most powerful, and increasingly most feared, companies in the world.
Elon Musk says he tweeted diver was 'pedo guy' after insult
Published on 04/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk testified on Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literal, when he called a British diver a pedophile in a tweet, prompting a defamation lawsuit from the man who helped rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from Tham Luang cave last year.