Thousands protest in Moscow against housing resettlement plan
MOSCOW – Thousands of Muscovites have joined a protest rally in the centre of the Russian capital against government plans to resettle millions of citizens from shoddy Soviet-era apartment blocks.…
N.Korea fires missile days after new S.Korea leader pledges dialogue
SEOUL – North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons program, South Korean and US officials said, days after a new leader took office in…
China’s Xi calls for greater counter-terrorism cooperation with Turkey
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that the two should deepen counter-terrorism cooperation, amid Chinese concern about ethnic Uighurs from its Xinjiang region fighting…
Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest for the first time
KIEV – Portugal’s Salvador Sobral has won the Eurovision Song Contest performing a jazz-style ballad written by his sister, taking the top spot for the first time in the country’s…
Nadal ends Djokovic hoodoo to reach another Madrid final
MADRID – Rafael Nadal has ended a seven-match losing streak against Novak Djokovic in emphatic fashion by thrashing the world No.2 to reach the final of the Madrid Open and move…
Hidden footage of The Beatles on film put on sale
Footage of The Beatles on the set of their 1965 film “Help!” is being offered for sale after 50 years if being hidden in storage. The film was shot by…
English hospitals divert ambulances after ‘ransomware’ cyber attack
LONDON – Hospitals and doctors’ surgeries across England have been forced to turn away patients and cancel appointments after a nationwide ‘ransomware’ cyber attack which crippled some computer systems in the…
Trump warns ousted FBI chief not to leak to media, threatens ‘tapes’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has warned ousted FBI Director James Comey against talking to the media, suggesting there might be tapes of conversations between the two men that could…
Rare Harry Potter prequel stolen in British burglary
A rare Harry Potter prequel handwritten by author J.K. Rowling on a postcard has been stolen during a burglary in central England, police say as they appealed for help from fans…
Japan govt names and shames “black” companies violating labour laws
TOKYO – The Japanese government for the first time has released a nationwide list of over 300 companies that have violated labour laws, hoping this name-and-shame tactic would help eliminate…
