A path beyond the Paris climate change conference
The pledges countries have signalled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of what is needed to solve the problem of climate change. But many...
View ArticleAirAsia disaster: Indonesia cites faulty component, crew response in crash
JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators have cited a chronically faulty component and the crew's attempt to fix the problem were among the...
View ArticleBill Gates plots a surprise attack on the energy sector
PARIS: Bill Gates grows most animated when the talk turns to the "cool" new energy technologies that have yet to leave the lab. Mr Gates was a rare civilian sharing the limelight alongside presidents...
View ArticleBeijing smog fails to obscure 'apocalypse' humour
Beijing: Several days of brown haze in Beijing so thick it has closed highways, suspended construction and brought official warnings to stay indoors have also prompted jokes about the end of the world....
View ArticleNorth Korean boats carrying decomposing bodies keep washing ashore in Japan
Tokyo: Fishing boats carrying decomposed corpses have washed ashore in Japan in recent weeks, leading to speculation they are rickety North Korean vessels that have strayed dangerously far from port...
View ArticleNew inscriptions on the lists of intangible cultural heritage (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The review of nominations for inscription on the Representative List will continue Wednesday, 2 December. The...
View ArticlePresident PARK Geun-hye announces initiatives to widen partnership with...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The President spoke to Permanent Delegates of UNESCO Member States and members of the diplomatic community on the...
View ArticlePipe bomb explodes on overpass near Istanbul metro, injuring five: local mayor
Istanbul: Five people were injured when a pipe bomb exploded on an overpass near an Istanbul metro station on Tuesday, the district mayor said, halting some train operations and heightening security...
View Article'Blade Runner' appeal: Oscar Pistorius could return to jail with ruling this...
Johannesburg: South Africa's Oscar Pistorius will find out if he will return to jail when the Supreme Court of Appeal announces on Thursday if it will scale up the "Blade Runner" track star's...
View ArticleBody of kidnapped Australian Hells Angels gang member found in Thailand
Bangkok: The body of kidnapped Australian Hells Angels motor cycle gang leader Wayne Rodney Schneider has been found buried in a shallow grave in Thailand. Five masked gunmen bashed Mr Schneider...
View ArticleWomanising Philippines mayor Rodrigo Duterte standing for president
Bangkok: A 70-year-old crime fighting mayor who boasts about his womanising and praises the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers has emerged as a leading contender for the Philippine presidency....
View Article"Most" Iraqis believe US is an Islamic State ally
On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing US helicopters airdropping...
View ArticlePrisoner swap frees Lebanese soldiers and Islamic State leader's ex-wife
Beirut: Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing freed 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen on Tuesday in exchange for the release of jailed Islamists, including the ex-wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi....
View ArticleNATO invites Montenegro to join alliance, defying Russia
Brussels: NATO foreign ministers welcomed tiny Montenegro into their fold on Wednesday in the alliance's first expansion since 2009, defying Russian warnings that enlargement of the US-led bloc further...
View ArticleKey suspect in murder of Wayne Schneider has fled Thailand, police say
A key suspect in the murder of former Australian Hells Angel bikie and underworld figure Wayne Rodney Schneider has fled Thailand, police say, citing Thai immigration records. Thai authorities had...
View ArticleFirst regional meeting held in the Dominican Republic to discuss Internet...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This Conference, held under the theme, 'The challenges of the Internet, governance and ethical dimensions of the...
View ArticleInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities 2015: Inclusion Matters...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'Inclusion matters,' is the theme chosen for this year's celebration. As UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova says...
View ArticlePakistan hangs four men convicted of Taliban massacre at Peshawar school
Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan executed four men on Wednesday for involvement in the massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar last year, media and...
View ArticleFifteen elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Representative List includes forms of expression that testify to the diversity of the intangible heritage and...
View Article'Cowards' beat disabled man, post video on victim's Facebook page
Washington: The 23-year-old man with cerebral palsy stood in a stairwell at his apartment complex with his hands balled into fists, seemingly in self-defence. A man then appeared to kick him in the...
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