In a dimly lit corner of a bustling market in Mexico City, vendors of amulets, voodoo dolls and other mystical objects sell tiny, taxidermied hummingbirds as charms to bring luck in love. Sold for about US$100 each, the lifeless corpses are a symbol of the threats faced by hummingbirds, which
MARRAKESH, Morocco: A United Nations conference adopted a migration pact in front of leaders and representatives from over 160 countries in Morocco on Monday, despite a string of withdrawals driven by anti-immigrant populism. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration – finalised at the UN in July after
BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta on Tuesday lifted a ban on political campaigning ahead of 2019 elections, more than four years after the restriction was imposed following the kingdom’s latest coup. One of the military’s first acts after seizing power in May 2014 was to outlaw political activity of all kinds, as
ORLANDO, Fla.: Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered ingredients for water on a relatively nearby skyscraper-sized asteroid, a rocky acorn-shaped object that may hold clues to the origins of life on Earth, scientists said on Monday. OSIRIS-REx, which flew last week within a scant 12 miles (19 km) of the asteroid
TOKYO: The U.S. military ended a search on Tuesday for five Marines missing in the sea off Japan since two Marine Corps aircraft were involved in an accident during an air-to-air refueling exercise on Dec. 6. The five missing crew of a KC-130 Hercules refueling plane were officially declared deceased.
MANILA: Church bells seized from the Philippines by the US as war trophies over a century ago were returned on Tuesday, in a bid to turn the page on a difficult chapter between the historical allies. Returning the three so-called Balangiga bells meets a decades-old demand from the former US
SHANGHAI: China’s ambitious drive to dominate next-generation 5G technology faces a sudden reality check as fears spread that telecom companies like Huawei could be proxies for Beijing’s intrusive security apparatus. Fifth-generation mobile communications are the next milestone in the digital revolution, bringing near-instantaneous connectivity and vast data capacity. They will
KUCHING: CCK Consolidated Holdings Bhd (CCK) expects its Indonesian operations to increase contribution to group revenue with the newly commissioned chicken nugget production facilities in Jakarta. The new line commenced production on Sept 1, this year as CCK increased its investment to expand business in Indonesia. “With the commissioning of
KUCHING: Jom Makan Durian, a ‘Durian Buffet’ organised by Emart Batu Kawa at Tamu Emart Batu Kawa here yesterday, received an overwhelming response from the public from near and far. Customers paid only RM20 each to eat as many durians as they could. Four hundred durians of various mixed species,
SIBU: Road users heading to Bintulu from Sibu and vice-versa have been asked to use the alternative coastal route of Selangau-Mukah-Kuala Tatau-Simpang after KM49 of Jalan Bintulu-Sibu was cut off by a landslide on Monday evening. In the meantime, the contractor for the Pan Borneo Highway is also busy building
