TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pic) unveiled $120 billion in stimulus measures yesterday, to help the world’s third largest economy overcome the aftermath of the nation’s recent natural disasters. The package is also aimed at helping the nation alleviate the impact of last month’s tax hike and survive a
CHINA: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said yesterday it has petitioned a US court to overturn a ban that prevents carriers in rural America from buying the firm’s equipment by tapping an $8.5-billion federal fund. Huawei’s petition said the ban — imposed last month against the company and its Chinese rival
Five tigers that narrowly survived a harrowing journey across Europe before being impounded at the Polish border arrived on Monday at an animal shelter in southeastern Spain. Following several weeks of recovery at a Polish zoo, the big cats set out for their new home on Saturday, arriving on Monday
Info: Typhoon Kammuri wreaked havoc on islands and provinces south of the capital Manila on Tuesday, sending nearly 600,000 people fleeing their homes. MANILA: At least four people are known to have died after a powerful typhoon ripped through the Philippines, officials said yesterday, with high-speed winds prompting large-scale evacuations, tearing
MANILA: Typhoon Kammuri lashed the Philippines with fierce winds and heavy rain yesterday as hundreds of thousands took refuge in shelters and the capital Manila shut down its international airport over safety concerns. The powerful storm, which blew in windows and sheared off roofs, roared ashore late Monday and was
MANILA: Tens of thousands of people were sheltering in evacuation centres as powerful Typhoon Kammuri barrelled towards the Philippines, threatening plans for the Southeast Asian Games events near the capital Manila. Kammuri is expected to make landfall late yesterday or early today in the nation’s east with intense rains and
LONDON: A man suspected of stabbing two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences and released last year, police said Saturday. The knifeman, wearing a suspected hoax explosive device, was shot dead by police after the daylight assault on
Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver — increasingly popular among teens — may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said, adding to a growing chorus of concern over injury and deaths related to e-cigarettes. The latest findings, published in the journal Cardiovascular Research, come after the US Centers for
SANTA CLARITA (United States): A teenage boy gunned down fellow students at a California high school on his 16th birthday Thursday, killing two and wounding another three before turning the pistol on himself. The gunman was taken into custody in “grave” condition, police said, as officers stormed Saugus High School
BRATISLAVA: Three women drowned in a flash flood as they tried to rescue dogs from an inundated animal shelter in central Slovakia, the prime minister said on Thursday. The women had responded to an emergency appeal issued Wednesday in the town of Revuca after heavy rain caused a river to
