FOCUS By FLORIAN SOENEN Headline-grabbing PR stunts have become the main tool of environmental pressure groups to turn up the heat on the companies behind the products that cause climate change and devastate the Earth’s natural resources. But campaigners are also diversifying their tactics, sometimes becoming active shareholders in corporations
FOCUS By JOSHUA MELVIN When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could walk to the local chapel. Today, reaching it requires a swim. The main culprit is catastrophic subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from below, often via unregulated wells for
BANGKOK: An attentive dog in north-eastern Thailand is being hailed as a hero after finding and saving an infant allegedly buried in a field by his teenage mother, police said Saturday. The new-born was lying under a layer of dirt near a farm in the Chumpuang district of Nakhon Ratchasima
LONDON: Dejan Lovren believes Liverpool will be Premier League title contenders again next season, saying they are still improving under Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool were pipped to the title by Manchester City by a single point despite reaching 97 points – the third-highest tally in Premier League history. The Reds have
BETHPAGE: Defending champion Brooks Koepka, chasing his fourth victory in eight major starts, opened with a record-equalling low score to grab the lead at the 101st PGA Championship on Thursday while inconsistent Tiger Woods struggled at Bethpage Black. Koepka fired a seven-under-par 63, the day’s only bogey-free round, to take
SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Curry scored 37 points as the Golden State Warriors fought back to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-111 and take a 2-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference finals series on Thursday. Curry sparked a 14-3 run for the Warriors as the NBA champions overturned a 108-100
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s parliament legalised same-sex marriage yesterday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation. Lawmakers comfortably passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to form “exclusive permanent unions” and another clause that would let them apply for a “marriage
JAKARTA: Indonesian police said yesterday that they have arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations when election results are announced next week. Some 29 suspects were rounded up this month alone, with 60 in all detained since the start of
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s prime minister yesterday rejected allegations the city-state’s new law to combat “fake news” is aimed at stifling free speech, following criticism from rights groups and tech giants. The legislation, approved by parliament last week, gives government ministers powers to order social media sites such as Facebook to put
NEW YORK: I.M. Pei, the pre-eminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died in New York, his sons’ architecture firm said Thursday. He was 102 years old. From the controversial Louvre Pyramid in Paris to the landmark