LUWUK (Indonesia): Some panicked residents of a quake-hit Indonesian island have refused to return home after the tremor triggered a brief tsunami warning and fears there was more to come, the disaster agency said yesterday. Aftershocks rippled across the east coast of Sulawesi – an island where thousands were killed
OTTAWA: A Canadian couple that harvest Atlantic sea salt has teamed up with a brew master friend to create a new salt beer – which could become the first drink of its kind to be widely distributed. Salty-sour gose beers had been brewed for about a thousand years in Germany
BEIJING: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of six people in central China after a cargo train carrying aluminium ore hurtled off the tracks and crushed a house, local authorities said Friday. At around 10pm on Wednesday the 25-car train derailed from an escape siding and overturned, hitting a house in
WASHINGTON: Secret Service agents rushed to secure the White House on Friday after they said a man set his jacket on fire just outside the fence. The Secret Service, which guards the president, said a man “operating an electronic wheelchair-type scooter lit his outer jacket on fire while sitting along
BANGKOK: Water-spraying elephants, raves and boisterous, street-blocking water fights – Thailand’s Buddhist new year arrived with a splash yesterday, a once calm festival now celebrated with a more raucous edge. Paying respects to elders and sprinkling water over figures of Buddha at local temples are some of the traditions of
SINGAPORE: Viktor Axelsen saved two match points before winning 22-24 21-18 24-22 against Jonatan Christie in a classic Singapore Open men’s singles quarter-final Friday, the Dane staying consistent at key moments to edge out his opponent. The pair started the match with a 45-shot rally to set the tone for
SHANGHAI: Valtteri Bottas yesterday pipped Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the milestone Chinese Grand Prix today in a dominant Mercedes front-row lockout. Sebastian Vettel was third-fastest for Mercedes’ arch-rivals Ferrari for the race in Shanghai, the 1,000th grand prix in Formula One. Bottas, who leads the world championship and
MONTE CARLO (Principality of Monaco): Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will face key physical and mental tests as the European clay-court season kicks off today at the Monte Carlo Masters. For 11-time tournament champion Nadal, it’s all about his troublesome left knee. For Djokovic, the major goal will be to
LOS ANGELES: Southpaw Vasiliy Lomachenko brutally knocked out former title holder Anthony Crolla in the fourth round Friday to retain his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organisation lightweight titles. The 31-year-old Lomachenko delivered a devastating right hook to the temple that sent the Englishman crashing face first to the
AUGUSTA (United States): Tiger Woods thrilled Augusta National by leaping into contention in Friday’s second round of the Masters, firmly putting himself in the hunt for a historic 15th major title and fifth green jacket. The 43-year-old American superstar fired a dramatic four-under par 68 to share sixth place on