Category: World

Midwives’ role is humbling and crucial

LONDON: Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, wrote an open letter of thanks to Britain’s midwives on Friday after spending several days observing a

Clean matters in trip to Mars

PASADENA (United States): Nasa’s Mars 2020 rover will head off for the Red Planet next year. But like Voyager, Galileo and Cassini before it, the

Violent clashes in Chile protests

SANTIAGO: Thousands of protesters clashed with police Friday in Santiago in a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations that erupted more than two months ago in

Union boss remains defiant

PARIS: The head of a hardline French trade union on Friday vowed to press on with a crippling strike that has cast a shadow over

First hypersonic missiles ready

MOSCOW: Russia’s defence minister told President Vladimir Putin on Friday the first Avangard hypersonic missiles had been put into service, in a move hailed as

Indonesians hold solidarity rally

JAKARTA: Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia held a protest Friday against China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang in front of China’s embassy in Jakarta.