TOKYO: Japan yesterday flatly rejected as “unacceptable” a South Korean proposal to set up a joint fund to compensate wartime forced labourers, a bitter dispute
HONG KONG: Hong Kong opposition groups called for another major demonstration yesterday after the pro-Beijing government did not respond to demands of protesters who have
BEIRUT: Fighting raged in north-west Syria yesterday with clashes between regime forces and jihadist-led fighters killing 130 combatants in two days, a war monitor said.
SEOUL: More than 100,000 South Koreans are demanding the dismissal of a judge who reduced the prison sentence of a child rapist to three years.
CANBERRA: Australia’s schools are failing to produce students with literacy and numeracy skills required at university, reported Xinhua News Agency, quoting a report. The Productivity
SHENYANG: Chinese scientists have developed a method to convert light energy and biomass to diesel fuel and hydrogen, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. The study
MOSCOW: Brenton Tarrant, an Australian national accused of perpetrating a deadly massacre in two mosques in New Zealand’s city of Christchurch, has pleaded not guilty,
MOSCOW: Police used pepper spray and batons against demonstrators in the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong as protests against the new amendment to
SEOUL: South Korea and Britain reached an agreement Monday to maintain their current free trade agreement even after the “no deal” Brexit, with Seoul becoming
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian woman at the centre of an alleged rape scandal involving star striker Neymar gave a statement on Friday to police investigating
