SEOUL: A Seoul university professor forced students to write her daughter’s thesis to gain entry to an elite dental school, a government report revealed Tuesday,
PALU,Sulawesi: Six months after the calamitous earthquake, tsunami and soil liquefaction in Palu in Central Sulawesi, Mercy Malaysia will be focusing on the upgrading of transit shelters
TORONTO: A woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programmes arrived Monday in Canada with her
Junta primes to retain power after election BANGKOK: Thailand yesterday awaited the results of its first election since a 2014 coup, with the junta primed
TAIPEI: China is trying to establish a “new world media order” to prevent and counter criticism, a project that threatens press freedom globally, watchdog Reporters
CAIRNS (Australia): A man has been bitten on the leg by a shark in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, authorities said yesterday, the fourth such attack
BEIJING: The death toll from a chemical plant explosion in China rose to 78 yesterday, with hundreds still receiving medical treatment four days after one
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into whether police and intelligence services could have prevented the Christchurch mosque
MISHMERET (Israel): A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a house in a community north of Tel Aviv yesterday, wounding seven Israelis and leading
SEOUL: North Korea has returned its staff to an inter-Korean liaison office, Seoul said yesterday, just days after unilaterally withdrawing from the joint facility. The
