Putin promises Russians better living conditions ‘within this year’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin promised Russians rapid improvements in their living conditions as he kicked off his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday.
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin promised Russians rapid improvements in their living conditions as he kicked off his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday.
TOKYO: A Japanese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima

JAKARTA: Eyes rolled back in his head, a heavily tattooed Indonesian man sliced his tongue with a dagger in a bid to communicate with other-worldly
NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Indian leader Narendra Modi vowed Wednesday to increase pressure on countries that fuel terrorism. Neither
LAGOS: At least 14 people were killed when Boko Haram jihadists attacked loggers in northeastern Nigeria, members of a militia force told AFP Wednesday. The

HANOI: Vietnam artist Tran Lam Binh brushes hearts and the word “L-O-V-E” on his portrait of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim
GENEVA: One person engulfed in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps has died, police said Wednesday, as rescue operations to find other possible victims were
NEW DELHI: India’s top court told billionaire tycoon Anil Ambani Wednesday he must pay his debts to Sweden’s Ericsson or go to jail, the latest
BEIJING: A Chinese technology firm has compiled a range of personal information on 2.6 million people in Xinjiang – from their ethnicity to locations –
HANOI : Wearing traditional dress, the children in Hanoi’s only North Korean-founded kindergarten belt out Korean songs and recite their Korean vocabulary – skills they hope