
Special branch: Poignant plea after Japanese bonsai burglary
TOKYO: A Japanese cultivator of bonsai trees appealed on Tuesday for the thieves who made off with his expensive potted plants to take good care

TOKYO: A Japanese cultivator of bonsai trees appealed on Tuesday for the thieves who made off with his expensive potted plants to take good care
KABUL: An Afghan mujahideen commander who fought the Soviets and rose to become the country’s first president after the Red Army retreated has died aged
WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered in 2.1-billion-year-old black shale from a quarry in Gabon the earliest evidence of a revolutionary development in the history of life

NEW DELHI: A moderate earthquake hit India’s Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, officials said. Xinhua News Agency reported that according to the Indian Meteorological Department,
WASHINGTON: A US young woman convicted of convincing her boyfriend via text to commit suicide has started her jail sentence in the eastern US state of
KUALA LUMPUR: While the government is re-negotiating the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) contract, it would be good to include and consider more participation by
PARIS: Lawyers for French carmaker Renault have criticised their Japanese alliance partner Nissan for its handling of an internal probe into the Carlos Ghosn scandal,
NEW YORK: With expectations for slowing growth escalating, US fund managers are selectively avoiding stocks in consumer companies as lofty valuations, concerns about declining earnings
BANGKOK: Thai Raksa Chart political party has abruptly cancelled an election campaign, earlier scheduled to be held Saturday evening, after a Royal command forbidding Princess
GRAND RAPIDS, United States: It is destructive to hold “zero-sum game” mindset and over-emphasise the aspect of competition in China-US ties, Chinese Ambassador to the United