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V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 12 Aug 2018 - 01:50 pm

LONDON: V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A...

In wake of critical book, Trump calls Omarosa 'a lowlife' 11 Aug 2018 - 11:47 pm

BRIDGEWATER: President Donald Trump has one word to describe former White House staffer and fellow reality-TV star Omarosa Manigault Newman: "Lowlife." Manigault Newman...

Newspaper calls for war of words against Trump media attacks 10 Aug 2018 - 10:39 pm

BOSTON: A Boston newspaper is calling for a coordinated editorial response to President Donald Trump's frequent attacks on the news media. The Boston...

Branded as bank robbers, burqa-wearing Britons fear attack 09 Aug 2018 - 07:41 pm

LONDON: Hate crimes against Muslim women in Britain could jump after former foreign minister Boris Johnson likened burqa-wearers to "letter boxes” and "bank...

30 years on, Myanmar remembers storied pro-democracy uprising 08 Aug 2018 - 08:53 pm

Yangon: Students and former activists in Myanmar marked the 30th anniversary of the famed 1988 pro-democracy uprising with a rousing but low-key ceremony,...

Civil rights worker Elbert William’s 1940 death case reopened 08 Aug 2018 - 07:33 pm

MEMPHIS, Tenn.: More than 78 years after civil rights worker Elbert Williams' body was found in a Tennessee river, a district attorney announced...

Explorer Amundsen’s ship returns to Norway after 100 years 06 Aug 2018 - 11:38 pm

Oslo: The ship used by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen finally returned home yesterday, completing its journey around the North Pole 100 years...

Russian internet group protests prosecutions for 'likes' 06 Aug 2018 - 09:14 pm

Moscow: The Russian company that owns the country's most popular social media network on Monday expressed concern at the increasing number of internet...

Apple, Facebook and Spotify delete content of US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones 06 Aug 2018 - 08:04 pm

Apple Inc, YouTube, Facebook Inc and Spotify all took down podcasts and channels from U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying on Monday that...

Don't be sexist and call me a housewife, say British women 02 Aug 2018 - 10:32 pm

LONDON: Half of British women find the word housewife outdated, sexist or embarrassing, a survey said on Thursday, as pressure mounts for greater...

Growing wealth brings rise in deadly conflict in northern Ghana 02 Aug 2018 - 09:09 pm

ACCRA: Agricultural development in northern Ghana is lifting people out of poverty, but researchers say progress has come at a deadly cost, worsening...

Paper blames newsprint tariffs for dropping Sunday comics 01 Aug 2018 - 08:54 pm

RALEIGH, N.C.: Residents in a North Carolina town hoping to read "Rex Morgan M.D." with Sunday coffee are in for a rude awakening....

Kurdish refugee's top math medal stolen after Rio ceremony: organizers 01 Aug 2018 - 08:54 pm

Rio de Janeiro: A Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University professor who was awarded math's most prestigious prize in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday...

Muslim survivors of Nellie massacre of 1983 now shaken by Indian citizenship test 31 Jul 2018 - 08:33 pm

NELLIE, India: Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India's worst sectarian massacres, Abdul Suban says...

30 years on, 'new age militancy' stokes Kashmir conflict 31 Jul 2018 - 07:34 am

Srinagar, India: A home-made bomb set off the insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir 30 years ago, but "new age" fighters using social...

UK's top envoy makes 'Japanese wife' gaffe in China 30 Jul 2018 - 05:47 pm

Beijing: Britain's new foreign minister made an awkward debut in China on Monday when he sought to curry favour with his hosts by...

Swatch Group quits annual Baselworld trade fair 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

GENEVA: Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group is quitting the annual Baselworld watch and jewellery trade fair, the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper reported yesterday, calling...