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Colombo - Sri Lanka's right-wing President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who seeks re-election this week, describes himself as the "designated survivor" capable of salvaging the economically troubled...

Tokyo - The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 -- almost 90 percent of them women -- government data showed Tuesday.The figures further highlight the...

Shanghai halted transportation links, recalled ships and shut tourism spots including Shanghai Disney Resort on Sunday as it braced for Typhoon Bebinca, in what could be the strongest tropical cyclone...

Paris - A "Marxist" and a "radical" who wants to "destroy" America: as Democrats rally around the candidacy of Kamala Harris, Republicans have begun employing significantly more negative and...

MADRID: Ministers from Arab and European countries along with the European Union's foreign affairs chief gathered on Friday in Madrid to discuss how to advance a two-state solution to the...

In a Dubai recording studio, hijab-clad Ghaliaa Chaker tunes her guitar and belts out original songs as she builds a career turning heads for more than just her music.The 26-year-old Syrian, who was...

TUBAS: The families of Palestinians killed in an air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas held funerals on Friday after Israeli forces withdrew following their latest raid in the territory....

TOKYO: The Japanese finance ministry on Friday designated the parent company of 7-Eleven a 'core' industry, a move that could make a takeover by Canadian rival Couche-Tard more difficult.Other...

Long marginalised by the banking industry, Mexico's neighbourhood tortilla producers are cautiously embracing financial technology, in a country where cash is still king for many. vThe National...

BRUSSELS: Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo says he feels "energised" as he seeks to bring the curtain down on his breakthrough season with victory in the Diamond League finals in Brussels on...

SEOUL: South Korean World Cup midfielder Son Jun-ho had his contract with top-tier Suwon FC terminated Friday by mutual consent, three days after Chinese football banned him for life for alleged...

PARIS: The United States booked their ticket to the Davis Cup final eight with a 3-0 win over Slovakia in Zuhai on Friday, with Germany also advancing.Mackenzie McDonald beat Lukas Klein 6-4, 6-3 in...

New Delhi - A top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked out of jail Friday, ending months behind bars after being bailed in an ongoing corruption case against him.Arvind...

Washington: Most Americans have never been to Omaha, the largest city in the midwestern state of Nebraska, and many would not be able to point to it on a map. However, there is a possibility that it...

Japan's leadership race kicked off Thursday with a record nine candidates including the surfing son of a former prime minister and an arch-nationalist vying to be the first woman premier.Whoever wins...

Manila - Hundreds of people fled their homes in the Philippines on Wednesday after a volcano spurted harmful gases, an official said, as experts warned of a potential eruption. About 300 residents of...

Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis.East Japan...

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris put Republican Donald Trump on the defensive at a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office,...

Sydney - Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy...

Forget the polls, ditch the data, and stop sending journalists to swing-state diners to interview undecided voters: historian Allan Lichtman already knows who is going to win the US presidential...