Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster
Dessy SAGITA – Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that
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HM sends greetings to Indonesia, Gabon
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos sent a cable of greetings to President Joko Widodo of Indonesia on the occasion of
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Chile ski stations make fake snow
SANTIAGO: Once deep in powder this time of year, Chile’s ski stations are fighting the ravages of climate change and
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Clashes in Kashmir as UN begins landmark meeting
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of protesters in Kashmir clashed with police on Friday as the UN Security Council began its first meeting
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The trans-Brazil trail
ALLISON JACKSON – Luiz Pedreira walks with other hikers beneath the Atlantic Forest’s thick canopy in Brazil, where an 8,000-km
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Sprinting to the future
Robo-shorts that help runners get ahead ISSAM AHMED – Once confined to comic books, exosuits that enhance a wearer’s physical
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Israel to let barred US lawmaker visit West Bank
TEL AVIV: Israel said on Friday it will allow barred US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib who is of Palestinian origin to
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Iran says tanker freed by Gibraltar poised to set sail
TEHRAN: An Iranian tanker seized by Gibraltar last month is preparing to set sail after being released, a senior Iranian
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Eight years on, Syria’s neighbours weary of refugees
BEIRUT: After being suddenly deported from Turkey, Nidal Hussein stood dazed just inside war-torn Syria, the latest victim of neighbouring
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SILENT EXTINCTION
NICOLAS DELAUNAY – For most of his life as a Samburu warrior, Lesaiton Lengoloni thought nothing of hunting giraffes, the
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Hong Kong protesters now face crucial test after airport setback
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement faces a major test this week as it tries to muster another huge crowd
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Indonesia president proposes to move capital to Borneo
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president on Friday proposed to move the capital from Jakarta, a crowded, polluted city of 10 million people,
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Sri Lanka probes elephant cruelty at religious parade
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday ordered an investigation following the collapse of a skeletal 70-year-old elephant after being forced to
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Extracting legacy from myth
MAGGY DONALDSON – A generation-defining political statement, an epiphany of peace, three chaotic days that altered music history — the
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Myanmar activists fight to outlaw domestic violence
Thu Thu Aung – carradling her one-year-old daughter in a house in southern Myanmar, 22-year-old Nu Nu Aye recalled the
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South Africa’s unidentified corpses still a mystery!
Susan NJANJI – At Olifantsvlei cemetery on the outskirts of southern Johannesburg, undertakers clad in white plastic overalls, boots and
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German finance minister to run for SPD leadership
BERLIN: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will run for the leadership of the Social Democrats, a spokeswoman said on Friday,
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Arctic sea ice loaded with microplastics
PARIS: At first glance, it looks like hard candy laced with flecks of fake fruit, or a third grader’s art
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Migrant rescue boat in limbo as medical cases evacuated
ROME: Italy has evacuated a handful of medical cases from a Spanish migrant rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa,
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Cathay Pacific CEO quits over Hong Kong protest blowback
HONG KONG: The boss of Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways quit on Friday, the highest-profile corporate casualty of unrest
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Turkish army pension fund to buy British Steel
ANKARA: The Turkish military pension fund OYAK said on Friday it had signed a provisional deal to buy British Steel
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