At least 10 dead in Rio hospital blaze
09:18 | 14/09/2019
A fire erupted in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 10 people dead and forcing medical staff and desperate relatives to rescue patients from the smoke-filled wards.
Paris braces for massive metro strike over pension reform
16:34 | 13/09/2019
Paris metro and other public transport workers were to walk off the job on Friday (Sep 13) for a huge ...
Netflix, Apple cross swords in Indian streaming market
10:51 | 13/09/2019
Competition in India's booming streaming market is heating up as Netflix joins forces with a director of Bollywood feel-good blockbusters ...
Paris, 4 other French cities ban use of pesticides
08:45 | 13/09/2019
Paris and four other French cities on Thursday (Sep 12) banned the use of synthetic pesticides within their boundaries as ...
France stages 'hard border' port drill for no-deal Brexit
08:00 | 13/09/2019
French officials launched on Thursday (Sep 12) their first "dress rehearsal"of new customs checks that will be imposed if Britain ...
Jack Ma retires: 6 facts about Alibaba's colourful founder
17:07 | 12/09/2019
SINGAPORE: Jack Ma sure knows how to pick a date.
Russia terminates robot Fedor after space odyssey
15:03 | 12/09/2019
It's mission over for a robot called Fedor that Russia blasted to the International Space Station, the developers said on ...
Renewed crisis in Argentina puts IMF under fire
13:00 | 12/09/2019
Despite a history of many IMF rescue programmes, Argentina once again faces a deepening financial crisis, raising questions about whether ...
More than 30 dead in stampede at Iraqi Shiite shrine
15:38 | 11/09/2019
More than 30 pilgrims were killed and dozens injured on Tuesday (Sep 10) in a stampede at a major shrine ...
Japan wins partial WTO victory in South Korea duties case
09:17 | 11/09/2019
The World Trade Organisation on Tuesday (Sep 10) largely faulted South Korea in a final ruling over anti-dumping duties slapped ...
Typhoon Faxai stranded 17,000 at Tokyo airport: Operator
14:49 | 10/09/2019
Around 17,000 passengers were stranded overnight at Tokyo's Narita Airport, an official said Tuesday (Sep 10), after it took a ...
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