AL-OBEID (Sudan): Four schoolchildren were among six protesters shot dead at a rally this week in Sudan, a doctor at a hospital that received the casualties said Wednesday, after five pupils were reported killed. Six people were killed and more than 60 wounded at the demonstration in Al-Obeid on Monday,
HONG KONG: China’s military has released a slick propaganda video showing a drill of armed troops quelling a protest in Hong Kong, in a thinly veiled warning to the city’s pro-democracy movement. The video, posted to social media on Wednesday by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong,
WASHINGTON: The US and South Korea will press ahead with joint military exercises, a Pentagon official said, defying demands from a furious Pyongyang for their cancellation as it carries out a series of weapons tests. North Korea fired what Seoul called two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday after two similar
ADEN: Separate attacks by Shiite rebels and a jihadist suicide bomber killed at least 27 people in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden yesterday, many of them newly trained police cadets, security and medical sources said. The attacks were the first to hit the southern port city in more than a
Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country. The cutting-edge — but controversial — research involves implanting modified animal embryos with human “induced pluripotent stem” (iPS) cells that can be coaxed into
LONDON: Net profits nearly quadrupled at British bank Barclays in the first half of the year on reduced litigation costs, helping compensate for difficult conditions in retail and investment banking. Net profit of 2.1 billion pounds was a stellar improvement but when heavy legal costs it suffered in the same
SUZHOU (China): Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel warned his side that they must pull together and “make sacrifices” after they eased to a 3-0 friendly win over Sydney FC on Tuesday in China. The German spoke a day after midfielder Julian Draxler told AFP that the “egos” of Neymar and
MUNICH (Germany): Real Madrid’s disastrous pre-season continued on Tuesday as they lost 1-0 to Tottenham in Munich. “Our defeat was well deserved,” Real midfielder Tony Kroos told German TV after the match. It’s true that we’re not quite in good shape.” In the second match of the evening, Bayern Munich
Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world’s rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores. It comes after China last year stopped accepting the world’s used plastic, having previously been the biggest market for recyclables. After Indonesia on Tuesday announced it
A southern white rhino conceived through artificial insemination was born at the San Diego Zoo in what was called a historic milestone that could help save a subspecies from extinction. The calf was born on Sunday and the mother named Victoria remained calm during the 30-minute labor, zoo officials said
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