COLOMBO, 19 May 2019: Buddhist Sri Lankans marked the festival of Wesak in low key celebrations amid heightened religious tensions in the Indian Ocean nation following the deadly Easter Sunday …
SEATTLE, 18 May 2019: Boeing Co has made corrections to simulator software that mimics the flying experience of its 737 MAX jets, which were involved in two fatal crashes, and …
VIENNA, 17 May 2019: The Austrian parliament approved on Wednesday a new law banning any “ideologically or religiously influenced clothing which is associated with the covering of the head” in …
MANILA, 17 May 2019: The Philippines Department of Labor and Employment yesterday said a 47-year-old Filipino employed as a domestic maid in a Kuwait household was rushed to hospital on …
LONDON, 17 May 2019: Foreigners flying into UK no longer need to fill out landing cards for immigration purposes, as the Home Office has scrapped this requirement as of Monday, …
TAIPEI, 17 May 2019: Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage today, as thousands of demonstrators outside parliament cheered and waved rainbow flags, despite deep divisions …
WASHINGTON, 17 May 2019: Pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences has come under fire in a US congressional hearing for overpricing its HIV prevention drug known as PrEP, marketed as Truvada. After …
LOS ANGELES, 17 May 2019: An F-16 fighter jet being flown in routine training exercises crashed into a warehouse just outside March Air Reserve Base in Southern California yesterday, but …
NEWS YORK, 17 May 2019: I.M. Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the …
MUMBAI, 16 May 2019: WhatsApp clones and software tools that cost as little as US$14 are helping Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam restrictions set up by the …
