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The globe’s record heat keeps on broiling into this year
april 17, 2015by latadmin
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s been no break from the globe’s record heat — the first three months of 2015 have set new high temperature marks.
Obama: Trade politics difficult, but opposition helps China
april 17, 2015by latadmin
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the politics of international trade have always been difficult, especially within the Democratic Party. But he says U.S....
Rana Plaza disaster: Benetton donates $1.1m to victims’ fund
april 17, 2015by latadmin
Clothing company responds to pressure to contribute to compensation scheme for those affected by deadly building collapse in Bangladesh …
Storm-tossed
april 16, 2015by latadmin
A SCATHING synopsis of Pakistan’s foreign policy might boil it down to four principles: provoke India, but not too much; say what America wants to hear; do what China...
Tentative two-step
april 16, 2015by latadmin
IT IS a feature of the fraught relationship between Japan and South Korea that the two are at once able to bicker and to work together. Last week South Korea summoned...
Pak Mirage fighter jet crashes
april 16, 2015by latadmin
A French-made Mirage fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force on Thursday crashed during a routine training flight in the restive south-western Balochistan province….
Japanese politics and underworld overlap as photo emerges of Olympic heavyweight with yakuza boss
april 16, 2015by latadmin
A Japanese politician has demanded an inquiry into allegations the vice-chairman of Japan’s Olympic Committee has close ties with the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s...
Chinese rabbit spreads digital pawprint
april 16, 2015by latadmin
A cute cartoon character, popular on messaging platforms, is winning licensing deals across Asia (© The Financial Times Limited 2015)…
South Korean President Park Geun-hye vows to raise sunken ferry Sewol
april 16, 2015by latadmin
South Korea’s president vowed to raise the sunken Sewol ferry yesterday, but failed to appease grieving relatives on the first anniversary of the disaster that...
UK unions threaten joint strike over Tata Steel pension scheme
april 16, 2015by latadmin
Community, GMB, Ucatt and Unite will start balloting 17,000 members over 6 May strike action which would be Britain’s biggest since the 1980s …
