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EDINBURGH: With Britain tearing its hair out over the Brexit confusion, Scotland’s government is biding its time as it prepares

WASHINGTON: US Vice-President Mike Pence on Friday defended what some say is his boss Donald Trump‘s puzzling position over the

KABUL (AFGHANISTAN): The Taliban announced on Friday the start of their spring offensive despite talking peace with the United States

ISLAMABAD: Amidst intense global pressure to rein in terror outfits, Pakistan on Friday launched guidelines for implementing the UNSC 1267

TEHRAN: Iranians have rallied against the US’ decision to designate the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization.Thousands

Transcript Who is top dog of the California waves? About 50 animals wearing life jackets took part in the annual

Transcript It’s no ordinary day at the beach. These divers are in Cornwall, southwest England, not for the fun but

Transcript A relaxing place for a coffee… Or is it?  This cafe, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not

BEIJING: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of six people in central China after a cargo train carrying aluminium ore hurtled

JAKARTA (INDONESIA): Indonesia‘s geophysics agency said a tsunami is possible after a strong earthquake struck Friday east of Sulawesi island.The

Transcript An art studio with no brushes or paint.  Mbongeni Buthelezi uses strips of plastic melted and glued to the

Transcript One of the world’s largest street music festivals has taken place in London. Around sixty bands in colourful costumes

Transcript A historic day that one of the UK’s biggest royal fans has been looking forward to.   Queen Elizabeth

SINGAPORE – Former foreign minister George Yeo will be retiring as the chairman and executive director of Kerry Logistics Network

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis knelt and kissed the feet of South Sudan‘s rival leaders Thursday, in an unprecedented act of

SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – The Packer dynasty has sat astride corporate Australia for a century, forging newspaper, television and casino dominions

BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s exports rebounded in March but imports shrank for a fourth straight month and at a sharper

SINGAPORE – After nine years as a housekeeper at Resorts World Sentosa, Madam Saadiah Martawi, 56, is no stranger to

SINGAPORE – Acromec has secured a $6.75 million contract to outfit two clinical laboratories, raising its order book to about

WASHINGTON: Using cryptography and virtual drop boxes, Julian Assange‘s WikiLeaks created a revolutionary new model for media to lure massive

Mind Your Business: Bridging the limitations of AI 12:05 mins Synopsis: Aiming to close the gap between the physical and

SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Commonwealth Bank of Australia is working on a secret plan to cut more than 10,000 jobs and

LOS ANGELES: Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday called upon US politicians to reject hate in the run up to

LONDON: Foreign minister of Australia Marise Payne says Australia remains “completely opposed” to the death penalty amid fears that Australian

SINGAPORE – The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is investing $650,000 in seed funding for tech startups to