Malaysia’s top sugar refiner said it will increase purchases of the commodity from India, which according to two sources is part of efforts to placate New Delhi amid an ongoing spat over palm oil …
If 2018 was the year of overtourism, 2019 was the year destinations fought back. Or, rather, vowed to do so. So how will 2020 shape up? From Amsterdam to Venice, in 2019 authorities came …
By Nina dos Santos, CNN One of the passengers on the Ukrainian jet downed by Iranian missiles earlier this month was a businesswoman who was the boss of two companies cited in a UN …
Mark Johanson Iberá National Park: One of the newest national parks in the Americas and the world’s second-largest wetland, Iberá is home to 4,000 species of flora and fauna, including this jaguar. Rafael Abuin …
KUALA LUMPUR: Response teams at all international entry points and health facilities across the country have been placed on high alert following an outbreak of a mystery coronavirus in China. In a message posted …
As many as 2,400 Turkey-backed Syrian rebels have so far reached Libya to fight against the east-based army led by Khalifa Haftar, a war monitor reported Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said …
The alliance between Turkey and Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has sparked outrage in countries across the Arab world — for a number of reasons. For Ankara, there’s a lot at stake. …
Hong Kong protests: two plain-clothes police officers beaten up, tear gas fired and rally organiser arrested as mayhem breaks out in Central Several rounds of tear gas fired after police shut down event in …
Jeffrey Gettleman and Kai Schultz 1/3 SLIDES © Atul Loke for The New York Times Protesters in Srinagar, Kashmir, in September. NEW DELHI — India’s top military commander has created shock waves by suggesting that …
China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation, as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbour increasingly isolated by the West. …