Stable genius: Serbia’s unlikely saviour of horses
LAPOVO (SERBIA) - Pasha was once a mighty stallion who starred in movies, modelled for magazines and won carriage races. Now, the 24-year-old is...
Blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports to culminate with Amazon
SAN FRANCISCO - A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech is expected to culminate Thursday with Amazon revealing profits from pandemic-revved online...
European Parliament ends Brexit saga, ratifies trade deal
BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly ratified the EU's post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, but promised to keep a close eye on London...
‘Scapegoat’: The lonely life of doctor who helped pinpoint Bin Laden
ISLAMABAD - Dismissed as a traitor in Pakistan but lauded as a hero by the United States, Shakeel Afridi is paying a heavy price...
Blowing in the wind: Fishermen threaten South Korea carbon plans
GOCHANG, South Korea: Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being...
Napoleon’s bicentennial under shadow of Covid and controversy
PARIS - In the Grand Hall de la Villette on the outskirts of Paris, the trappings of an emperor are gathered: magnificent outfits, weapons,...
Cuban engineers’ dreams take flight with home-grown drones
SAN NICOLAS DE BARI (CUBA) - Disguised as a sparrowhawk, and convincingly mimicking its predatory cry, a drone made of wood, scrap metal and...
10 years after death, Bin Laden still mobilises jihadists
PARIS: A decade after he was hunted down and killed in Pakistan by US special forces, Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden retains the capacity...
China censors Oscars success of history-making Chloe Zhao
BEIJING: Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from Chinese social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her remarkable achievement of becoming the...
Police remove east Jerusalem barricades after violent protests
JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Sunday allowed Palestinians to gather in a flashpoint plaza outside Jerusalem's walled Old City, in a move apparently aimed...







