Violent demonstrations and arson attacks that burnt down campus buildings forced at least three South African universities to shut their doors yesterday in a new wave of student protests.
Emergency workers have found the bodies of 19 people killed when their plane crashed into a mountainside in western Nepal with the loss of all 23 passengers and crew, police said Thursday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha has called on all Qatari citizens not to travel to Lebanon.
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Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah met HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who paid a visit to the Kingdom yesterday.
Wales lock Luke Charteris has been ruled out of the Six Nations international against France in Cardiff on Friday with a knee injury, the Welsh Rugby Union said yesterday.
Brendon McCullum drew the curtain on his illustrious batting career as a typically pugnacious but short-lived innings yesterday was unable to loosen Australia’s firm grip on the second Test in Christchurch.
Lutz Roehmeyer thinks Britain will vote to stay in the European Union, making emerging-market bonds issued in pounds a buy.
Yuan bears say this month’s rally shouldn’t be taken as a sign China’s great reversal in capital flows has finished. Goldman Sachs Group warns that any further shock depreciation will only accelerate the exit.
South Korea’s 11-year-old figure skating prodigy You Young has Olympic gold in her sights and with a tough, six-hours-a-day training regime, she’s prepared to work hard to get it.
Asian stocks mostly joined a global rally yesterday with a surge in oil prices providing some much-needed confidence as key producer Iran praised an output freeze by Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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