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Scientists assist Vietnam’s rice farmers adapt to climate change INTERNATIONAL

Scientists assist Vietnam’s rice farmers adapt to climate change

Scientists are developing more resistant varieties of rice to help farmers in Vietnam adapt to climate change, amid the country’s worst drought in 90 years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Congo president wins third term INTERNATIONAL

Congo president wins third term

Congo strongman Denis Sassou Nguesso was declared yesterday the winner of presidential elections, extending his 32 years in power in a vote that the opposition says was marked by “massive fraud”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Starwood Hotels accepts improved Marriott offer ECONOMY

Starwood Hotels accepts improved Marriott offer

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide accepted an improved bid from Marriott International valued at $13.6bn, topping an offer from a group of investors led by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Glencore and partners in Australian port face heavy cost of boom era bet ECONOMY

Glencore and partners in Australian port face heavy cost of boom era bet

Glencore and five other miners backing the world’s most expensive coal port in Australia face extra annual charges of A$150mn after the restructuring of one of their partners this month, ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Death sentence for Iran tycoon feeds perceptions of high-level corruption ECONOMY

Death sentence for Iran tycoon feeds perceptions of high-level corruption

Iran’s planned execution of billionaire Babak Zanjani for corruption will mask the identity of senior officials who supported him, say the president and two lawmakers independently assessing a case that has fuelled public cynicism about political graft.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malawi torches seized ivory INTERNATIONAL

Malawi torches seized ivory

Malawi yesterday burnt 2.6 tonnes of smuggled ivory confiscated in the northern town of Mzuzu near Tanzania in what was seen as a symbolic gesture in its fight against poaching.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pyongyang issues threat as US, S Korea stage drill INTERNATIONAL

Pyongyang issues threat as US, S Korea stage drill

US and South Korean troops staged a big amphibious landing exercise yesterday, storming simulated North Korean beach defences amid heightened tension and threats by the North to annihilate its enemies.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tamil actor Selvakumar dies in road accident INTERNATIONAL

Tamil actor Selvakumar dies in road accident

Popular Tamil character artist Selvakumar died in Chennai on Friday in a road accident.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
The university 'scam' and $40m lawsuit stalking Trump INTERNATIONAL

The university 'scam' and $40m lawsuit stalking Trump

Donald Trump's race for the White House has sown panic among Republican leaders scrambling to prevent a man billed as a demagogue from clinching the party nomination -- and one of their weapons is Trump University.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Poor visibility expected in some parts ARABIA

Poor visibility expected in some parts

Poor visibility is expected in some parts of the country late Wednesday due to fog, the Met department has said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Budget airline jet makes priority landing in Australia INTERNATIONAL

Budget airline jet makes priority landing in Australia

An Australian budget airline jet made a priority landing in Melbourne after an unusual odour filled the plane's cabin, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mexico says 11 pregnant women infected with Zika INTERNATIONAL

Mexico says 11 pregnant women infected with Zika

Mexico has confirmed 11 pregnant women are infected with the Zika virus, out of a total of 121 cases. Most of the cases were identified in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, according to a health ministry report.

4:45 AM November 25 2016