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Deadly wildfire near LA spreads INTERNATIONAL

Deadly wildfire near LA spreads

A fast-moving wildfire that has killed one person and destroyed more than a dozen homes in the drought-parched canyons northwest of Los Angeles, had scorched more than 33,000 acres of land by early yesterday, fire officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QC tent hosts 200 workers every day ARABIA

QC tent hosts 200 workers every day

Qatar Charity (QC) has said its “Breaking Fast” project continues to offer food through the society's tent in Aziziya to single workers living in the area.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
What drives Chan(ge) SPORT

What drives Chan(ge)

Priscilla Chan remembers seeing blood all over the boy’s face, a sign he had gotten jumped in his own neighbourhood. For the first time, just looking at someone else hurt.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Overseas holdings of China debt rise 2.4% in March ECONOMY

Overseas holdings of China debt rise 2.4% in March

Foreign investors who jumped into China’s $6.5tn bond market last month may have bought at the peak.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
People losing patience with Modi: Kanhaiya INTERNATIONAL

People losing patience with Modi: Kanhaiya

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar yesterday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and demanded that the government stop ‘jumlas’ (idioms) and start “working” as public patience was wearing out.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
C-charge must rise to tackle gridlock: mayor INTERNATIONAL

C-charge must rise to tackle gridlock: mayor

Boris Johnson yesterday warned that the congestion charge must be raised or changed to combat growing traffic gridlock.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Cruz gains in online betting, Trump still Republican favourite INTERNATIONAL

Cruz gains in online betting, Trump still Republican favourite

Ted Cruz's Super Tuesday victories in his home state of Texas and neighbouring Oklahoma strengthened his odds for the Republican presidential nomination on online betting sites but he still trails far behind Donald Trump.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Festival promotes folklore ASIA

Festival promotes folklore

Saudi youths reacting as their vehicle descends a sand dune during the Liwa 2016 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250km southwest of Abu Dhabi.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
A year after ‘Je suis Charlie’, a divided France struggles INTERNATIONAL

A year after ‘Je suis Charlie’, a divided France struggles

One year on, an anxious, fragmented France is paying tribute to the victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine, with old divisions made worse by what President Francois Hollande has called “a terrible year”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Better warm-up games needed: Cook CULTURE

Better warm-up games needed: Cook

Captain Alastair Cook called for better quality warm-up games before and during major test series as he credited England’s first test victory over South Africa to the team’s solid preparations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Public firmly behind LA 2024 Olympic bid: chief CULTURE

Public firmly behind LA 2024 Olympic bid: chief

The leader of Los Angeles’s bid for the 2024 Olympics believes there is no chance the city’s quest to stage the games for a third time could falter through public scepticism...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dictator’s son says dad’s legacy will help in polls INTERNATIONAL

Dictator’s son says dad’s legacy will help in polls

The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos said yesterday his father’s legacy would help rather than hamper his own bid for the vice presidency.

4:45 AM November 25 2016