Zoo names monkey Charlotte, says sorry
TOKYO (TIP): A Japanese zoo has apologized after receiving complaints over naming a baby monkey Charlotte for the newborn British…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)UK SET TO GET NATIONAL BIRD TODAY
LONDON (TIP): Britain will officially have a national bird on May 8 after a massive public poll to choose from…
Read MoreChina blacklists 4 tourists for unruly behaviour
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities have blacklisted four people for misbehaving while traveling, as Beijing seeks to improve the image of…
Read MoreSalman’s verdict features in Chinese media
BEIJING (TIP): The court verdict sending movie actor Salman Khan to jail was featured in the news bulletin of China…
Read MoreDenmark set to turn cash-free
DENMARK (TIP): Denmark has moved one step closer to becoming the world's first cashless society, as the government proposes scrapping…
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No contest: Kazakh prez wins polls with 97.7% votes
ASTANA (TIP): Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only president Kazakhstan has ever seen since its birth some 24 years ago, won another…
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Cameron reprises Modi slogan for reelection
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have discovered a new electoral language: Hindi. Speaking to a TV correspondent on…
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Beijing pulls up PLA over India’s swift rescue operations
BEIJING (TIP): The Indian military's swift evacuation of thousands of Indians from earthquake-hit Nepal has put China's PLA on the…
Read MoreJapan consumer inflation up for first time in 10 months: Govt
TOKYO: Japan's core inflation picked up for the first time in 10 months in March, data showed on Friday, offering…
Read MoreNo Indian name on ‘top 100 young university’ list
LONDON (TIP): No Indian university has made it to the list of the world's top 100 which are under 50…
Read MoreManhunt in Hong Kong as kidnapper vanishes with$3.6 million ransom
BEIJING (TIP): The Hong Kong police has launched an intense manhunt for a man who extracted a ransom of$3.6 million…
Read MoreEU humanitarian chief sounds warning on Iraq
BAGHDAD (TIP): The head of the European Union's humanitarian aid department warned on Thursday that the situation in Iraq is…
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Nepal a rubble house as the Worst earthquake in 80 years kills more than 5800
KATHMANDU (TIP): The April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks have turned one of the world's most scenic regions in the…
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Nepal Earthquake: Rescuers Struggle to Reach Villages as Toll Tops 3,800
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal — Rescuers struggled to reach Nepal's more rural communities on Monday to assess the damage from a devastating…
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ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead: Claims Radio Iran
NEW DELHI: The enigmatic chief of Islamic State jihadist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Radio Iran has reported on…
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2 Indians Awarded for Saving Toddler Dangling From Balcony in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Two Indian nationals in Singapore have been hailed as heroes and commended for saving a dangling toddler stuck between…
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British PM David Cameron’s Party Woos Indian-Origin Voters with Hindi Song
Britain's Conservative Party has launched a new campaign song in Hindi aimed at wooing Indian-origin voters in the run up…
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Ash piles up from eruption of Chile’s Calbuco volcano
ENSENADA, CHILE (TIP): Twin blasts from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile sent vast clouds of ash into the sky,…
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EU LEADERS COMMIT SHIPS, AID TO ADDRESS MIGRANT CRISIS
BRUSSELS (TIP): Late to the rescue, European leaders came through on April 23 with pledges of big ships, aircraft and…
Read MoreNumber of reported rapes at its highest ever in UK
LONDON (TIP): Britain which has called the recent rapes in India an outrage, has now recorded the highest number of…
Read MoreChina fines Mercedes $57 million in price-fixing probe
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese regulator said on April 23 it has fined Mercedes Benz 350 million yuan ($57 million) on…
Read More21 confirmed dead in north China coal mine flood
BEIJING (TIP): Search teams have recovered the bodies of 21 Chinese coal miners who died when the shaft where they…
Read MoreUP project runner-up at UK award
LONDON (TIP): First the good news - a rural project in the heart of Uttar Pradesh that plans to use…
Read MoreChina cracks down on strippers at funerals
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities on Thursday bared the details of their latest anti-vice sweep: a campaign to halt the hiring…
Read MoreRocket from Gaza fired at Israel on its independence day: Army
JERUSALEM (TIP): Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel as it celebrated its independence day on April…
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Mexico’s ‘New Generation’ cartel takes police head-on
OCOTLAN, MEXICO (TIP): The town still bears the scars from the unprecedented offensive launched by a powerful Mexican drug cartel…
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Prosecuting those responsible for MH17 crash key priority: Dutch minister
HAGUE (TIP): Prosecuting those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew…
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‘Yemen is in flames’, says UN chief Ban Ki-moon, calls for immediate ceasefire
WASHINGTON (TIP): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called April 16 for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen to spur peace talks…
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth faces rebellion from Windsor staff
LONDON: For the first time in modern times, Queen Elizabeth is facing a rebellion - from the workers at her…
Read More‘41 missing’ in Mediterranean boat tragedy
ROME (TIP): As many as 41 migrants drowned after a small boat carrying refugees sank in the Mediterranean, Italian media…
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