Ebola and food security topic at World Food Prize
DES MOINES, Iowa: The West African Ebola epidemic and its impact on food security will be a topic of discussion as officials from African nations…
View More Ebola and food security topic at World Food PrizeBrazil prison guards taken hostage in uprising
RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 12 guards and dozens of inmates were held hostage amid a prisoner uprising in southern Brazil, during which some of…
View More Brazil prison guards taken hostage in uprisingProtesters burn state building in southern Mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico: Hundreds of students and teachers smashed windows and set fires inside a state capital building in southern Mexico on Monday, as fury erupted…
View More Protesters burn state building in southern MexicoKL shares lower on selling pressure
KUALA LUMPUR: The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI opened lower today on continued selling pressure, mostly seen in heavyweights, dealers said. To continue reading the…
View More KL shares lower on selling pressureWall St drops in late selloff
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 dropped more than one per cent and posted its worst three-day slide since November 2011 on Monday following worries that…
View More Wall St drops in late selloffAmerican plane makes emergency landing at SFO
SAN FRANCISCO: A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport Monday after some of the cabins wall panels came…
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THE HAGUE: Dutch officials Monday returned to the crash site of flight MH17 in Ukraine, where the search for remains and belongings resumed with the…
View More MH17: Dutch return to crash site as search resumesDenmark has best pension system; China, India, Japan among worst
DENMARK: Denmark has the worlds best pension system, followed by Australia and the Netherlands, while China, India, Japan and South Korea fare among the worst,…
View More Denmark has best pension system; China, India, Japan among worstBringing back the ‘usrah’ system to mahallah
By Hamka Rosli GOMBAK: The Mahallah (hostel) in IIUM has gone through several changes ever since the reception of students back in 1985. Beginning with…
View More Bringing back the ‘usrah’ system to mahallahPunk turned lecturer Iggy Pop: Take money out of music
LONDON: Punk godfather Iggy Pop on Monday urged young performers to relax about industry changes and set their financial expectations low, saying that music was…
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