Badminton world number one Momota hurt, driver killed in Malaysia crash
Badminton world number one Kento Momota was injured and his driver was killed in a crash near Kuala Lumpur on Monday just hours after he won the Malaysia Masters. Police…
Prince Harry’s wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm
Prince Harry's wife Meghan has returned to Canada following the couple's bombshell announcement that they were quitting their frontline royal duties, their spokeswoman said on Friday. The Duke and Duchess…
‘Damning’ Boeing documents show employees mocked US regulators
Boeing's 737 MAX plane is "designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys", a company employee wrote in one of a trove of newly published internal messages. The…
Citizens battle to save China’s sickly ‘mother river’
by Poornima WEERASEKARA Water has been a source of death as well as a source of life for a generation in Shenqiu, a region fed by a tributary of China's…
All that Jazz: the ex-Buddhist monk meditating his way to golf’s Masters
by Ross ADKIN Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond has something special in his bag as he prepares for the US Masters -- the Buddhist meditation techniques learned as a monk that have…
UK royals ‘hurt’ after Harry, Meghan quit front-line roles
by Robin MILLARD, James PHEBY and Joe JACKSON Prince Harry and his celebrity wife Meghan's bombshell resignation from front-line royal duties rocked the British monarchy on Thursday, with reports suggesting…
British MPs set to finally seal Brexit deal
by Alice RITCHIE and Dmitry ZAKS After years of angry arguments that toppled two governments, Britain's parliament Thursday will finally approve the terms of Brexit, clearing the divided country's exit…
China believes new virus behind mystery pneumonia outbreak
by Jing Xuan TENG / with Yan Zhao in Hong Kong China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from…
Malaysia ex-PM ‘sought Abu Dhabi royal’s help over scandal’
Malaysia's disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak allegedly sought help from Abu Dhabi's crown prince to conceal wrongdoing linked to a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal, recordings released Wednesday by investigators showed. Huge sums…
Facebook exec says it helped put Trump in White House
by Glenn CHAPMAN A senior Facebook executive on Tuesday said the world's biggest social network unintentionally helped put Donald Trump in the White House but warned against dramatic rule changes.…