Padres edge Dodgers, Mets on the brink
The San Diego Padres sent the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink of postseason…
Category: Regional
Can carbon credits help close coal plants?
A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some…
With EU funding, Tunisian farmer revives parched village
With parched crops on one side and lush green plants on the other, a small…
Sega ninja game ‘Shinobi’ gets movie treatment
Sega said Wednesday one of its most popular games, “Shinobi”, will be made into a…
Boeing suspends negotiations with striking workers
Boeing on Tuesday suspended negotiations with its striking workers as it accused the International Association…
7-Eleven owner’s shares spike on report of new buyout offer
Shares in the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven surged Wednesday following reports that Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard…
Your ‘local everything’: what 7-Eleven buyout battle means for Japan
In Japan more is at stake than money in the mammoth takeover battle for 7-Eleven,…
Paying out disaster relief before climate catastrophe strikes
Beyond the complex byways of international finance, a simple solution is gaining ground to protect…
Three million UK children living below poverty line: study
A record 9.3 million people, including three million children, are facing hunger and hardship in…
China’s Jia brings film spanning love, change over decades to Busan
Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s ambitious latest, which utilises footage shot across two decades, offered a…