BEIJING: A tour bus plunged into a Tibetan valley on Saturday after hitting two vehicles, killing 44 people and injuring 11, China´s official news agency Xinhua reported. “The 55-seat bus carrying 50 people fell off a 10-metre-plus-high cliff after crashing … read more
GENEVA: Clinical trials of vaccines for the deadly Ebola virus should soon get underway and will likely be ready for widespread use by early next year, the World Health Organization said Saturday. “I think it´s realistic,” Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director-general … read more
MANCHESTER: Chris Woakes took his first wicket of the match as he helped England cope with losing Stuart Broad to injury in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford on Saturday. India were 33 for one in their second … read more
BEIJING: In a disquieting news for the slowing down Chinese economy, all of China’s 31 provinces reported lower than expected local GDP growth in the first half of this year, with regions reliant on heavy industry suffering the biggest blow … read more
NEW YORK: Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple and Google failed to persuade a U.S. judge to sign off on a $324.5 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching … read more