Chimp from 1930s US ‘Tarzan’ films dead at 80: zoo
Cheetah, a chimpanzee said to have performed in the "Tarzan" films of the 1930s, has died at the age of 80, according to the Florida sanctuary where he lived. "It…
Tablets, e-readers closing book on ink-and-paper era
Tablet computers and electronic readers promise to close the book on the ink-and-paper era as they transform the way people browse magazines, check news or lose themselves in novels. "It…
Asia’s natural-born allies
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: At a time when China’s economic, diplomatic, and military rise casts the shadow of a power disequilibrium over Asia, the just-concluded visit of Japanese Prime Minister…
Restoring European growth
By Jim Leitner, Nuno Monteiro and Ian Shapiro NEW YORK: Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis has rumbled on for so long that some people are beginning to take it for granted that eurozone…
Reforming repo rules
By Mark Roe CAMBRIDGE: Sometimes, we just don’t learn. After the financial crisis, the United States enacted the Dodd-Frank Act to overhaul American financial regulation, with the aim of reducing the…
Europe on a Chinese shoestring
By Yao Yang BEIJING: Will China help to rescue the euro, or not? In August, Premier Wen Jiabao said that China was ready to assist Europe in its hour of need.…
Syrian forces kill 13 as observers fan out
DAMASCUS: Regime forces fired on protesters at a protest hub near Damascus and killed at least 13 people around Syria on Thursday, even as peace monitors spread out across the…
Turkish air strike kills 35 in north Iraq, say officials
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish warplanes launched air strikes against suspected Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq near the Turkish border overnight, the military said on Thursday, but local officials said the attack killed…
US trip gives Saleh neither immunity nor exile
DUBAI: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to be let into the United States shows he may now be resigned to surrendering power after months of protests, but gives him…
Iran warns US over Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN: A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday the United States was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz", state…