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Nutella blamed by French minister Segolene Royal for worsening climate change Date June 18, 2015 - 5:57AM France's Ecology Minister Segolene Royal Photo: AFP Paris, France: France's Ecology Minister Segolene Royal has apologised for telling people not to eat Nutella because it contributed...

'We should stop eating Nutella' because of global warming, says French ecology minister Ségolène Royal Her comments angered Italian politicians, as Nutella is one of the nation's biggest exports Kashmira Gander Thursday 18 June 2015 The French ecology minister has made a suggestion...

Turkish editor gets 21 month suspended sentence for 'insulting Erdogan' AFP June 17, 2015, 4:33 am Ankara (AFP) - An Ankara court on Tuesday handed down a 21-month suspended jail sentence to an editor of a leading English-language Turkish daily newspaper after convicting him of insulting...

Top banker bailed after death of Hong Kong security guard in HK$4.5m Ferrari crash PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 June, 2015, 3:05am UPDATED : Thursday, 11 June, 2015, 2:39am Clifford Lo [email protected] The crash happened at the ground-floor entrance of the Waterfront car park in Austin...

Phoenix website editor jailed for deleting stories for money Staff Reporter 2015-06-08 An ifeng pavilion at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing. (Photo/CFP) A former editor at ifeng.com, the website operated by the Hong Kong-based Phoenix New Media, was recently sentenced to...

New Delhi bans Nestle’s instant noodles over high levels of lead PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 June, 2015, 8:37pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 03 June, 2015, 8:37pm Agence France-Presse in New Delhi An Indian shopkeeper takes a box of Nestle 'Maggi' instant noodles off his shelves in New Delhi on...

NSA loses bulk phone surveillance powers, after senators fail to pass extension PUBLISHED : Monday, 01 June, 2015, 12:22pm UPDATED : Monday, 01 June, 2015, 7:22pm Associated Press in Washington US Republican Senator Rand Paul leaves the US Capitol after speaking against the extension of the...

Train hero who defended Muslim women against abuse forgives others for not stepping in Date May 27, 2015 Tammy Mills and Marissa Calligeros A Good Samaritan who jumped to the defence of three Muslim women being verbally abused on a Melbourne train does not blame other commuters for not...

Exclusive - Air France faces new safety probe after freighter scare Reuters May 29, 2015, 11:41 pm An Air France aircraft takes-off at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport, near Paris April 8, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Air France faces its second safety...

Israel ex-PM Olmert sentenced to 8 months for corruption AFP May 25, 2015, 10:13 pm Jerusalem (AFP) - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption on Monday, the latest legal blow in a spectacular fall from grace. Lawyers for Olmert, who...

Two jailed for fraud over stock exchange notices PUBLISHED : Saturday, 23 May, 2015, 2:13am UPDATED : Saturday, 23 May, 2015, 2:13am Thomas Chan [email protected] Two jailed for fraud over stock exchange notices Two businesswomen were jailed for seven and five years respectively...

Two Hong Kong businesswomen guilty in US$225 million fraud to be sentenced PUBLISHED : Friday, 22 May, 2015, 3:07am UPDATED : Friday, 22 May, 2015, 3:07am Thomas Chan [email protected] Two Hong Kong businesswomen guilty in US$225 million fraud to be sentenced Two businesswomen convicted...

Teachers strike in France to protest school reforms AFP May 20, 2015, 3:41 am Paris (AFP) - Teachers in France went on strike Tuesday to protest against a proposed reform of secondary education that has become a bitter battleground for one of the country's rising political stars. Education...

Police expand hunt for alleged kingpin of a Thai people-smuggling network Thai authorities believe Pajjuban Aungkachotephan, a one-time senior provincial official known locally as Ko Tong, has fled the kingdom. PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 13 May, 2015, 3:57pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 13 May, 2015...

Bangladeshi employee has miscarriage in factory toilet: police AFP May 11, 2015, 1:24 am Dhaka (AFP) - An employee at one of Bangladesh's largest footwear factories suffered a miscarriage in a workplace toilet after she was allegedly refused medical leave, police said Sunday. Factory worker...