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'Iron Man' posts photo holding HTC phone on Facebook CNA 2015-05-02 The selfie of Robert Downey Jr with a HTC smartphone. (Photo from Robert Downey Jr's Facebook page) Robert Downey Jr, star of Iron Man, stoked interest in Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corporation after posting a selfie of...

Thousands of Filipinos asked to turn off home appliances to save power for Pacquiao-Mayweather fight PUBLISHED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 2:07pm UPDATED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 4:48pm Agence France-Presse in Puerto Princesa Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (right) fights American Floyd Mayweather...

Chinese police detain 16 foreign suspected members of mafia-style gang Gang members, who reportedly started out as debt collectors, believed to have been involved in drugs-related crimes, fraud and robbery of foreign visitors in Guangzhou PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 29 April, 2015, 4:01pm UPDATED ...

17 climbers killed in Everest's deadliest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake Rescuers rush to save mountaineers after avalanche, with one Hongkonger escaping disaster on the peak for second year in row PUBLISHED : Sunday, 26 April, 2015, 6:55am UPDATED : Sunday, 26 April, 2015, 12:20pm...

Bogus bottled beverage: company caught selling fake mineral water 2015/04/24 15:55:04 Taipei, April 24 (CNA) A bottled water manufacturer in Kaohsiung City has been discovered to be selling bogus mineral water made from unlicensed underground water resources, prosecutors said Friday...

Student armed with crossbow allegedly kills teacher, injures students at Barcelona school Date April 21, 2015 - 5:00AM AFP A body is removed from the Instituto Joan Foster in Barcelona. Photo: Getty Images A 13-year-old boy armed with a crossbow and knife killed a teacher and wounded four...

30 detained as xenophobic attacks simmer in S. Africa AFP April 18, 2015, 7:04 pm Johannesburg (AFP) - South African police detained more than 30 people overnight as xenophobic violence simmered around the economic hub Johannesburg, officials said on Saturday. Anti-foreigner violence that...

Asiana Airlines aircraft runs off runway in Hiroshima, 22 injured PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 4:42am UPDATED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 4:42am Kyodo An Asiana Airlines airplane that arrived from Incheon airport, and ran out of runway soon after landing is pictured at Hiroshima...

Shark attack leaves 13-year-old dead Yahoo News April 13, 2015, 6:12 am A 13-year-old boy has been killed in a shark attack that took place off the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Photo: Facebook Elio Canestri was surfing with seven friends and was thought to be around 15 metres...

Woman 'pretended to be family of Germanwings crash victim to get free flights to France' PUBLISHED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 1:14pm UPDATED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 4:02pm Associated Press in Berlin A woman (with no link to the suspected flier) kneels in front of candles and flowers as she...

India launches air quality index after WHO names Delhi ‘world’s most polluted capital’ New measuring system set up in response to the World Health Organisation nominating New Delhi as the world's most polluted capital PUBLISHED : Monday, 06 April, 2015, 11:00pm UPDATED : Monday, 06 April...

Chinese tycoon denies colluding with disgraced senior spy Ma Jian Guo Wengui rejects allegations he conspired with Ma to plot downfall of Beijing official over the rights to a landmark property project PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 1:02am UPDATED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 1:02am...

Former director of Hong Kong property firm fined HK$1,500 for stealing HK$12 cloth Poon Kai-tik, previously of The Link Management, ordered to pay 125 times the value of the cloth he was convicted of stealing PUBLISHED : Friday, 27 March, 2015, 11:50pm UPDATED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015...

230 suspected jihadis stopped at Australian airports PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 3:19am UPDATED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 3:19am Associated Press in Canberra Surveillance video of two teenage brothers suspected of trying to fly to the Middle East to fight, at Sydney Airport on...

Machete-wielding man shot by US police at New Orleans airport dies PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 March, 2015, 8:30am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 March, 2015, 7:24pm Associated Press in Kenner, Louisiana Police vehicles surround the entrance to New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport after a...

Malaysian state OKs Islamic penalties, splitting opposition AFP March 19, 2015, 6:53 pm Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - A Malaysian state governed by an opposition Muslim party passed a law on Thursday mandating tough Islamic criminal punishments, a move that threatens to break up a fractious...

Police probe attempt to blackmail thousands of Japanese teachers PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 March, 2015, 11:35am UPDATED : Tuesday, 17 March, 2015, 11:35am Julian Ryall in Tokyo More than 2,500 teachers in Japan have received the extortion letters that threaten to expose them for supposedly...

Afghan army kills commander of Islamic State affiliate Mar. 16, 2015 9:25 AM EDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan army killed a militant commander who had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, the Ministry of Defense said on Monday. In an operation in the southern Helmand...

'Jihadi John': Former Isis hostage gives chilling account of mock execution at hands of militant identified as Mohammed Emwazi Spanish journalist, who was later freed, says militant demanded 'maximum drama' and threatened hostages with a metre-long antique sword Adam Withnall Sunday 15...

Adult trial for girls in Slender Man case AP March 14, 2015, 12:50 pm Two young US girls accused of stabbing their classmate to please the horror character Slender Man must stand trial as adults for attempted homicide, a judge says. Both girls face a count of being a party to attempted...