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Thai laborers arrested for smoking amphetamine 2015/09/05 22:25:30 Taipei, Sept. 5 (CNA) Thirty-one Thai laborers working at a printing factory in New Taipei have been detained for smoking amphetamine, police said on Saturday. Police raided the factory in Xindian District (新店) and seized 2.05...

Dying to get the photo: Five selfies that ended tragically PUBLISHED : Friday, 04 September, 2015, 5:51pm UPDATED : Friday, 04 September, 2015, 8:52pm Stephanie Chin [email protected] A daredevil scales one of Hong Kong's highest buildings. Photo: SCMP Pictures The initially playful...

French farmers invade Paris with 1,700 tractors to protest low pork and milk prices Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, pledges €3bn aid package over next two years John Lichfield Paris Thursday 03 September 2015 Like a medieval peasant army besieging the capital, six giant columns of tractors...

Three suspected Islamist militants, including one Briton, arrested for murder of Bangladeshi bloggers Four secular bloggers have been hacked to death in Muslim-majority Bangladesh since the start of the year. PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 4:54pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015...

Cyberflashing is sexual harassment for the smartphone era By William Turton Aug 13, 2015, 5:00pm CT | Last updated Aug 13, 2015, 5:05pm CT Spend enough time in a big city, and you'll probably get flashed—or, as the police like to call it, “indecent exposure.” But have you ever been...

Taiwan unveils its biggest ever military drone AFP August 13, 2015, 12:17 am Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan unveiled the prototype of its largest ever military drone on Wednesday as it seeks to boost its defence forces in the face of a perceived threat from China. The sleek, white unmanned aircraft...

Action star Jackie Chan wants to work with son Jaycee on album and movie PUBLISHED : Monday, 03 August, 2015, 11:15pm UPDATED : Monday, 03 August, 2015, 11:31pm ENTERTAINMENT Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan said his relationship with son Jaycee Chan had changed for the better after...

Published: Saturday August 1, 2015 MYT 7:10:00 PM Updated: Saturday August 1, 2015 MYT 9:17:04 PM Twenty-nine arrested over Sogo rally by nicholas cheng KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested 29 people over a protest rally in front of the Sogo shopping centre on Saturday. The detainees are...

Myanmar amnesty frees Chinese loggers, political prisoners AFP July 30, 2015, 11:30 pm Myanmar frees Chinese loggers as goodwill gesture Yangon (AFP) - Myanmar on Thursday released 155 Chinese nationals, who were last week jailed for illegal logging, as a "goodwill" gesture following...

Malaysia blocks website critical of PM Najib Razak and scandal-plagued state fund 1MDB Malaysian authorities have blocked access to a website critical of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government for violating a local internet law. PUBLISHED : Monday, 20 July, 2015, 4:05pm UPDATED : Monday, 20...

Thousands urged to evacuate as Typhoon Nangka hits Japan AFP July 17, 2015, 2:57 am Tokyo (AFP) - Powerful Typhoon Nangka barrelled into the Japanese island of Shikoku late Thursday, killing at least one person as authorities urged more than 350,000 people to evacuate. Nangka, packing gusts...

Australian woman jailed in Abu Dhabi for Facebook post Date July 14, 2015 - 5:38AM Jodi Magi, in a photo from her website. Photo: jodimagi.com An Australian woman has been arrested and jailed in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for "writing bad words on social media", the ABC reports...

Published: Monday July 13, 2015 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Monday July 13, 2015 MYT 7:52:00 AM ‘Mall melee not about race’ KUALA LUMPUR: The ruckus which broke out between thugs and sales clerks at a smartphone shop in a shopping mall here was not racial in nature, said Inspector-General of...

Woman 'ignored' by boyfriend set fire to hotel in revenge Georgina Tranter set fire to a hotel putting 130 lives at risk in revenge for her partner "ignoring" her at a hunt and hound ball Georgina Tranter admitted to arson Photo: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Picture Agency Ltd By...

Anti-China protesters in Turkey attack Koreans by mistake Staff Reporter 2015-07-07 Two Chinese tourists take a selfie in the ruins at Ephesus, Turkey. (Photo/CFP) Turkish nationalists protesting China's treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims accidentally attacked some Korean tourists by...

Police in China seize 20,000 tonnes of low-grade ‘fake’ salt sold to restaurants and supermarkets Gang sold huge quantities of cheap industrial salt and passed it off as table salt PUBLISHED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 5:13pm UPDATED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 5:34pm Mimi Lauin Guangzhou...

Hong Kong second most expensive city in the world for beer drinkers For the price of just one bottle in fancy Lan Kwai Fong you can swig six in the Polish city PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 01 July, 2015, 2:55am UPDATED : Wednesday, 01 July, 2015, 2:55am Raquel Carvalho [email protected]...

Teen jailed for 'inhumane' murder By Hong Cuc, Thanh Nien News KIEN GIANG - Saturday, June 27, 2015 13:00 Nguyen Kha Dat at a trial in Kien Giang Province June 26 for killing his mother to take her gold and buy two motorbikes. Photo credit: Hong Cuc A court in southern Vietnam on Friday...