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Spanish football chief's niece dead in Mexico after kidnapping AFP on September 21, 2016, 8:32 am Madrid (AFP) - A niece of Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar was found dead Tuesday in Mexico after she was abducted and held for ransom for several days, Spain's foreign...

CAL plane damaged by bird strike in Philippines 2016/08/19 21:00:48 Photo courtesy of Manila Airport staff Manila, Aug. 19 (CNA) An aircraft belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) was damaged Friday by a bird strike in the Philippines, the air carrier said. CAL flight 701 from Taipei...

Telegram denies Iranian mass breach 3 August 2016 Technology Encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has denied hackers breached its systems to gain the telephone numbers of 15 million Iranian users. Checks on phone numbers had revealed "publicly available data", it said. But it...

'Strong evidence' of alcohol-cancer link AAP on July 22, 2016, 11:42 am A New Zealand study has found strong evidence that alcohol causes at least seven types of cancer. There is strong evidence that alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, a review has concluded. A study...

Daewoo Shipbuilding raided for ‘cooking the books’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 June, 2016, 6:45pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 June, 2016, 6:45pm Agence France-Presse Prosecutors on Wednesday raided Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company (DSME), one of South Korea’s three giant...

Cat rescued after being caught in mouse glue trap 2016/05/24 17:59:07 Taipei, May 24 (CNA) The New Taipei City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office recently shared a case of a rescued cat that was caught in a mouse glue trap, and explained methods to help animals in the same...

Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes AFP on May 16, 2016, 7:29 pm Cannes (France) (AFP) - Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen. He also talked to the priests and imams who helped...

Google designs emojis depicting professional women 11 May 2016 section Technology Google is suggesting 13 new emojis depicting women in a range of jobs Google engineers have designed a set of 13 emojis that they say better represent women in the world of work. The designs have been...

Man kills himself with homemade bomb on Dak Lak street By Le Ai, Thanh Nien News DAK LAK - Monday, April 25, 2016 13:03 Police investigate the scene on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in Buon Ma Thuot Town. Photo credit: Tien Thanh/Tuoi Tre Police investigate the scene on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in...

Uganda drops charges against Aust doctor Godfrey Olukya - AAP on April 15, 2016, 10:00 pm The Uganda government has withdrawn all criminal charges against Australian cardiologist Aggrey Kiyingi. Uganda's director of public prosecutions Mike Chibita on Thursday discontinued the charges of...

Myanmar political prisoners to be released BBC News 3 hours ago Dozens of students in Myanmar who have been awaiting trial have been set free as the new government begins to release all remaining political prisoners. The students had been held in Tharrawaddy since last year after staging a...

Money dispute suspected: three arrested after Hong Kong police find decomposed body in cement-filled box Victim’s clothing matches that of missing 28-year-old Cheung Man-li, and investigators look for five people in relation to the gruesome case PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 March, 2016, 1:19am...

ISIS claims responsibility for Brussels attacks Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg, The Associated Press First posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 06:30 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 03:15 PM EDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpjiguckKs BRUSSELS -- Bombs exploded Tuesday at the...

Paris attacks raid: Gunman killed and four police wounded in Brussels shootout PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, 9:56am UPDATED : Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, 9:56am Agence France-Presse in Brussels Belgian police stand near a security barrier near the apartment where shots were fired in...

Myanmar police make $30 mn drugs seizure AFP March 6, 2016, 6:15 pm Yangon (AFP) - Police in Myanmar seized more than $30 million worth of heroin and methamphetamine, a senior investigator told AFP on Sunday, a bust that highlights the country's continued role as a major global drugs...

Indonesia threatens internet giants with blockages unless they pay tax PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 February, 2016, 4:34pm UPDATED : Monday, 29 February, 2016, 4:34pm Reuters in Jakarta Jakarta says internet companies are making millions from Indonesians, so it’s time to pay up. Photo: AFP...

More than 1,300 police officers deployed in crackdown on fraud in central Chinese city Public security bureau sends phalanx of officers, hundreds of cars and dog teams to round up suspects in Zhumadian city, Henan province, state media reports PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 February, 2016, 5:13pm...

Old heave-ho: jeweller, 76, foils 63-year-old robber in Tsim Sha Tsui showdown Man wielded weapon which turned out to be an air gun PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 3:38pm UPDATED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 5:16pm Clifford Lo [email protected] The suspect was thought to be in...

World health officials mobilize on Zika threat AFP February 3, 2016, 5:08 am Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - World health officials mobilized with emergency response plans and funding pleas Tuesday as fears grow that the Zika virus, blamed for a surge in the number of brain-damaged babies, could...