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New Taipei post office ordered to pay woman who tripped over dog CNA 2015-06-14 The umbrella stand which caused the injury after the woman tripped over the dog. (Photo/Chen Chun-hsiung) A post office in New Taipei must provide a woman NT$170,000 (US$5,400) in compensation for her injuries...

Twitter axes private message limit AAP June 13, 2015, 8:36 am Twitter is to remove the 140-character limit on the private Direct Messages sent between users, the social network has confirmed. Beginning in July, the character limit will be lifted on messages that Twitter users send to each...

Snowden lauds 'historic victory' as US ends mass surveillance of phone calls PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 June, 2015, 1:13pm UPDATED : Friday, 05 June, 2015, 7:17pm Agence France-Presse in Washington Edward Snowden in a handout picture from the documentary Citizenfour. Photo: Praxis Films...

'Voice' told Hong Kong restaurant worker to throw chair that killed passer-by, court hears Kitchen helper hurled object, fracturing man's skull, after a voice in his head told him to PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 June, 2015, 3:21pm UPDATED : Thursday, 04 June, 2015, 2:23am Thomas Chan...

British actor joins Kurds fighting Islamic State group Jun. 2, 2015 1:11 PM EDT In this handout photo provided by Kurdish journalist Mohammed Hassan, taken on May 19, 2015, Michael Enright, center, a British actor who has had minor roles in Hollywood films, wears the Kurdish fighters...

Taiwan not ready to abolish death penalty: president 2015/05/31 13:59:52 Taipei, May 31 (CNA) Taiwan's government is currently unable to abolish capital punishment because society still needs time to reach a consensus on the issue, presidential spokesman Charles Chen (陳以信) cited President Ma...

India battles deadliest heatwave in two decades AFP May 29, 2015, 9:05 pm Hyderabad (India) (AFP) - Indian authorities urged hospitals to treat heatstroke as an emergency as the toll from a long heatwave topped 1,800 on Friday, making it the deadliest in more than two decades. Hundreds of...

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Mexican children who 'torture and kill six-year-old in game of kidnap' charged with murder The children aged between 15 and 11 are accused of killing Christopher Raymundo Márquez Mora after they allegedly tied his hands and feet before beating him and suffocating him Christopher Raymundo...

Freddie Gray: Grand jury indicts six officers Black prisoner died in police custody after suffering severe spinal injuries, sparking demonstrations in Baltimore These undated photos provided by the Baltimore Police Department, show Baltimore police officers, top row from left...

Madonna posts an image of Jewish and Muslim men kissing Madonna has posted an image of a Jewish man and a Muslim man kissing, sparking a furore on her Instagram page Madonna's Instagram page includes this image of a Jewish man and a Muslim man about to kiss By Harriet Alexander...

Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova Admits Her Photos Are Photoshopped By Elena Gorgan 16 May 2015, 08:50 GMT People who comment negatively on them are just jealous Valeria Lukyanova is a young woman from Ukraine who calls herself a model and whose goal in life is to look as plastic as...

At least 15 trapped in Colombia mine collapse: officials AFP May 14, 2015, 8:06 am Bogota (AFP) - At least 15 people were trapped underground Wednesday when an unlicensed gold mine in western Colombia collapsed, authorities said, as rescue workers raced to reach them. "A mine collapsed...

Arizona police fatally shoot man charging at them with sword May. 11, 2015 7:04 PM EDT KEARNY, Ariz. (AP) — Pinal County authorities say a Kearny man has been fatally shot after charging at police officers with a Samurai sword. County Sheriff's officials on Monday identified the man as...

Seven injured, including pregnant woman, after China's Joy Air plane skids off runway Passengers and crew evacuated after Joy Air budget flight swerves onto grass strip upon landing and starts emitting smoke at airport in Fujian PUBLISHED : Sunday, 10 May, 2015, 11:11pm UPDATED : Sunday, 10...

Rome airport in chaos after fire devastates terminal AFP May 8, 2015, 1:34 am Scores of flights have been cancelled and thousands of passengers had their travel plans wrecked after a fierce fire devastated part of a terminal at Rome's Fiumicino airport. The city's main airport was closed to...

Authorities find skeletons in underwater lawn chairs AP May 7, 2015, 9:01 am A man snorkelling in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border was terrified — and later embarrassed — when he came across two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet underwater. The man...

'They did nothing wrong': Baltimore lawyer insists officers charged over Freddie Gray's death are innocent Lawyer made the claim after shocking events leading to the death of Freddie Gray revealed PUBLISHED : Sunday, 03 May, 2015, 12:31am UPDATED : Sunday, 03 May, 2015, 1:55am Associated...

Freddie Gray case: Six Baltimore police officers charged in death of black man Date May 2, 2015 - 10:05PM Nick O'Malley US correspondent for Fairfax Media Baltimore: Thousands of protesters have hit the streets of Baltimore again despite the charging of six police officers over the death of a...

Baltimore police enforce third night of curfew AFP May 1, 2015, 4:52 pm Washington (AFP) - Baltimore police enforced a curfew for a third night, as new reports emerged over how the black man at the center of the latest US racial unrest sustained fatal injuries while in police custody. Fresh...