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Nearly 30,000 firefighters battling western US blazes AFP August 20, 2015, 1:48 am Los Angeles (AFP) - Nearly 30,000 firefighters and support staff were battling blazes across a handful of mainly western US states, officials said Wednesday, after millions of acres and multiple buildings have...

Microsoft finds another sneaky way to steal Android away from Google By Chris Smith on Aug 10, 2015 at 6:30 PM Image Source: Microsoft News Microsoft has been making some killer Android apps lately and now it seems the company has come up with another way to have its software replace...

Dozens killed after 2 trains derail on rain-flooded tracks in India THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 07:01 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 07:09 PM EDT People gather at the site of a train accident near the town of Harda in Madhya Pradesh state...

French teen finds 560,000 year-old tooth AFP July 29, 2015, 1:56 am Toulouse (France) (AFP) - A 16-year-old French volunteer archaeologist has found an adult tooth dating back around 560,000 years in southwestern France, in what researchers hailed as a "major discovery" Tuesday. "A large...

China police shoot man dead at construction site dispute PUBLISHED : Sunday, 19 July, 2015, 2:30pm UPDATED : Sunday, 19 July, 2015, 2:30pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing Police officers opened fire after some of the protesters “assaulted the police" and attempted to grab their weapons...

Trump campaign mistakenly tweets image of Nazi soldiers helping ‘make America great again’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 July, 2015, 8:48am UPDATED : Wednesday, 15 July, 2015, 8:48am Agence France-Presse in New York A cropped version of the image tweeted by the Trump campaign under the hashtag...

Japanese police raid Toyota HQ after arresting top US executive on drug charges PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 24 June, 2015, 2:31pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 June, 2015, 2:31pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A vehicle carrying Julie Hamp leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo for the prosecutors'...

Two HK reporters quarantined after covering MERS in Seoul CNA and Staff Reporter 2015-06-08 Passengers wear face masks at Hong Kong International Airport, June 5. (Photo/CNS) Two Hong Kong journalists who just returned from an assignment in South Korea have been quarantined on suspicion of...

Corpse left in suitcase at busy train station for a month AFP June 2, 2015, 2:38 am Corpse left in suitcase at busy Tokyo station for a month Police inspect a locker at Tokyo station where the corpse of a woman was found stuffed into a suitcase for at least a month. Photo: AFP The corpse of...

Sichuan woman uses fake mom to steal real mother's properties Staff Reporter 2015-05-23 This cartoon shows the daughter (left) walking with the 'fake mom' as her real mother looks on horrified. (Photo/CFP) A woman in Sichuan province's Chengdu city allegedly hired several people to imitate...

Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleads not guilty on first day of trial for criminal negligence Graft within rice subsidy scheme cost Thailand billions of dollars and galvanised protests against her elected government prior to last May’s coup. PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 19 May, 2015...

'No compromises': Designer of controversial smart gun quits manufacturing firm The smart gun, which would only allow its registered owner to fire it, had been touted as response to the moral challenges of the industry. PUBLISHED : Friday, 15 May, 2015, 1:06am UPDATED : Friday, 15 May, 2015...

Stench of death spreads through Kathmandu as Nepal quake death toll climbs to 6,200 PUBLISHED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 5:14pm UPDATED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 7:17pm Reuters in Kathmandu A Nepalese woman and her child line up with others to receive a daily stipend of food from the Nepalese...

China steps up spying activities against Taiwan Chang Kuo-wei and Staff Reporter 2015-04-18 Lin Chong-bin. (Photo/Chang Kuo-wei) China appears to be stepping up spying activities against Taiwan, partly for the purpose of causing the US to have second thoughts about transferring military...

Student attacked i-Cable security guard over disputed HK$600 bill Son angered by charges for cancelled broadband admits wounding security man with army knife PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 12:09am UPDATED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 2:42am Thomas Chan [email protected] Police...

South China now favoured way out of country for IS recruits: terrorism expert Smuggling ring busted in Pearl River Delta, leaked Guangdong police document says PUBLISHED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015, 3:56am UPDATED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015, 7:55am Mimi Lau in Guangzhou [email protected]...

Nepal jails man for 35 years for rape, murder of 7-year-old Mar. 18, 2015 1:56 AM EDT KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A court in southern Nepal has sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl, officials said Wednesday. The girl had gone missing Feb. 20 near her...

Police hunt killer of mother who died protecting her two children from hail of bullets Chyemil Pierce was saving to move to a better neighbourhood Heather Saul Wednesday 11 March 2015 Police are hunting the killer of a mother who died protecting her two young children from gunfire...

Britain's Daily Telegraph accused of 'fraud' over HSBC saga Daily Telegraph writer quit saying curbing coverage amounted to 'fraud on its readers' PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 February, 2015, 6:29am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 February, 2015, 6:29am Reuters in London Britain's Daily Telegraph accused...

Egypt's el-Sissi wants a UN-backed coalition on Libya By HAMZA HENDAWI Feb. 17, 2015 5:50 PM EST In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency in the early hours of Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi makes a statement after militants in Libya affiliated with the...