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China's annual dog meat festival under growing pressure as 200,000 sign petition China loses appetite for dog in the face of growing international pressure against organisers of Yulin Dog and Cat Meat festival A still from the YouTube video leading the petition launched by Duo...

Google launches 16 camera GoPro virtual reality system PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 May, 2015, 10:14am UPDATED : Friday, 29 May, 2015, 10:18am Reuters in San Francisco Action camera maker GoPro and Google introduced a virtual reality system using 16 cameras and Google software, sending GoPro...

Convicted French sex offender who became school head teacher 'may have raped 55 pupils' Some 55 pupils of a primary school in south-eastern France, or their parents on their behalf, have accused the school's ex-head teacher of sexual abuse, prosecutor reveals French Justice...

Baltimore unrest subsides as police seek to disperse angry crowd Date April 30, 2015 - 12:52AM William Selway A police officer walks by a blaze on Monday after rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos. Photo: AP Baltimore: Unrest in Baltimore subsided as National Guard troops and...

Freddie Gray case: Baltimore awaits answers in black man's death in police custody Date April 30, 2015 - 5:28AM Scott Malone, Ian Simpson and Warren Strobel Melech Thomas chants during a demonstration outside the State Attorney's office calling for the continued investigation into the death...

Turkey 'condemns' Putin comments on Armenia genocide AFP April 25, 2015, 7:59 am Ankara (AFP) - Turkey on Friday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for referring to genocide during commemorations of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians during World War I. The foreign ministry said...

Oregon 'cold-blooded' farmer Susan Monica convicted of killing men and feeding bodies to pigs By Maria Khan April 22, 2015 23:56 BST Oregon farmer, Susan Monica, was found guilty of murdering the two handymen and feeding their corpses to her farm animals.Twitter It took jurors only an hour...

Italy calls for emergency EU summit on migrant crisis AFP April 20, 2015, 9:05 am Rome (AFP) - Italy on Sunday called for an emergency summit of European Union leaders following the latest migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Rome would be seeking the...

Woman ditches 'toxic' husband and beats cancer Yahoo News March 30, 2015, 5:26 pm Woman ditches toxic husband and beats cancer Candice-marie Fox ditched everything that was toxic in her life, including her husband, to beat cancer. Photo: Facebook A terminally-ill woman who was given just...

Hong Kong woman, 54, held on suspicion of killing husband, 65, after property argument PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 1:25pm UPDATED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 1:26pm Clifford Lo [email protected] Officers were called to the Kai Tin Estate in the early hours of this morning...

Pakistani Christians riot after two churches bombed during prayer services Date March 16, 2015 - 1:03PM Arif Ali Pakistani Christians in Karachi chant slogans during a demonstration to condemn the suicide bombing attack on two churches in Lahore. Photo: Fareed Khan Fourteen people were...

Jackie Chan refuses to give speech in front of journalists at political conference Film star says the presence of the media stops him ‘speaking from the heart’ during political advisory body forum in Beijing PUBLISHED : Thursday, 12 March, 2015, 1:57pm UPDATED : Thursday, 12 March, 2015...

Brazil judge orders deportation of Italian extremist AFP March 4, 2015, 10:34 am BrasÃ*lia (AFP) - A Brazilian federal judge on Tuesday ordered the deportation of Italian extremist and writer Cesare Battisti, convicted of murder in his homeland, citing legislation providing for the removal...

Coming soon: Bruce Lee's daughter kick-starts plans for Hong Kong legend's official biopic PUBLISHED : Saturday, 28 February, 2015, 1:21pm UPDATED : Saturday, 28 February, 2015, 2:50pm Associated Press in Los Angeles Bruce Lee's incredible martial arts moves are what most of his fans...

Russia accused of sheltering 'master cybercriminal' wanted by US Kremlin accused of failing to cooperate over case of Evgeniy Bogachev, wanted in US over $100m bank fraud scam Evgeniy Mikhailovitch Bogachev By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent 3:29PM GMT 25 Feb 2015 Russia has...

Probe launched after Hong Kong police pose with guns for 'Occupy' picture PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 February, 2015, 5:04am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 February, 2015, 8:56am Timmy Sung [email protected] Police officers pose to mark the Year of the Goat. Photo: SMP An internal police probe has been...

US embassy issues alert after report of Lunar New Year terror plot in Kunming PUBLISHED : Monday, 16 February, 2015, 1:34am UPDATED : Monday, 16 February, 2015, 9:32am Staff Reporters The US embassy in Beijing says it is aware of unspecified media reports that terrorists are planning an...

Vietnam set to deport Korean man for overstaying visa, working as tour guide Thanh Nien News QUANG NINH - Thursday, February 12, 2015 15:51 Yu Seong Il has been fined and forced to leave Vietnam for staying with an expired visa and working as a tour guide illegally. Photo credit: Lao Dong...

Sex text shocker as six-year-old boy receives lewd messages Date February 12, 2015 - 8:17AM Isobel Ewing Dayna Alldridge and her son Tyler, six, whose phone has been receiving texts from random numbers requesting sexual favours. Photo: Andy Jackson/Fairfax NZ A six-year-old New Zealand boy...

Judge upholds man's six-month jail sentence for fire threat during Mong Kok protests PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 11 February, 2015, 2:18am UPDATED : Wednesday, 11 February, 2015, 2:18am Julie Chu [email protected] Judge upholds man's six-month jail sentence for fire threat during Mong Kok...