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Money allegedly behind NZ poison threats By Paul Purcell and Tamara McLean October 13, 2015, 3:54 pm A businessman's threat to poison infant formula with 1080 if the pesticide was not banned was motivated by financial gain, the charge sheet states. The man, 60, appeared in Manukau District...

Australian crime-buster posted to Hong Kong to tackle drugs menace Expert deployed to Hong Kong as the number of Ice seizures hit record highs PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 2:12am UPDATED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 2:12am Lana Lam [email protected] American citizen Elizabeth...

Hit-and-run luxury car driver detained in Beijing Xinhua, October 8, 2015 Beijing police have detained a hit-and-run driver whose Lamborghini car knocked into eight vehicles and injured one person while speeding on a downtown street early Tuesday. The suspect, a 21-year-old man surnamed Yu...

Lamborghini driver flees after crashing into five cars in Beijing while speeding The luxury car, which did not carry a licence plate, hit a BMW, a sedan and at least three taxis PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 October, 2015, 10:19pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 06 October, 2015, 10:34pm Mimi Lau...

Farewell to arms: San Francisco’s last gun store shuts down for good High Bridge Arms cites growing opposition to bear arms and increased gun controls behind the shop's closure PUBLISHED : Monday, 05 October, 2015, 12:07pm UPDATED : Monday, 05 October, 2015, 12:12pm Associated Press High...

Four-year-old boy 'beheaded in human sacrifice witchcraft ritual in India' Villager set alight after being accused of beheading a small boy in India, according to reports It was reported the man murdered the child as an offering to the Indian Goddess Kali Photo: Alamy Stock...

Britain's youngest terrorist planned to behead his teachers, court hears The 15-year-old from Blackburn was directly recruited by Isil for Anzac Day terror plot and was nicknamed "the terrorist" by his classmates Britain's youngest terrorist wanted to behead his teachers Photo: Getty Images...

Revealed: How Much You Earn Facebook Each Year Mark Zuckerberg's site hoovers up 65% of worldwide social media advertising spending, and is expected to rake in $16.3bn in 2015. 10:49, Thursday 24 September 2015 People pose with mobile devices in front of projection of Facebook logo in this...

Google 'charges for YouTube adverts viewed by bots' By Kevin Rawlinson BBC News 23 September 2015 From the section Technology Google charges marketers even when its own checks indicate that adverts were not viewed by human beings, according to researchers. The experts reported that YouTube...

Cat and two of her kittens suffocate after being abandoned outside Hong Kong shelter PUBLISHED : Thursday, 24 September, 2015, 7:02am UPDATED : Thursday, 24 September, 2015, 7:02am Danny Mok [email protected] Cat and two of her kittens suffocate after being abandoned outside Hong Kong...

First Chinese 'Red Notice' fugitive repatriated from US Xinhua, September 18, 2015 A Chinese corruption suspect at large for 14 years has been repatriated from the United States to China. Yang Yinjun, on a list of 100 most-wanted Chinese fugitives abroad released by China in April, was...

First Chinese 'Red Notice' fugitive repatriated from US Xinhua, September 18, 2015 A Chinese corruption suspect at large for 14 years has been repatriated from the United States to China. Yang Yinjun, on a list of 100 most-wanted Chinese fugitives abroad released by China in April, was...

62 mainland Chinese and Taiwanese ‘prostitutes’ arrested as Hong Kong police raid karaoke bar ‘run by triads’ PUBLISHED : Friday, 18 September, 2015, 5:57pm UPDATED : Friday, 18 September, 2015, 5:57pm Clifford Lo [email protected] Police escort the suspected prostitutes out of the bar...

Man with cleavers outside Presidential Office taken in 2015/09/16 15:34:13 The Presidential Office. (CNA file photo) Taipei, Sept. 16 (CNA) A man who was seen standing in the middle of the street outside the Presidential Office was detained after he was found to be carrying two cleavers...

Two years’ jail for Hongkonger who certified over 1,000 tonnes of lard without inspection PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 15 September, 2015, 5:34pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 15 September, 2015, 6:57pm Julie Chu [email protected] Eagle View director So Tat-wai, 60, admits to having issued false reports and...

Wang Jianlin, Chinese billionaire and chairman of Wanda Group, purchased a well-known architectural landmark in Madrid known as Edificio Espana in 2014, and is now taking heat from locals for his plans to demolish the building. Wang and Wanda Group plan to demolish the 25-story building...

Wang Jianlin, Chinese billionaire and chairman of Wanda Group, purchased a well-known architectural landmark in Madrid known as Edificio Espana in 2014, and is now taking heat from locals for his plans to demolish the building. Wang and Wanda Group plan to demolish the 25-story building and...

US prosecutors drop fraud charges against professor accused of offering secret technology to China PUBLISHED : Saturday, 12 September, 2015, 11:17am UPDATED : Saturday, 12 September, 2015, 11:19am Associated Press Xi Xiaoxing in a photo from his Temple University profile. Photo: Temple...