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Chemical levels above safe limit at site of Tianjin warehouse explosion PUBLISHED : Sunday, 16 August, 2015, 1:12am UPDATED : Sunday, 16 August, 2015, 1:23am Nectar Gan and Keira Lu Huang in Tianjin Firefighters work at the site of the explosions on Saturday. Photo: AFP Firefighters...

Chemical experts assess China blast site after 50 killed AFP August 14, 2015, 6:20 am VIDEO Massive explosions rock Chinese city Tianjin (China) (AFP) - A Chinese military team of nuclear and chemical experts began work Thursday at the site of two massive explosions in the city of Tianjin...

Malaysia opposition party files suit against PM Najib Razak and indebted state fund 1MDB PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 12 August, 2015, 4:17pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 12 August, 2015, 4:17pm Reuters in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's PM Najib Razak has denied taking any money for personal gain. Photo...

Myanmar asks for international aid as flood misery spreads AFP August 5, 2015, 2:52 am Sittwe (Myanmar) (AFP) - Myanmar formally appealed Tuesday for international help in tackling massive floods with rescuers struggling to reach isolated regions, as rain-battered Asian nations counted the...

German police find 400 kilograms of cocaine hidden in banana shipments The Associated Press First posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 02:02 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 31, 2015 02:08 PM EDT Confiscated cocaine packed in banana boxes are displayed during a new conference in Berlin, Jan. 7, 2014...

Virgin Australia flight turns back to LA after window crack AFP July 30, 2015, 12:49 pm Sydney (AFP) - A Virgin Australia flight bound for Brisbane was turned back to Los Angeles after a crack was found in the passenger jet's windscreen, the airline said Thursday. Flight VA8 was forced to...

Passenger arrested after trying to set fire on Chinese plane Passenger detained after Shenzhen Airlines issues Mayday call and lands in Guangzhou PUBLISHED : Sunday, 26 July, 2015, 11:59am UPDATED : Monday, 27 July, 2015, 8:21am Kwong Man-ki [email protected] The passenger attempts to...

Thai police failed to check CCTV near where Brits killed: lawyer AFP July 23, 2015, 7:19 pm Bangkok (AFP) - Thai police failed to check CCTV footage from the only pier on the island where a pair of British tourists were murdered last year, a lawyer for the two Myanmar nationals accused of...

NATO plans biggest exercise since 2002 to counter Islamic State Reuters July 16, 2015, 2:11 am By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter...

Bangladesh fury after video of teenager being beaten to death goes viral PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 14 July, 2015, 1:09am UPDATED : Tuesday, 14 July, 2015, 1:09am Agence France-Presse in Dhaka Bangladeshis protest against the beating death of a 13-year-old boy in Sylhet. Photo: AFP Bangladesh...

Floods, rain kill 108 people in China Downpours destroy thousands of homes as country's south braces for more rain PUBLISHED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 11:51pm UPDATED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 11:53pm Zhuang Pinghui [email protected] More than 20 million people in 20 provinces have...

http://view.inews.qq.com/a/NEW2015070200172307 Strong rains have become the primary cause for a lot of damages and economic losses across China as of late. Experts indicate that the agriculture, forestry, fishing, livestock, and shipping industries are all feeling the effects. In total, 20.7...

Bird's nest trader on drug raps escapes the gallows Free to go: Chang thanking Ranjit Singh after he was acquitted by the High Court in George Town. The Star/ANN Saturday, Jun 27, 2015 Photo: The Star/ANN GEORGE TOWN - A businessman walked out a free man from a High Court here after he was...

South Korea passes new law to curb MERS outbreak AFP June 26, 2015, 7:08 pm Seoul (AFP) - South Korea has introduced a new law designed to curb a MERS outbreak, tightening quarantine restrictions and imposing jail sentences on those who defy anti-infection measures in a crisis that has now...

South Korean hospitals suspend services as MERS outbreak spreads PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 24 June, 2015, 2:35pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 June, 2015, 2:35pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul Members of the Korea Health and Medical Workers' Union stage a rally to protest against the Samsung Medical...

WHO chief reassures South Korea as its MERS deaths reach 24 By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press 2015-06-19 02:47 PM Central News Agency (2015-06-18 21:06:58) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has praised beleaguered South Korean officials and exhausted...

Thailand confirms first case of Mers as cost of South Korean patient in China put at 8 million yuan Country reports man is a 75-year-old visitor from the Middle East PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 June, 2015, 11:43pm UPDATED : Friday, 19 June, 2015, 2:28am Nectar Gan and Agence France-Presse...

More than 10,000 flee erupting Indonesian volcano AFP June 17, 2015, 5:13 am Jakarta (AFP) - More than 10,000 villagers have fled a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia this month, most in recent days after a series of violent eruptions, an official said Tuesday. Authorities raised the...

South Korea Mers infections rise to 50; one patient recovers from virus PUBLISHED : Saturday, 06 June, 2015, 10:39am UPDATED : Saturday, 06 June, 2015, 11:00am Reuters in Seoul South Korean President Park Geun-hye (right) talks to members of a medical team during her visit at the...

INFOGRAPHIC: Everything you need to know about Mers Mers is a respiratory illness caused by a new type of coronavirus that is similar to the virus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). The first case was spotted in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Brian Wang PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 02...