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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Japan AAP on December 22, 2016, 10:25 pm A restaurant fire fanned by high winds spread to at least 140 buildings in central Japan. A wind-fanned fire engulfed 140 buildings in central Japan with hundreds of residents advised to evacuate their homes, local media...

Five things to know about WikiLeaks AFP on October 5, 2016, 2:23 am Paris (AFP) - WikiLeaks has made global headlines for 10 years by releasing millions of classified documents, embarrassing governments worldwide but also raising fears that the revelations may have put lives in danger. Its...

Teen kills father, opens fire at US school Harriet McLeod - AAP on September 29, 2016, 11:29 am A teenager shot and wounded two children and a teacher at a primary school in South Carolina. A 14-year-old South Carolina boy is accused of shooting and killing his father, then driving to a...

US warns Galaxy Note 7 smartphone users AAP on September 10, 2016, 9:43 am Owners of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should stop using the devices and turn them off because of the threat of a battery fire, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning. The CPSC said in a statement on...

Australia high-security prisoners strike for better pay AFP on September 6, 2016, 4:33 pm Sydney (AFP) - Inmates at an Australian jail housing murderers and drug dealers have gone on strike demanding better pay, claiming their wages are not enough to cover living costs in the top-security...

Singapore air quality worsens overnight as Indonesia fire arrests jump Air pollution hits unhealthy level in the morning despite stepped up efforts against 'slash-and-burn' techniques of cutting down vegetation PUBLISHED : Friday, 26 August, 2016, 11:37am UPDATED : Friday, 26 August, 2016...

Scare in Singapore as PM faints in televised speech AFP on August 22, 2016, 3:06 am Singapore (AFP) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong caused a scare when he fainted briefly while delivering a long televised speech on Sunday, but he resumed speaking after resting. The 64-year-old...

Aug 11, 2016 @12:03 PM How 'Sightings' Works In 'Pokémon GO' Dave Thier Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Anyone who boots up Pokémon GO this week will notice something slightly different. A new patch over the weekend overhauled the controversial “nearby”...

False megaquake alert shakes Tokyo AFP on August 1, 2016, 10:12 pm Tokyo (AFP) - A false warning of a megaquake about to strike Tokyo was issued by Japan's weather agency and quickly cancelled on Monday, but not before terrifying users of a smartphone app who received it. Users of the...

Nudist bathers threatened by gang of men who shouted 'Allahu akbar' Postmedia Network First posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 07:20 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 07:24 PM EDT Jumping into a swimming pool in Hanover, Germany, on July 11, 2016. (JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/AFP/Getty...

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Claims of ugly sales tactics probed at Hong Kong beauty parlours Customs officers investigate women’s claims they were coerced into spending HK$500,000 on more treatment in cases ‘no different to robberies’ PUBLISHED : Sunday, 17 July, 2016, 6:25pm UPDATED : Sunday, 17 July, 2016, 8:11pm...

ISIS-loving escaped mental patient, who allegedly tortured woman to death, planned bombing: Documents Martha Bellisle, The Associated Press First posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:53 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 11:16 AM EDT This undated file photo provided by the Lakewood Police...

Gridlock from hell: 12 dead after three-day traffic jam in Indonesia Several victims were elderly while others died from fatigue and other health complications PUBLISHED : Friday, 08 July, 2016, 3:51pm UPDATED : Friday, 08 July, 2016, 9:41pm Agence France-Presse Twelve people have died...

Wednesday, 6 July 2016 | MYT 8:29 PM Thai police detain suspect who shot Malaysian businessman in Hatyai SONGKLA: A special Thai police team in Songkla detained a former Thai army personnel for allegedly shooting dead a Malaysian businessman and injuring his wife in Hatyai on Dec 4, last year...

Peru seizes 8 mn seahorses illegally bound for Asia AFP on June 22, 2016, 12:49 am Lima (AFP) - Peruvian authorities seized eight million seahorses smuggled onto a Chinese-flagged ship bound for Asia, the government said. Officers found the dried seahorses worth nearly $4 million in the...

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Two with Thai army links found guilty of attack on gold mine protesters in 2014 About 150 men, many of them masked and armed, attacked villagers and rights workers blocking a road to a gold mine in the northeastern province of Loei on May 15, 2014 PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 31 May, 2016, 6:00pm...

200 captive women, girls freed from Colombia sex ring AFP on May 29, 2016, 3:35 am Bogota (AFP) - Police in Bogota on Saturday rescued some 200 young women and girls who were being held against their will and sexually exploited, city officials said. Mayor Enrique Penalosa told a press...