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Korea misogyny ruling on anti-feminist assault of short-haired woman hailed
A Korean court’s landmark ruling that a man who assaulted a short-haired female store worker was motivated by misogyny has been welcomed.
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US charges ex-Indian spy service officer in foiled Sikh separatist murder plot
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Who is Christian ‘King’ Combs’ influencer girlfriend, Raven Tracy?
18 Oct 2024 - 6:00AM
After Trump assassination attempt, US Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’
The review faulted the Secret Service for poor communications on July 13 in Butler, and recommended bringing in new, outside leadership.
18 Oct 2024 - 2:10AM
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Hong Kong ex-pastor who assaulted 6 young men jailed for 6 years and 6 months
Jackson Choi Kin-hang, 51, pleads guilty to 24 charges, including repeated sexual assaults against victims he had met as boys at children’s home.
17 Oct 2024 - 6:41PM
Vietnam sentences death row tycoon to life imprisonment for money laundering
Truong My Lan was already convicted in April by the same Ho Chi Minh City court of fraud amounting to US$12.5 billion.
17 Oct 2024 - 6:21PM
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Hong Kong police probe throwing of concrete block that struck customs recruits
Block hurled over three metre-high wall and struck two trainees, with source saying police investigating link to recent noise complaints.
17 Oct 2024 - 4:13PM
‘Smoking gun’ testimony implicates Philippines’ Duterte in drug war killings
A lawyer aiding the ICC probe into extrajudicial killings during the former president’s drug war says the new evidence could be critical.
17 Oct 2024 - 12:00PM
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Mexico’s ex-top drug cop gets 38 years in US prison for aiding cartel
Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted in New York last year of taking millions of dollars in bribes to protect the violent Sinaloa cartel.
17 Oct 2024 - 11:08AM
Google releases mobile phone antitheft tool powered by AI, for Android 15
Google’s Theft Detection Lock can sense when a phone has been snatched, and owners can remotely lock the device to protect data.
17 Oct 2024 - 9:49AM
Sikh leader’s killing: Canada’s Trudeau says India made ‘horrific mistake’
The PM says there are ‘clear indications’ that India violated Canada’s sovereignty, and that its government agents are targeting Canadians.
17 Oct 2024 - 3:04AM
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One fifth of Australian women found to have been stalked: survey
A survey on personal safety found that 20 per cent of Australian women and 6.8 per cent of men have been stalked.
16 Oct 2024 - 11:28PM
‘A Trudeau problem’? India-Canada ties hit new low over war of words
Experts say neither country is expected to back down after strong language used in recent exchanges, tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats.
16 Oct 2024 - 6:30PM
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Hong Kong customs arrests 5 men suspected of laundering HK$1.6 billion
Bank manager, syndicate’s allegedly leader, former compliance officer of money changer and two directors of shell companies apprehended.
16 Oct 2024 - 5:07PM
Pritam Singh case: ex-Singapore MP Raeesah Khan faces more impeachment bids
The bid filed by Singh’s lawyer Andre Jumabhoy centres on what he says are discrepancies in Khan’s police and parliamentary statements.
16 Oct 2024 - 7:21PM
Hundreds of Chinese men arrested over online scams in Sri Lanka
Cybercrime raids also uncovered two suspects from Vietnam, as well as one each from Thailand and the Philippines.
16 Oct 2024 - 11:24AM
Thailand can’t get enough of get-rich-quick schemes, as iCon scandal shows
Complainants say they were defrauded by iCon Group’s beauty-products-and-supplements scheme, alleging losses of about US$8 million.
16 Oct 2024 - 9:46AM
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US says India should take Canada assassination plot allegations ‘seriously’
New Delhi has ‘chosen an alternate path’ instead of cooperating with Canada’s investigation of a Sikh leader’s killing, the US says.
16 Oct 2024 - 5:17AM
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Pritam Singh’s lawyer calls ex-Singapore MP Raeesah Khan a ‘non-stop’ liar
Khan admitted to lying repeatedly about a false anecdote involving a rape victim, raising questions about her credibility.
15 Oct 2024 - 8:40PM
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3 burglars wanted in Hong Kong for alleged theft of 50 turtles worth HK$5 million
Source says men in their thirties captured on CCTV breaking into 23rd-floor unit of Lung Shing Factory Building in Tsuen Wan.
15 Oct 2024 - 9:11PM
Hong Kong customs seizes HK$40 million of smuggled goods bound for Cambodia, Thailand
But authorities suspect Southeast Asian countries were part of indirect routes for contraband ultimately destined for mainland China.
15 Oct 2024 - 7:04PM
Hong Kong police looking for suspect who pushed pedestrian into path of bus
Police looking for 1.68m-tall man in his 30s over push at bus stop outside Mikiki shopping centre in San Po Kong.
15 Oct 2024 - 5:16PM
Malaysia’s death penalty changes clear way for murderer’s extradition
Sirul Azhar Umar fled to Australia after the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, who was shot and her body blown up with explosives in 2006.
15 Oct 2024 - 11:19AM
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual abuse in 6 new lawsuits
The US music mogul is facing a batch of new lawsuits including one alleging he molested a minor.
15 Oct 2024 - 10:54AM
Islamist militants dressed as women kill 4, including 3 policemen, in Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban claimed attack in which militants wearing suicide vests stormed remote police base. Police shot dead all 5 attackers.
15 Oct 2024 - 5:39AM
Family members on trial for murder of 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl
Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial accused of Sara Sharif’s murder alongside his partner, Beinash Batool, and brother, Faisal Malik.
15 Oct 2024 - 11:22AM
French far-right leader Le Pen questioned over aides in EU funds misuse trial
Marine Le Pen and two dozen other National Rally officials are accused of embezzling European Parliament money by creating fake jobs.
15 Oct 2024 - 11:36AM
Ex-Stasi officer, 80, jailed over 1974 Berlin border killing
Almost 35 years after the Berlin Wall fell, it is said to be the first time a former Stasi officer has been convicted of a murder committed on duty.
15 Oct 2024 - 12:14AM
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9 September, 2024
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