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Topless protest in Sydney in support of Saudi runaway
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2019
» SYDNEY: Four women held a topless protest in Sydney on Thursday to support runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, as Australia began considering her bid for resettlement as a refugee.
Father denies abusing fleeing Saudi daughter
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» Police in Thailand say the father of a young Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum abroad denies physically abusing her or trying to force her into an arranged marriage, two of the reasons she gave for her flight
Musk asks judge to dismiss cave diver's lawsuit
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk is asking a California judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against him by a British diver the tech entrepreneur whom he called a paedophile on Twitter, arguing that it was nothing more than a "schoolyard spat on social media" that no reasonable reader took seriously.
Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic
Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2018
» TOKYO: Japan announced Wednesday it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunting of the cetaceans, but said it will no longer go to the Antarctic, where it has been heavily criticised for annual hunts harvesting hundreds of whales.
Japan stocks plunge, other Asia markets fall after US losses
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2018
» BEIJING: Japanese stocks plunged Tuesday and other Asian markets declined following heavy Wall Street losses triggered by President Donald Trump's criticism of the US central bank.
Japanese stocks plunge, SET slips after Wall Street losses
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2018
» BEIJING: Japanese stocks plunged Tuesday and other Asian markets, including Thailand, declined following heavy Wall Street losses triggered by President Donald Trump's attack on the US central bank.
Elephants join search for missing boy
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» Four elephants mounted by their mahouts have joined the search for a 2-year-old boy from Myanmar who has been missing for a week, as hundreds of rescuers combed through a sugarcane field for traces of the missing child.
Activists demand Thailand release refugee footballer
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Human rights groups and former football players have called on Fifa and the Australian government to intervene to stop a Melbourne-based refugee and semi-professional footballer from being extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
Terrorist charges over death of Thai tourist
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2018
» PARIS: A man suspected of supplying the gun used in the Christmas market shooting attack that killed five people in Strasbourg has been handed preliminary terror charges, according to a French judicial official close to the investigation.
Cambodia's biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
Associated Press, Published on 17/12/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial expansion.