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Tributes flow for 6 victims killed in Australia mall stabbing
Reuters, Published on 14/04/2024
» SYDNEY: Tributes flowed on Sunday for the six people killed in a random stabbing attack carried out on Saturday in a busy shopping centre in New South Wales capital Sydney.
Seven dead after Sydney mall stabbing spree
Published on 13/04/2024
» SYDNEY - A man who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by a policewoman in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, Australian authorities said, as hundreds fled the scene.
Songkran moving out of Hong Kong’s ‘Little Thailand’
Published on 09/04/2024
» HONG KONG: The water-splashing portion of Thailand's Songkran festival in Hong Kong's Kowloon City will be moved from its traditional site to a basketball court next week for the first time, following the arrest last year of three men for soaking police officers and reporters at the event.
Chinese-made phones are calling the shots in Africa as they beat global giants Samsung and Apple
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/03/2024
» Along the bustling Luthuli Avenue in downtown Nairobi, banners and billboards advertise mobile phones to the throng of shoppers passing by.
Property tycoon ‘embezzled $12bn’ in Vietnam’s biggest fraud case
Published on 03/03/2024
» For several years, Truong My Lan held meetings on the 39th floor of the sleek Times Square tower in the heart of Vietnam’s commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City. There, in a room that acted as her command centre, she allegedly wove a $12 billion tapestry of fraud and corruption, according to the police reports that form the basis of a court case against her.
Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
Typhoon Saola aftermath
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/09/2023
» Hong Kong on Saturday woke to debris and fallen trees on its streets in the aftermath of Typhoon Saola, the first storm in five years to trigger the highest No 10 alert.
London exhibition spotlights migrant business owners
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» LONDON - From the co-founder of retail giant Marks & Spencer to the owners of a family-run Chinese takeaway, a new exhibition is showcasing migrant entrepreneurs and the role they played in moulding Britain.
Gift of building carries steep cost
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/06/2023
» Near the old perfume counters on the ground floor of the Hudson's Bay department store in Winnipeg, Canada, a trade dripping with symbolism took place.
A journey across London on the Elizabeth Line
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/06/2023
» London's magnificent Elizabeth Line opened last May, and on its first birthday there's so much to celebrate.