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Life of pain for toxic syrup survivors
Published on 23/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Devouring books from a young age, Sheena Almaera Maryam had been excited about her first day of kindergarten near Jakarta.
Sandy Hook families notch legal wins
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 06/03/2022
» The image stopped him cold. Josh Koskoff, a Connecticut lawyer, was scanning crime scene photos of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting when he noticed "taped mags" on a classroom floor, two ammunition magazines crudely duct-taped together to speed reloading.
China passes tough new online privacy law
AFP, Published on 20/08/2021
» BEIJING: China passed a sweeping privacy law aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data Friday, as the country faces an uptick in internet scams and Beijing targets tech giants hoovering up personal data.
Complaints grow in China against Tesla autos
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» BEIJING - Electric carmaker Tesla is facing a backlash in China just as local competitors seek to challenge the US-based company's share of the Asian giant's market.
US may become hub of outbreak: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2020
» The euro zone economy is sinking as countries toughen containment efforts, implementing strict stay-at-home policies even as China prepared to lift its lockdown in Wuhan, the city at the center of the original outbreak.
Coronavirus generates rash of swindlers in Italy
AFP, Published on 26/02/2020
» MILAN - From jacking-up the prices of disinfectant gel to scammers posing as Red Cross volunteers, Italy's battle to contain its coronavirus outbreak has been a gift to grifters of various stripes.
Big week for Big Tech as quarterly earnings loom
AFP, Published on 27/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - Big Tech firms face a critical test in the coming days with quarterly updates that may offer clues on whether the world's largest companies are seeing growth or retrenchment ahead.
Second Swiss canton votes for 'burqa ban'
AFP, Published on 23/09/2018
» GENEVA: A second Swiss canton will introduce a regional "burqa ban", after voters in St. Gallen emphatically voted Sunday to prohibit all face-covering garments in public spaces.
Record 207 environmental activists killed last year
AFP, Published on 24/07/2018
» PARIS - More than 200 environmental activists were murdered last year as government-sponsored killings linked to lucrative projects by vast agriculture multinationals soared, a global rights watchdog warned on Tuesday.
Dead site walking 'Newsweek' guts its staff
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» NEW YORK: Newsweek, whose iconic history as a news organisation has spanned eight decades, is making headlines of a different sort this week: Its top editors have been fired amid a maelstrom of controversy in the newsroom.