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Ex-Swedish envoy indicted in HK bookseller case
Associated Press, Published on 09/12/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Prosecutors in Sweden said Monday the country's former ambassador to China has been indicted for unauthorised contacts with a foreign power for organising a meeting in Stockholm between the daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China, China's ambassador and two businessmen about the possible release of her father.
Dubai eases liquor laws
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2019
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled stores previously only accessible to licence-holding residents, as the United Arab Emirates saw the first drop in alcohol sales by volume in a decade.
Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drink driving
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2017
» STOCKPORT, England: Wayne Rooney has been banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to drink driving.
After Taiwan stop, fugitive Red Bull scion's path a mystery
Associated Press, Published on 01/09/2017
» With the clock about to run out on a hit-and-run charge, the whereabouts of an heir to the Red Bull energy-drink empire accused of killing a Bangkok police officer five years ago are unknown. The fugitive, whose family is worth billions, has apparently found a way to disappear.
Police say Interpol has issued notice for Red Bull scion
Associated Press, Published on 28/08/2017
» Interpol has issued an international request for the arrest of the billionaire scion to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, stepping up the hunt for the fugitive man wanted in allegedly killing of a traffic policeman in a 2012 hit-and-run incident in Bangkok.
Fugitive's trail exposes Red Bull co-owners' offshore deals
Associated Press, Published on 17/08/2017
» The Bangkok billionaire family that co-founded Red Bull, the world's leading energy drink, uses offshore companies to cloak purchases of jets and luxury properties, including the posh London home where the clan's fugitive son was last seen.
Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand's seafood boats
Associated Press, Published on 26/02/2015
» SAMUT SAKHON — Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Myanmar man lies wearing only a t-shirt and a diaper.