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Australia cancelling NY fireworks as bushfires worsen
Associated Press, Published on 30/12/2019
» PERTH, Australia: New Year's Eve fireworks in Australia's capital city have been cancelled as the bushfire danger worsens in oppressive summer heat, and Sydney's iconic celebrations may also be called off.
Orangutans returned to Indonesian homeland
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2019
» Wildlife authorities sent two orangutans back to Indonesia on Friday as part of a collaborative effort to combat the illicit wildlife trade.
Indonesia court increases jail term for Polish tourist
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a Polish tourist who was convicted of treason after meeting with Papuan independence supporters and instead increased his prison term, a lawyer said Wednesday.
Papers reveal brainwashing, not job training, at China camps
Associated Press, Published on 25/11/2019
» A classified blueprint shows that the detention camps that hold more than a million ethnic minorities in China's far west are really ideological and behavioural re-education centres to rewire their language and thinking.
Anti-doping lab in Thailand shut down
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2019
» MONTREAL: The only authorised anti-doping laboratory in Southeast Asia has been forced to suspend operations, leaving a gap in coverage for much of the region.
Police shoot protester with live round
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Police shot a teenage protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving him bleeding and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Tens of thousands marched in a day of rage as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power.
19 killed in China factory fire ahead of National Day
Associated Press, Published on 30/09/2019
» BEIJING: Nineteen people have died in a factory fire in eastern China just ahead of massive countrywide National Day celebrations.
Hong Kong protesters vandalise subway station
Associated Press, Published on 22/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Protesters in Hong Kong vandalised a subway station Sunday, smashing surveillance cameras and electronic ticket sensors, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again.
US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» TALUSTUSAN, Philippines: The American priest's voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle Filipino lilt.
Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100
Associated Press, Published on 02/09/2019
» SANAA, Yemen: Yemen is reeling from what has been described as the deadliest attack so far this year after multiple airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition hit a detention centre run by the country's Houthi rebels, killing at least 100 people and wounding dozens.