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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.
Facebook rebuts Vietnam claims over alleged illegal content
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» HANOI: Facebook is defending itself against allegations that it allows illegal content in violation of Vietnam's cybersecurity law. The social media giant said Wednesday that it had a clear process for reporting and handling content that violates laws.
Malaysia royals to pick new king Jan 24
Associated Press, Published on 07/01/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's royal families will meet on Jan 24 to pick a new king after Sultan Muhammad V abdicated unexpectedly after just two years on the throne, an official said Monday.
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.
Indonesia searches for tsunami victims; death toll hits 373
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia: Efforts to collect hundreds of bodies and save the injured were stepped up in Indonesia on Monday following the country's latest tsunami, as scientists collected evidence on how a volcanic eruption triggered the weekend tragedy.
Doctors, rescuers labour in tsunami-struck Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia: Doctors were helping survivors and hundreds of people were searching debris-strewn beaches for more victims on Monday in the wake of the deadly tsunami that smashed without warning into houses, hotels and other buildings in the darkness along Sunda Strait.
Tsunami hits without warning in Indonesia, killing over 220
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» CARITA BEACH, Indonesia: Witnesses say a deadly tsunami that killed at least 222 people along Indonesia's Sunda Strait came with no warning.
Facebook purges more Myanmar military-linked accounts
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2018
» Facebook has announced its third and biggest purge of military-linked accounts in Myanmar, where critics have charged the social network did too little to block inflammatory material that fuelled hatred, particularly against the Muslim Rohingya minority.
21 held in melee over Malaysian temple land dispute
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said Tuesday that 21 people have been arrested over rioting that broke out amid a dispute over the relocation of an Indian temple outside Kuala Lumpur. They said 12 people were injured, one critically.
Chinese 'gait' surveillance IDs people by how they walk
Associated Press, Published on 06/11/2018
» BEIJING: Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition'' software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras.