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N. Korea plane drives speculation over Kim visit to China
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» BEIJING: An airplane normally used by North Korean VIPs flew out of China on Tuesday, Japanese media reported, sparking speculation that Kim Jong Un may have made a secret visit to the country.
Protesters bash Aso over sexual harassment comments
Kyodo News, Published on 07/05/2018
» TOKYO: Women took to the streets on Monday to denounce Finance Minister Taro Aso over comments that seemed to make light of an alleged case of sexual harassment by the top bureaucrat at his ministry.
'Shooting gallery' helps addicts in Europe's richest country
AFP, Published on 07/05/2018
» LUXEMBOURG: Far from the glitzy bank buildings and boutiques in Luxembourg city sits a run-down prefab building behind the railway station that shows another side to Europe's richest country.
Mud-slinging, sabotage as Malaysia gears up for polls
AFP, Published on 07/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Vicious mud-slinging, allegations of voter fraud and sabotage have marred a hard-fought campaign for Malaysian elections on Wednesday, in which scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak will take on a heavyweight ex-leader.
Iowa 'heartbeat' abortion ban, strictest in US, becomes law
AFP, Published on 05/05/2018
» CHICAGO - The governor of the US state of Iowa signed into law Friday a ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which occurs as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
Hodgson flying high again with Eagles
Sports, Published on 05/05/2018
» Roy Hodgson probably divides opinion amongst English football fans, but no one can deny his remarkable achievement at Crystal Palace this season by being on the cusp of ensuring the Eagles will enjoy a sixth successive season in the top flight, when for a long time it looked like a lost cause.
Missile strikes on Syria kill 26, mostly Iranian, forces
AFP, Published on 30/04/2018
» BEIRUT: Missile strikes on central Syria killed 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a monitor said Monday, in a raid that bore the hallmarks of Tehran's archfoe Israel.
Reining in rampant testing for the sake of equity
News, Moritz Bilagher, Published on 30/04/2018
» As an avid reader, one of the first things I do upon arriving in any new city is survey the local bookshops. Arriving in Bangkok recently, I was pleased to find that the city had a wide variety of well-stocked bookshops. At one of these, I was taken by the amount of space -- seven full rows -- devoted to one particular subject: test preparation.
From dead voters to blackouts: Malaysia braces for 'filthy' poll
AFP, Published on 29/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: "Phantom" voters, electoral roll tampering, mysterious power blackouts during recounts -- Malaysian activists are gearing up to battle widespread cheating at what they fear will be the dirtiest election in the country's history.
Shark-bite fame, or bust
Spectrum, Published on 29/04/2018
» Sai Noi Beach in southern Hua Hin is usually packed with tourists in the summer due to its powdery white sands and pristine blue waters, but over the past two weeks this normally bustling beach has been almost deserted. Beachgoers started avoiding the place after a foreign tourist was recently attacked by a bull shark.