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Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town's waterfront
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2019
» PERTH, Australia: Wildfires burning across Australia's two most-populous states trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions Tuesday and were feared to have destroyed many properties and caused fatalities.
Bodies of victims found in UK lorry repatriated to Vietnam
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2019
» DIEN CHAU, Vietnam: The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by lorry to England last month were repatriated to their homeland on Wednesday and have been taken to their families.
Australian man arrested over killing of 2 in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 21/10/2019
» MANILA: An Australian national has been arrested for allegedly killing another Australian man and a Filipino woman in a city northwest of Manila, Philippine police said.
Hong Kong court overturns Tsang's misconduct conviction
Associated Press, Published on 26/06/2019
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Wednesday threw out former Chief Executive Donald Tsang's conviction for misconduct relating to a property deal while in office.
$130 billion divorce: Bezos tweets split
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2019
» LAS VEGAS: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said he and his wife MacKenzie have decided to divorce after 25 years of marriage.
US, China wrap up talks on tariff battle
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» BEIJING: Three days of US-Chinese talks aimed at ending a costly tariff battle wrapped up Wednesday in an optimistic atmosphere after President Donald Trump said they were “going very well!”
Activists demand Thailand release refugee footballer
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Human rights groups and former football players have called on Fifa and the Australian government to intervene to stop a Melbourne-based refugee and semi-professional footballer from being extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
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.
Malaysian scandal spreads to US
Associated Press, Published on 01/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Thursday charged a fugitive Malaysian financier in a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered billions of dollars from a Malaysian investment fund created to promote economic development projects in that country.
Man charged in mail-bomb plot is Trump supporter
Associated Press, Published on 27/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: Federal authorities have captured a Florida man with a criminal history and a fervour for President Donald Trump and accused him of sending at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, capping a nationwide search in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the US.