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UK royal finances in spotlight after Andrew's downfall
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» LONDON - The scandal surrounding disgraced former prince Andrew has thrust the British royal family and its opaque finances into the spotlight, with a parliamentary probe due in the coming months.
Lid lifted on Hong Kong bid-rigging rackets
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/12/2025
» Raphael Chan entered Hong Kong’s construction industry in the mid-1990s convinced that quality building work could improve people’s lives. But he quit more than two decades later, disillusioned by what he called rampant corruption in the industry.
Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 83, scores missing
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong authorities said on Friday the death toll from the city's worst fire in decades had risen to at least 83, with the blaze almost entirely extinguished and rescuers scouring torched high-rise buildings for scores of people still listed as missing.
Chinese court hands death sentences to 16 people linked to Myanmar crime family
South China Morning Post, Published on 30/09/2025
» A Chinese court sentenced 16 people linked to a notorious Myanmar-based telecoms fraud group to death on Monday for crimes including fraud, drug trafficking and prostitution.
France wildfire shuts down Marseille airport, halts trains
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» MARSEILLE - A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country's interior minister said.
Actors' union sues Fortnite over AI Darth Vader
AFP, Published on 20/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - An actors' union is suing the makers of the Fortnite video game over the use of AI to create an interactive Darth Vader, it said Monday.
Chinese court prosecutes Myanmar gang for scams, drugs, extortion, murder
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/02/2025
» BEIJING — A Chinese court has begun hearing charges against 23 members of a notorious Myanmar-based telecoms fraud gang accused of a range of crimes.
British farmers rally against inheritance tax
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2024
» LONDON - Thousands of farmers protested at Britain’s parliament and some drove tractors through central London on Tuesday to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production.
Death toll from India landslides rises to 151
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» CHOORALMALA - Rescue workers began looking for people trapped under debris early on Wednesday, a day after landslides caused havoc in the Wayanad district of India's Kerala state, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing.
At least 106 dead after landslides in southern India
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2024
» THIRUVANANTHPURAM - Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing at least 106 people while they slept as unexpected heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders