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'Callous' headmistress jailed for abuse at Australian Jewish school
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» MELBOURNE - An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.
At Asian weddings, cash is king
New York Times, Published on 12/08/2023
» SEOUL: When I received a wedding invitation from my friends Jiyeon Kim and Olof Norlander this year, I knew exactly where I would pick up their wedding present: the bank.
Judo, Japan's 'gentle' martial art practised by millions
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» TOKYO - It's practised by tens of millions around the world but there's no doubt that judo's spiritual home is Japan, where the martial art was created and made its Olympic debut.
The handshake after Covid -- good riddance, or welcome back?
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» NEW YORK - Banished at the start of the pandemic, the handshake is making something of a comeback, thanks to vaccinations and the lifting of social restrictions -- but "pressing the flesh" faces an uncertain future.
China cargo craft docks with space station module
AFP, Published on 30/05/2021
» BEIJING - A Chinese cargo spacecraft carrying equipment and supplies successfully docked with the core module of the country's future space station on Sunday, state media said.
China's Mars rover starts roaming the Red Planet
AFP, Published on 23/05/2021
» SHANGHAI: China's Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface on Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency said, making the country only the second nation to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet.
Chinese Mars rover gets down to work
AFP, Published on 22/05/2021
» China’s Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface of the planet on Saturday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, making the country only the second nation to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet.
China's Zhurong rover makes history with Mars landing
AFP, Published on 15/05/2021
» BEIJING: China's Zhurong rover touched down on Mars early Saturday, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing's increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission.
Trump intensifies anti-Biden onslaught with New Hampshire rally
AFP, Published on 29/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was following up his all-out assault on Joe Biden at the Republican convention with a rally in New Hampshire on Friday, as the Democratic challenger plotted his own return to the live campaign trail after months under coronavirus lockdown.
No kissing, disinfect the mic: Japan nightlife sets virus rules
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2020
» TOKYO: Campaigners for Japan's nightlife workers say they need realistic guidelines for how to stay safe and remain in business amid the novel coronavirus, which has seen the government zero in on host and hostess bars as centres of contagion.