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'I know it's immoral': Child labour still common in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» KARACHI - From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.
Filipina on Indonesia death row says planned transfer 'miracle'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2024
» A Filipina drug convict on death row in Indonesia told AFP from prison Friday that her planned transfer was a "miracle", in her first interview since Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement last week to repatriate her.
Philippines probes mayor's citizenship, alleged ties to Chinese crime
Reuters, Published on 10/07/2024
» MANILA - The Philippine senate threatened on Wednesday to arrest a small town mayor for contempt during a hearing investigating her alleged ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, a case that has captivated the nation amid tension between Manila and Bejing.
Singapore jails man for 13 months for molesting domestic helper while she was asleep
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/09/2023
» Seeing his domestic helper napping on the sofa, a 54-year-old man decided to molest her while she was in a defenceless position but was foiled when his victim woke up and caught him in the act of undoing her blouse.
Singaporeans jailed for pouring hot coffee on Indonesian domestic helper
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/03/2023
» A week into her first job in Singapore, a domestic helper told her employer that she wanted to return to the maid agency, as her employer's wife and daughter were never satisfied with her work performance.
Prominent US lawyer sentenced to life for murder of wife, son
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murders of his wife and son on their hunting estate in a case whose twists and turns drew global attention.
Drugs, money and wild hogs: US jury weighs case of lawyer accused of killing family
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - Millions stolen, a $7,000 a day drug habit, but no witnesses and no weapons: a US jury was asked Thursday to decide whether a prominent lawyer killed his wife and son on their hunting estate in a trial that has drawn global attention.
Did a fourth-grader write this, or Chatbot?
Claire Cain Miller, Adam Playford, Larry Buchanan and Aaron Krolik of the New York Times, Published on 04/01/2023
» NEW YORK: It’s hard to fully grasp the enormous potential of ChatGPT, a recently released artificial intelligence chatbot. The bot doesn’t just search and summarize information that already exists. It creates new content, tailored to your request, often with a startling degree of nuance, humor and creativity.
Singaporean woman jailed 30 years for torturing, killing maid
AFP, Published on 22/06/2021
» A Singaporean woman who starved, assaulted and ultimately killed her domestic worker was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, with the judge describing the case as "among the worst types of culpable homicide".
Covid is killing the young in Brazil
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/04/2021
» RIO DE JANIERO: Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed. Covid was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out.