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German sentenced for Dortmund team bus bomb
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» DORTMUND: A German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund in April 2017 to make money on the club's shares diving was on Tuesday sentenced to 14 years in jail.
Crimea court orders three Ukrainian sailors held for two months
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» SIMFEROPOL - A court in Russian-annexed Crimea on Tuesday ordered three Ukrainian sailors to be held in custody for two months after a weekend confrontation at sea with Russian border guards.
Trump intensifies attacks on head of Russia probe
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump intensified his attacks Tuesday on the special counsel probing possible collusion between Russia and his 2016 electoral campaign, after prosecutors said his former campaign chairman lied to investigators.
China opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ of human genetic engineering
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/11/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Chinese researcher’s claim that he successfully modified the genes of human embryos may force the country to make a stark choice about the future of its burgeoning biotechnology industry — one with significant implications for an emerging technology arms race with the West.
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.
CSD probing disappearance of Taiwanese businessman
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/11/2018
» Crime Suppression Division police are investigating the disappearance of a Taiwanese businessmen last seen leaving a Bangkok mall in the company of some Thai men a week ago.
Too many motorbikes on sidewalks to handle, police say
Online Reporters, Published on 27/11/2018
» Police have admitted they cannot prevent motorcyclists using city footpaths as roads, after a young student was knocked down by a sidewalk-hogging motorbike on Monday.
Man detained after Songkhla market attack killed 3
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/11/2018
» SONGKHLA: One of four men suspected in the fatal shooting of two defence volunteers and a deputy village head in Thepha district of this southern province on Sunday has been arrested.
Jack Ma, China's richest man, is a Communist Party member
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» BEIJING - Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world's richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China's 89-million-strong Communist Party.
Indonesia's new 'heresy app' draws fire
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» JAKARTA: A new Indonesian government app that lets the public report suspected cases of religious heresy is drawing fire as rights groups warn it could aggravate persecution of minorities in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation.