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Cambodia upholds jail term for Australian in surrogacy case
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: An appeals court on Monday upheld the prison sentence of an Australian woman convicted of providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia.
Tropical Singapore rugs up as temperatures drop
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: A dip in temperature in Singapore has prompted an unusual parade of fur jackets, scarves and other winter items in the streets of the perennially balmy city-state, as more northern parts of the globe shivered under Arctic conditions.
Top diplomat quits ‘whitewash’ Rohingya refugee panel
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2018
» YANGON: Former New Mexico Gov Bill Richardson has resigned from an advisory panel on the massive Rohingya refugee crisis, calling it a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation” for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Camels left pouting as Saudis ban botox at beauty pageant
AFP, Published on 30/01/2018
» Al Rumhiya, Saudi Arabia: Huddled together on a dusty racetrack, Saudi judges scrutinise pouty lips and shapely humps in a high-stakes camel beauty pageant mired in scandal after botox and cosmetic fillers were detected.
Shooter in Florida rampage a 'troubled teenager'
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2018
» PARKLAND, Florida: The suspect in a deadly rampage at a Florida high school is a troubled teenager who posted disturbing material on social media before the shooting spree that killed at least 17 people, according to a law enforcement official and former schoolmates.
Syria, Russia pound rebel enclave, put clinic out of service
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» ARBIN, SYRIA: Syrian and Russian air strikes on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave have killed more than 100 civilians for the second straight day and put another hospital out of service.
UEFA hit France's Nasri with six-month doping ban
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» PARIS - Former Manchester City midfielder and France international Samir Nasri was handed a six-month doping ban "for using a prohibited method" by European football governing body UEFA on Tuesday.
A 'paradigm shift' in the diagnosis of diabetes: study
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - Scientists on Friday unveiled a revised classification for diabetes, one they said could lead to better treatments and help doctors more accurately predict life-threatening complications from the disease.
24 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire: official
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» BAKU - Twenty four people died as a result of a fire which tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early Friday, officials said.
25 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» BAKU - Twenty-five people perished in a fire which tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early Friday, with activists saying safety standards had not been met.