Asia’s ‘El Chapo’ arrested in Amsterdam
AFP :The alleged ringleader of Asia’s biggest crime syndicate and one of the world’s most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands, with Australian...
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US reaffirms Taiwan support after China sends warplanes
AP :The US has reaffirmed support for Taiwan following China’s dispatch of warplanes near the island in an apparent attempt to intimidate its democratic government...
Wuhan marks a year since lockdown as pandemic rages worldwide
Al Jazeera :China’s city of Wuhan marked one year since the start of its traumatic 76-day coronavirus lockdown on Saturday while the pandemic continued to...
President Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park
BBC Online :US President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car...
U.S. television host Larry King dies
Reuters, Washington :Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than...
Ukraine nursing home fire leaves 15 dead
Xinhua :At least 15 people were killed and five others injured in a fire at a private nursing home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, authorities said.According to...
8 killed in Karnataka quarry blast
The Indian Express :At least eight people have been killed in an explosion at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district, the police control...
Israeli strikes kill 4 civilians in Syria
AFP :Four civilians, including two children, were killed by Israeli strikes on the Syrian province of Hama at dawn on Friday, the Syrian state news...
Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site
Reuters :Relatives of those killed in the Sriwijaya Air plane crash on Jan. 9 wept and threw red and white petals into the ocean on...
Pandemic raises Japan suicide rate after decade of decline
AFP :The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic...
Children of Incan nobles found entombed in Peru after 500 years
Reuters :Tombs containing the remains of two children thought to have belonged to the Incan societal elite have been discovered by a group of experts...
Russia detains Navalny aides as protests go viral
BBC Online :Russian police have detained close aides of the jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, whose fans have flooded social media with calls to...