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Hongkongers clamour for next issue of Charlie Hebdo PUBLISHED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 2:42am UPDATED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 2:42am Danny Lee [email protected] A man buys multiple copies of Charlie Hebdo as people queue at a newsstand in Paris. The magazine's normal print run...

Oil price drops below US$50 for first time since 2009 PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 07 January, 2015, 5:41pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 07 January, 2015, 6:49pm Fuel prices are seen at a petrol station pump in Rome. Photo: Reuters European benchmark Brent oil sank under US$50 per barrel on Wednesday for...

Nine people choke to death in Japan after eating New Year rice cakes PUBLISHED : Monday, 05 January, 2015, 4:14pm UPDATED : Monday, 05 January, 2015, 4:26pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Mochi is a traditional New Year dessert in Japan. Photo: SCMP Nine people have choked to death in Japan...

Simran Khosla December 28, 2014 00:40 This map shows you which countries get the most tourists France leads with 83 million foreign visitors annually. Headed overseas this holiday season? You're not alone. But where are you going and how many other people will be there? These are the...

Scotland confirms first case of Ebola Date December 30, 2014 - 7:39AM The Ebola patient is being treated at Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow. Photo: AP London: A healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying home to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, the Scottish government...

Sweeping change of China's top military guard Reshuffle of senior military brass and armed police comes amid graft crackdown PUBLISHED : Saturday, 27 December, 2014, 2:37am UPDATED : Saturday, 27 December, 2014, 2:37am Nectar Gan and Teddy Ng Defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said on...

Bribe-taking former official receives life sentence Source: Xinhua Published: 2014-12-24 17:24:01 Former senior official from Southwest China's Guizhou Province, Cheng Mengren, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, a court announced on Wednesday. Cheng, former...

WikiLeaks reveals CIA undercover travel tips: Don’t buy flights with cash, don’t dress scruffily PUBLISHED : Monday, 22 December, 2014, 10:10am UPDATED : Monday, 22 December, 2014, 10:10am Agence France-Presse CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The agency has told its travelling spies...

Cambodia orders probe into mass HIV infection AFP December 19, 2014, 3:49 am Phnom Penh (AFP) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday ordered a probe into an apparent mass HIV infection believed to have been spread by contaminated needles, as the number of suspected cases passed 100...

503 Chinese on Interpol red notices By Zhang Lulu China.org December 12, 2014 A total of 503 Chinese are on red notices from the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, media reports say. A total of 503 Chinese are on red notices from the International Criminal Police...

Uber 'was warned' about Delhi driver accused of rape AFP December 10, 2014, 11:36 pm New Delhi (AFP) - An Indian woman has said she warned Uber about the behaviour of one of its drivers 10 days before he allegedly raped a young female passenger in Delhi. Nidhi Shah said she complained to...

China sentences eight to death for Xinjiang knife, bomb attacks PUBLISHED : Monday, 08 December, 2014, 7:11pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 09 December, 2014, 1:27am Agencies in Beijing State television broadcast defendants listen to verdict. Photo: Screenshot via CCTV Eight people were sentenced to...

Lady Gaga tells Howard Stern that she was raped when she was a teenager PUBLISHED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 10:55pm UPDATED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 10:55pm Agence France-Presse in New York Lady Gaga said she was 19 when she was assaulted. Photo: AFP Lady Gaga has revealed that...

Sweeping changes for Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui's second term Chief executive replaces all top officials in move seen as a response to growing crises in Macau - and as a message from Beijing to Hong Kong PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 2:13am UPDATED : Tuesday, 02 December...

No official holiday for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's birthday PUBLISHED : Sunday, 30 November, 2014, 5:32am UPDATED : Sunday, 30 November, 2014, 5:32am Kyodo in Beijing Kim Jong-un is presumed to be 31 years old. Photo: Xinhua North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's birthday will again not...

6.2 quake hits central Japan, flattens houses AFP November 23, 2014, 6:16 am Tokyo (AFP) - A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Japan late Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, causing houses to collapse and injuring at least 20 people, three seriously. The quake struck at...

Now you can search Twitter archive for every tweet sent since 2006 PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 November, 2014, 10:41pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 November, 2014, 10:41pm Agence France-Presse in San Francisco Twitter had built a searchable index of the billions of tweets posted during the past...

Chinese police destroy 400 tonnes of crystal meth precursors PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 November, 2014, 5:12pm UPDATED : Monday, 17 November, 2014, 5:12pm Patrick Boehler [email protected] Boshe village in Lufeng after a massive police operation a year ago that led to the seizure of...

Disabled couple walks 500 kilometres to raise money for children's education Bank teller in Huangshi spends three hours counting more than 3,000 coins they collected PUBLISHED : Friday, 14 November, 2014, 6:05pm UPDATED : Friday, 14 November, 2014, 6:05pm Amy Li [email protected] Wang...

Fears for more than 100 suspected Uygurs who fled Thai detention PUBLISHED : Thursday, 13 November, 2014, 4:14am UPDATED : Thursday, 13 November, 2014, 4:43am Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Thailand has held dozens of the migrants since March. Photo: Reuters More than 100 migrants thought...