Mystery of vanishing billionaires
SCORES of Chinese billionaires, millionaires and CEOs have vanished in “abductions” only to reappear weeks later.
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Duterte’s threat: ‘I will drop all the bombs’
RODRIGO “The Punisher” Duterte has warned he is willing to launch deadly air strikes, as peace talks with communist rebels break down.
Girl dies after being thrown from ride
WARNING GRAPHIC: Harrowing footage has been captured of a teenage girl being thrown from an amusement park in China.
Order to kill ‘son of a bitch’ addicts
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed 6000 lives. But he says it’s not enough, and now he will call in the military.
Eight dead as apartments topple
HUNDREDS of rescuers are trying to find 20 people trapped beneath rubble after three apartment blocks collapsed in eastern China.
Zebra attacks and drags zookeeper
A TERRIFYING video has emerged showing the moment a zookeeper was attacked by a zebra, as tourists watched on in horror. WARNING: Graphic
Scary case of missing billionaire
ONE of China’s richest men has disappeared from his Hong Kong hotel, with a bizarre newspaper advert appearing in his name heightening fears.
‘It’s too late to stop China now’
A FORMER Australian Defence Force leader has warned it’s too late to stop China’s aggression in the South China Sea.
Shocking murder halts drug war
MORE than 2500 people have been killed in The Punisher’s war on drugs, but one murder has stopped his crackdown.
Cautionary tale for Aussies in Thailand
AN AUSTRALIAN tourist is stuck in a Thai hospital after becoming seriously injured doing something we all do on holidays.
Philippine police halt deadly drug war
RODRIGO Duterte has vowed to extend his war on drugs, as a corruption scandal forced police to suspend their operation.
‘Do not do it, I will not allow it’
PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte has accused the US of threatening stability in Asia by building arms depots.
Dad fatally mauled by three tigers
ZOO visitors watched in horror as tigers attacked a man in front of his family after he broke into an enclosure in China.
‘Kim’s days are now numbered’
A DEFECTOR says the North Korean people will rise up against Kim Jong-un, as he embraces the Trump presidency.
‘Australia needs to wake up’
AUSTRALIA’S response to Donald Trump’s first moves as president shows we’re becoming a “victim of our own ignorance”.
‘Two child’ policy brings baby boom
CHINA’s move to allow all couples to have two children instead of one has resulted in a ‘baby boom’ of 1.4 million births above the average rate.
Massive earthquake hits off PNG
BREAKING: An 8.0 magnitude earthquake has struck 47km west of Arawa on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued.
Heartfelt letters to restart MH370 search
RELATIVES of those aboard MH370 have penned letters they plan to give the Malaysian transport minister in Australia, to get the search going again.
North Korea to ‘nuke’ Trump’s big day
DONALD Trump tweeted that a nuclear launch from North Korea “wouldn’t happen”. There are reports, however, that it will happen during his inauguration.
24 kids killed in horror bus crash
A TRUCK fully laden with sand has collided with a school bus in India’s north, with reports of up to 24 children killed and dozens hurt.
China’s economic figures ‘made up’
OFFICIALS seeking to advance their careers have allegedly inflated Chinese fiscal figures, casting fresh doubt on the health of the country’s economy.
Samsung crown prince avoids arrest
A SEOUL court has denied a request to arrest Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, a setback to prosecutors investigating an influence-peddling scandal.
‘Babbling’ led to woman’s drug bust
IT WAS a routine inspection of travel documents which alerted customs to this NZ woman, and when she started ‘babbling’ the game was up.
‘People have really bad character’
THIS is why we can’t have nice things. Uber-style bike-sharing services have been touted as the next big thing — but this photo shows the reality.
Map reveals world’s death capitals
COUNTRIES across the globe are burdened with disease and in the world’s death capitals, there could be 70,000 premature deaths a year by 2030.
Samsung’s ‘crown prince’ facing ruin
HE’S the billionaire “prince” and de facto heir of one of the world’s largest companies — and very soon he could be facing the possibility of a jail term.
Aussie family rescued from snow cave
FOOTAGE has emerged of an Australian woman and her family who had gone missing at a popular Japanese ski field who were found safe.
Father of five’s evil weekends
A MARRIED tailor in India has confessed to abducting, molesting and raping ‘hundreds’ of schoolgirls over the past decade.
Quake rattles Indonesia’s Medan
A SHALLOW earthquake has rattled Indonesia’s third-largest city Medan, damaging houses and sending thousands of people into the streets.
Samsung boss to be arrested on bribery
PROSECUTORS allege that Jay Y Lee paid $47 million in bribes to a disgraced friend of impeached South Korean president Park Geun-hye.
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