Hero pilot avoids huge runway collision
A CHINESE pilot is an internet sensation after making a quick decision which saved the lives of 439 people.
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Alibaba sales growth soars into the cloud
ALIBABA’S sales soared 55 per cent in the last quarter, thanks in part to a more than doubling of revenue from cloud computing.
Overcrowded, illegal boat capsizes
AT least 20 people are dead, including a baby, after a boat carrying nearly 100 undocumented migrant workers from Malaysia capsized and sank in Indonesian waters.
Karaoke lounge blaze kills 13
AUTHORITIES are investigating a massive blaze that gutted an eight-storey karaoke lounge in Vietnam, killing 13 people.
Man crashes digger in government protest
A PROTESTER used a bizarre choice of weapon in an apparent attempt to kill a woman at the centre of the corruption scandal engulfing South Korea’s president.
Fart causes fire during surgery
A PATIENT who passed gas during a medical procedure in Japan was badly burned when a fart started a fire in the operating theatre.
Autopsy could be key to murder case
ASPECTS of key prosecution evidence could provide hope for a convicted killer appealing the murder of her best friend.
Tapes go inside mind of paranoid dictator
SECRET recordings of Kim Jong Il made by a couple kidnapped by the late North Korean despot reveal his disgust for his own countrymen.
Alibaba’s bid for world domination
HUNDREDS of millions of people are shopping, reviewing, and selling through online giant Alibaba every day. But it’s only the start.
Minister presses China on detained Aussies
JUSTICE Minister Michael Keenan has raised concerns with Chinese counterparts over the four Australians held in detention in Shanghai.
‘Star Wars’ weapon targets N Korea
IT looks like a giant floating golf ball. But this is the Pentagon’s weird, secret weapon being used to intercept North Korean nuclear missiles.
China is not going to be happy about this
A NEW proposal accepted by the Australian government could spark tensions with China amid the ongoing South China Sea dispute.
Where has Kim Jong-un’s wife gone?
FEARS are growing for the safety of North Korea’s first lady who has vanished from public view — unseen for seven months.
Final insult to broken sex victim
A BACKPACKER who was molested by her deranged guide as she lay paralysed after falling off a cliff has copped another blow.
Pakistan stays hanging of mentally ill man
PAKISTAN’S Supreme Court has issued a last minute reprieve to a mentally ill man set to face the gallows this week.
What China stands to lose
WHILE it may look like we’re on the verge of a war over the South China Sea, China has billions of reasons not to.
South Koreans: ‘She must step down’
THOUSANDS have rallied in Seoul demanding that President Park Geun-hye resign as a crisis deepened over corruption allegations.
Gardner: ‘I never want to do that again’
MOTORCYCLE ace Wayne Gardner has expressed his relief to be on Australian soil after what he describes as two “horrendous” weeks in a Tokyo jail.
Lovers unite in Bali prison hell
AS SARA Connor and her boyfriend are united in a Bali jail, friends have written character references for the Byron Bay mum as she awaits trial for murder.
Unmarried couples caned for sex
ONE of Australia’s closest neighbours has seen a surge in public canings for sex outside of marriage, despite human rights groups branding it ‘inhumane’.
‘You can’t imagine it, we’re so far behind’
ONCE considered a technological backwater, China has undergone a massive change. Here are the Chinese businesses changing our world.
Coffee killer says verdict was ‘unfair’
JUDGES dubbed her “sadistic”. But Australian resident Jessica Wongso is appealing her 20-year jail term for putting cyanide in her friend’s coffee.
Aussie making waves in China
AT JUST 24, Jessica Wilson is founder of a million-dollar company, now she’s announced a potentially game-changing partnership with a Chinese company.
Bali cop murder suspects to face trial
AUSTRALIAN woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend David Taylor could face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty under a murder trial in Denpasar next month.
Ex-Corby advisor held over gold bullets
A ONE-TIME advisor to Schapelle Corby has been detained at a Bali airport after authorities allegedly discovered 11 gold-coloured bullets in his luggage.
Tragic fate of girl in this iconic image
SHE was immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl. Her life has taken yet another a tragic turn.
Bali bombing mastermind loses appeal
THE suspected terrorist mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings will remain in detention at Guantanamo Bay after his bid for freedom was rejected.
Paedophile jailed in ‘toughest’ sentence
AN Australian man has been found guilty of multiple paedophile crimes against young girls in one of the heaviest sentences ever handed down in Bali for this type of offence.
Star’s ‘shame’ over flight weigh-in
BRITISH actress Lisa Riley has described feeling “mortified” after she was weighed before being allowed to board a flight.
Cadets slaughtered in terror attack
PAKISTAN is reeling from its latest terror atrocity, after 58 people were gunned down and over 100 injured in a raid on a police training centre. WARNING: Graphic
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