Deadly blast rocks Chinese city
RESCUERS are hunting for survivors who may be trapped in the rubble after a powerful explosion tore through a building in Yulin, China, killing 10 and injuring 150.
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China’s creepy ‘Big Brother’ system
IT’S the kind of thing you’re only supposed to read about in dystopian novels, but the Chinese government is turning it into a chilling reality.
Elite banker’s victim ‘tortured for days’
A UK banker tortured sex workers using pliers and a knife, before killing them and filming his sick exploits, a Hong Kong court has heard. Warning: Graphic.
Husband-and-wife assassins tell all
WARNING: Graphic images. With four children to support, this couple have turned to the only way they can make money — killing.
Bomb blast rocks Thai night market
A BOMB has ripped through a noodle shop at a night market in southern Thailand, killing one person and injuring 18.
Pensioner blows himself up at festival
A RETIRED soldier, aged 72, has blown himself up in a Japanese park, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent suicide.
Why Aus can’t escape this conflict
MANY Aussies remain concerned about the rise of China, but our country’s purpose in the South China Sea is more important than you might think.
Australian businesses increase vigilance
AUSTRALIAN businesses in China are expected to increase their vigilance after a raid on Crown Resorts saw three Australians detained.
Hong Kong braces for Typhoon Haima
SCHOOLS have been closed and flights cancelled — including to and from Australia — as a massive storm hits Hong Kong after it battered The Philippines.
Schizophrenia ‘not a mental disorder’
SCHIZOPHRENIA is not a mental disorder, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled, closing the door on a last-ditch appeal of a man facing execution.
‘There are three of us against the world’
RODRIGO “The Punisher” Duterte has announced his “separation” from the US. He’s aligning himself with China and Russia “against the world”.
‘Clinton will only heighten tensions’
A LEADING security expert has warned that Hillary Clinton winning the election could have global repercussions — namely for the US and China.
Police van rams anti-US protesters
A ROWDY anti-American protest in Manila turned bloody after a police van rammed into protesters outside the US Embassy. See the shocking pictures.
Is this the death of the daigou?
AUSSIE daigous have made millions acting as personal shoppers for people in China, but now they fear being pushed out.
Castration ‘will wipe out paedophilia’
INDONESIA’S president has defended the introduction of chemical castration for paedophiles, as doctors refused to perform the “unethical” procedure.
MH370 search: ‘Man made’ objects found
MH370 search vessels will be fitted with sensitive video cameras to focus on objects on the ocean floor that searchers say ‘exhibit man-made properties’.
The Punisher’s smackdown to US
CONTROVERSIAL President Rodrigo Duterte has already told Barack Obama to “go to hell”. Now he has struck another blow against the US.
The murky world of high-rollers
THE jailing of Crown staff exposes the links between organised crime and high-rolling gamblers casinos want to lure to Australia.
Scandalous life of Playboy prince
THE next king of Thailand’s scandal-plagued playboy lifestyle could tear down his family’s dynasty. WARNING: Nudity.
Lagerfeld fashioning hotel empire
FOLLOWING in the well-heeled footsteps of Armani and Versace, iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is checking into the hotel business.
Dozens drown in river ferry sinking
AT LEAST 32 bodies have been recovered after an overloaded ferry sank on a river in Myanmar with rescuers fearing the death toll could rise to 100.
Dreams dashed for gambling industry
CHINA’s highrolling “whales” have become a lucrative target for overseas casinos, but Australia is now facing a backlash from the Asian superpower.
Bali lovers hold hands in prison hell
AUSTRALIAN woman Sara Connor was nervous. Her British boyfriend has ditched his dreadlocks. Both of them held hands as they entered Bali’s Kerobokan jail.
Baby gender determination arrests
A NETWORK operating in China that illegally determined the gender of unborn babies for parents wanting a male child has been busted by police.
‘It had such a dodgy feel to it’
AN Australian tourist has told of her concerns for a bridge in Bali that collapsed overnight, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more.
‘Bathroom break’ doomed MH370
A NEW book claims MH370 went down after the captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, took a badly-timed toilet break.
The people literally working to death
THOUGHT you worked long hours? Try moving to Japan, where the work culture is so intense it can cost you your life.
North Korea’s nuclear test fails
NORTH Korea has tried to test launch an intermediate ballistic missile, its sixth nuclear initiative, but it failed claims the US Pentagon.
Thailand’s new playboy king
HERE’S Thailand’s new king. The Crown Prince looked more like a court jester than a ruler, in a crop top and fake tattoos.
Packer casino staff ‘detained in China’
THREE Australian employees of James Packer’s Crown Resorts casino chain have reportedly been detained by Chinese authorities.
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