No joke: American man gets $615k after suing company that threw him surprise birthday party, World News,A man from Kentucky, US was awarded $615,000 (US$450,000) by a jury last month for lost wages and emotional distress, simply because he was fired after suffering a panic attack at his workplace ov
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Texas executes man for murdering daughters in killings wife heard on phone, World News,AUSTIN – A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Te
Chinese city orders residents to stay at home, cuts public transport, due to 1 Covid-19 case, China News,BEIJING – One local Covid-19 case has forced a Chinese border city next to Vietnam to order its residents to stay at home, halt public transport and some school classes, and postpone the clearing
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Ukraine says 410 bodies found near Kyiv, witnesses traumatised, World News,MUKHACHEVO – Ukraine has found 410 bodies in towns near Kyiv as part of an investigation into possible war crimes by Russia but some witnesses are so traumatised by their ordeal that they are unable to speak, the country'
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Girl, 13, raises more than $164,000 for e-scooter accident victim, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – Despite describing herself as \”somewhat shy\”, a 13-year-old girl stepped out of her comfort zone to engage her school and write e-mails to strangers, eventually collecting more than $164,000 for the victim
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Worm lived in Chinese man's brain for 30 years, causing headaches and seizures, China News,A man in Jiangxi, China, endured painful headaches and seizures for 30 years before recently discovering the real problem — a 10cm long worm living in his brain. The parasite had caused lesions in the 59-
Pongsiri Mitsatit Aims To Cement World Title Credentials Against Joshua Pacio, Asia News,Good things could be just around the corner for ONE Championship’s rising Thai contender Pongsiri Mitsatit. The 9-0 strawweight has the opportunity to take his perfect record into double figures in Manila agains
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Indonesia ends hostage crisis at high-security jail after 5 officers 'sadistically killed', Asia News,DEPOK, Indonesia – A hostage crisis at a high-security jail in Indonesia ended on Thursday after Islamist militant prisoners who killed five police surrendered and released an officer they
Out of ICU: Woman who tried to save boyfriend from fiery Tanjong Pagar crash, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – The woman who tried to save her boyfriend in the fiery Tanjong Pagar crash is out of intensive care and stable, said the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in an update on Tuesday (Feb 23). Ms Rayb
Passenger suffers burns after mobile phone catches fire onboard Canada flight, World News,A passenger was burned when her cell phone caught fire onboard a Canadian domestic flight Thursday morning, officials said. The incident occurred at 7 am (1200 GMT) as Air Canada flight 101 was preparing to dep