Man receives six-year jail term for transnational wildlife trading
January 17, 2020 | 11:10
The Hanoi People’s Court handed down a jail sentence of six years to Nguyen Huu Hue, born in 1967 in the central province of Nghe An, for illegally transporting and trading frozen tiger cubs.
Italy, Malta in diplomatic spat over migrant arrivals
June 09, 2018 | 08:36
Italy's new hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini engaged in a war of words with the Maltese government on Friday (Jun 8) after accusing the Mediterranean island of not doing its fair share to take in migrants.
Indian taxi driver arrested over rape of Japanese tourist
June 03, 2018 | 08:26
A taxi driver accused of raping and threatening a Japanese vacationer near a prominent Indian tourist destination has been arrested, police said Saturday (Jun 2).
Starbucks to shut US stores for 'racial-bias education'
April 18, 2018 | 08:44
Starbucks will close stores and corporate offices across the United States on May 29 to conduct "racial-bias education," the company announced on Tuesday (Apr 17), following outrage over the arrest of two black men in one of its cafes.
Gang clashes in South Carolina prison leave seven dead, 17 injured
April 17, 2018 | 09:14
Seven inmates were killed and 17 injured in clashes between rival gangs over "contraband and territory" at a maximum security prison in South Carolina, in the deadliest outbreak of prison violence in the United States in a quarter century.
FBI raids offices of Trump's personal lawyer
April 10, 2018 | 08:30
Federal agents on Monday (Apr 9) raided the New York offices of President Donald Trump's long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who made a US$130,000 payment to an adult film actress who says she had an affair with the former real estate magnate.
Four dead, 21 hurt in Poland building collapse
March 05, 2018 | 09:50
Four people were killed and 21 were injured when a building collapsed on Sunday (Mar 4) in the town of Poznan in western Poland, firefighters said.
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