First Mr Fluffy asbestos blocks to be auctioned in April
The focus of Canberra's Mr Fluffy asbestos clean-up will begin to shift from next month as the first 10 remediated blocks of land go on sale at public auction. Auctions for five northside and five...
View ArticleJ&K Police arrest couple for burning family of four to death
Representative image (Source: Thomas Hawk/Flickr) Jammu & Kashmir Police Wednesday arrested a couple for the deaths of four members of a family in Doda district. Identifying the couple as Mangta...
View ArticleUruguay Jewish group calls man's death by knifing a hate crime
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A Uruguayan businessman was stabbed to death in the city of Paysandu near the Argentine border late on Tuesday, an attack characterized as anti-Semitic by the...
View ArticleArson suspects arrested in Athens
A father and son were arrested in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychico on suspicion of attempted...
View ArticleKnife found on O.J. Simpson's property 'inconsistent' with murders: reports
Multiple sources say the knife found on O.J. Simpson’s property is likely not related to the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Los Angeles police revealed the existence of the knife last...
View ArticleMan charged over alleged stabbing and sexual assault of backpacker in Redfern
Police have charged a man for allegedly stabbing his housemate and attempting to sexually assault her at a backpacker sharehouse in Sydney's inner-south on Tuesday. The victim, a 23-year-old female...
View ArticleAmerican student killed and 12 Israelis wounded in spate of knife and gun...
Palestinian attackers have unleashed a series of shooting and stabbing assaults in Israel, including a stabbing spree in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa that killed an American student...
View ArticleBiden criticises failure to denounce Palestinian attacks
The US vice-president has criticised those who fail to condemn gun and knife attacks on Israelis, in an implicit attack on the Palestinian leadership. Joe Biden was speaking during a visit to Israel...
View ArticleOn the move: historic Chinese building saved from bulldozer by sliding 90m on...
A 100-year-old three-storey Chinese building is on the move – to a new site more than 90 metres away – so its original location can be redeveloped, mainland media reports. The red brick...
View ArticleArt of Living preparations on Yamuna flood plain an ecological disaster: HC
Taking note of news reports on the Art of Living event to take place on the banks of Yamuna, Delhi High Court today said it appears to be a "disaster" from the "ecological point of view". "That (AOL...
View ArticleQuadruple murder suspect arrested after manhunt
(CNN)An interstate manhunt ended early Wednesday when police arrested a quadruple murder suspect near New Florence, Missouri. Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, 36, was charged with four counts of...
View ArticleChina’s Guangzhou snaps up local car-hailing app Ru yue to compete with Uber,...
Transport authorities in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou will spend over 1.35 million yuan (US$207,200) to purchase an Uber-like car-hailing app designed and operated by a local government...
View ArticleGuangzhou snaps up car-hailing app Ru yue to compete with Uber, Didi Chuxing...
Transport authorities in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou will spend over 1.35 million yuan (US$207,200) to purchase an Uber-like car-hailing app designed and operated by a local government...
View ArticleStabbed man pulls knife out of his neck, stabs attacker
An Israeli man who was stabbed multiple times pulled the knife out of his own neck and used it to attack his Palestinian...
View ArticleOfficial: Knife reportedly found likely isn't connected to the killings at...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A law enforcement official says the knife reportedly found at O.J. Simpson's former estate likely isn't...
View ArticleChinese leaders press reform, development (Beijing Municipal Government)
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) Premier Li Keqiang and other Chinese leaders joined national lawmakers Tuesday to deliberate the government work report, stressing reform and development....
View ArticleAwash in empty homes, China asks migrant workers to settle down
Migrant workers are the unsung heroes of China's economic miracle. Numbering more than 270 million, they abandon their impoverished farms and villages to move to the cities, where they run the...
View ArticleIsraeli stabbing victim pulls knife out of his own neck to stab attacker
The victim was collecting money for chartiy when he was attacked in a 'frenzie' by a Palestinian man in a wine shop An Israeli man who was stabbed, removed the knife from his neck and used it to stab...
View ArticleHong Kong protesters fail to halt bullet-train link from Chinese mainland
High-speed rail opponents angry about billions of dollars in cost overruns and concerned about threats to Hong Kong's autonomy failed Friday in a final effort to halt an extension of mainland China's...
View ArticleO.J. Simpson knife: Forensic testing should be completed within two weeks
Foresnic testing on a knife reported found on the property of O.J. Simpson should be completed within two weeks, officials said. LAPD Capt. William Hayes, who oversees the Robbery Homicide Division,...
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