Dismissed mayor Alice Guo, family slapped with falsification, anti-dummy law raps
The investigation showed that the family members were actually Chinese citizens, based on various documents.
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UK court jails father, stepmother for life for murder of British-Pakistani daughter Sara Sharif
Sara was found dead in August 2023 at her home in Woking, southwest of London, after what prosecutors said was a campaign of “serious and repeated violence."
‘Dark’ part-time jobs in Japan to be tackled with more stringent posting requirements
Since dark part-time jobs have sometimes been disguised as one-time job offers, the government will instruct platforms to tighten their screening process to prevent dark part-time…
Vietnamese teen sentenced to nearly 5 years in jail for beating 8th grader into coma
The case has attracted widespread media attention over the cruelty of the people involved.
Shadowy uranium trade reaches Philippines, raises fear of ‘dirty bomb’
Authorities launched five operations to seize an unprecedented 100 kilograms of depleted uranium in a case that raises many alarming questions surrounding the radioactive material…
RG Kar case: Senior doctors plan 10-day protest in Kolkata from Tuesday
West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, an umbrella association of senior doctors in the state, is planning a 10-day protest from December 17 to condemn the “default bail”…
Myanmar court sentences Thai fishing crew members to prison
The fishing boat was seized near Koh Yan Chueak in Kawthaung province on November 30 while fishing in overlapping maritime areas between the two countries.
After 24 years behind bars, convicted father-killer in South Korea seeks to clear her name
Despite the verdict by South Korea's top court in 2001, it was belatedly alleged that irregularities occurred during the police investigation of Ms. Kim. She claimed that the…
Schools to remain closed across Punjab on December 16 due to ‘security situation’
While no reason was given for the closures in Islamabad and Lahore, the Rawalpindi DC told Dawn.com that schools are being closed in the district to observe the tenth anniversary…
Former Cambodian monk ‘influencer’ arrested for rape, production of child porn
Sak Visoth, 27, was arrested following a collaborative investigation by a specialised joint task force, Task Force LIMA24, which includes Cambodian authorities and international…