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Four former family members of a Hong Kong socialite, whose remains were found in a village house, were remanded in custody without bail after appearing in court on February 27, 2023, on charges of murder and perverting the course of justice. Abby Choi Tin-fung’s former husband, Alex Kwong Kong-chi, his parents and e…
At least 59 people, including 12 children, died when a boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near Italy’s southern coast early on February 26, 2023, authorities said. The wooden sailing vessel, which was sailing from Turkey carrying people from Afghanistan, Iran and several other countries, sank in …
Philippine police announced on February 24, 2023, that they have identified one of two suspects involved in an armed robbery on a suburban street in Manila’s financial district on February 19, 2023. A New Zealand tourist, Nicholas Peter Stacey, 37, was killed after being robbed by two men on a motorcycle.
Living among the ruins, Mariupol residents such as Tatiana Bushlanova have struggled to cope with the devastating changes to their city since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly one year ago. Mariupol’s strategic location on the Sea of Azov made it a major target for Russia, which launched a so-called special military ope…
The Pakistani Taliban group Tehreek-e-Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed 7 people in the southern city of Karachi. The attack on the city’s police headquarters on February 17, 2023, killed three officers and one civilian, and left 18 other officers injured.
One person has been killed and at least 14 people injured after an explosion at a metal factory in the Midwestern US state of Ohio. The blast sparked a major fire and sent shrapnel flying on February 20, 2023. The factory is about 112km (70 miles) northwest of East Palestine, another Ohio village where a train loade…
At least three people were killed by another round of earthquakes that struck southern Turkey late on February 20, 2023. Turkey’s disaster response agency said the magnitude 6.4 earthquake was followed by a 5.8-magnitude tremor three minutes later. They were recorded in Hatay, a province already devasted by earlier …
One passenger was killed and a driver injured after an out-of-control Tesla crashed into two vehicles in eastern China’s Zhejiang province.
In recent years, Hong Kong authorities have seized record amounts of illegal contraband, ranging from illicit drugs to endangered wildlife. While large busts are often hailed as law enforcement victories, they also reflect how attractive the city is to smugglers. Hong Kong officials say the fact that the city is an …
Colombia’s traditional bullfighting festival, also known as The Corraleja, is a hair-raising affair that takes place every year in Colombia. Unlike Spanish bullfights, the bulls are not killed as part of the spectacle and the amateur festival also welcomes the general public to participate. However, some animal-righ…
At least 20 people died in a series of avalanches in eastern Tajikistan on February 15 and 16, 2023, with rescuers saying they were still looking for survivors buried under snow. Nearly 92 per cent of the central Asian country is covered by mountains. Dozens of people are killed in avalanches and mudslides there eve…
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Two Russians fleeing their country’s military draft to fight in Ukraine were granted the right to apply for refugee status in South Korea on February 14, 2023. The pair were among five trapped at Incheon Airport since October 2022, after the country’s justice ministry rejected their refugee applications, prompting t…
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At least three people were killed, and five others injured, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States on February 12, 2023. The attack occurred on the campus of Michigan State University in the city of East Lansing. The alleged gunman was later found off campus, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot …
A man who was one of Indonesia’s high-ranking police officials was sentenced to death on February 13, 2023, for murdering a fellow officer who had served as his bodyguard. Former inspector general Ferdy Sambo was found guilty months after Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat’s death, which was initially portrayed by the forc…
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At the end of a decade-long battle for justice, Indonesian Kartika Puspitasari was awarded HK$868,607 (US$110,647) in compensation on February 10, 2023, for the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her former Hong Kong employer. It was the biggest settlement to date for abuse of a foreign domestic worker in t…
The Philippine coastguard on Monday accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of shining a “military-grade laser light” at one of its boats in the disputed South China Sea, temporarily blinding crew members. The incident, which happened on February 6, 2023, is the latest episode in a series of maritime incidents between M…
Mass burials were held in Turkey and Syria on February 9, 2023, as the death toll from a massive earthquake that struck the two countries on February 6 continues to rise. At least 21,000 people were confirmed killed by the magnitude 7.8 quake according to figures from the two countries as of the morning of February 10.
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After being trapped under a large piece of concrete and rubble for over two days, Abdulalim Muaini was finally rescued in Hatay, Turkey, one of the areas hardest hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that has killed more than 15,000 people across Turkey and Syria. Abdulalim survived his ordeal, but his wife and two da…
South Korean lawmakers voted to impeach the nation’s interior and safety minister on February 8, 2023. A court will now have six months to decide whether to endorse holding Lee Sang-min responsible for a botched police response during the Halloween crowd crush in which 159 people died and 196 were injured in Seoul’s…
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A newborn girl was saved alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in northern Syria that fell during a magnitude 7.8 earthquake centred in neighbouring Turkey that struck on February 6, 2023. All seven other members of the girl’s family were killed, including her mother who gave birth under the debris of their …
A landmark national security trial kicked off in Hong Kong on February 6, 2023. Forty-seven activists, politicians and former legislators face charges of conspiracy to commit subversion. Around one hundred people were seen lining up outside the court, amid heavy security.
Little Cherry’s grandmother succumbed to cancer seven months after the toddler’s tragic fall to her death from an eighth-floor window after she was forgotten in the lift by her nanny. The deceased elderly woman, who had stomach cancer, could not recover from the grief, as she blamed herself for being the reason the …
The United States military shot down a Chinese balloon that Washington said was being used for surveillance, a move that drew a swift rebuke from Beijing. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Washington’s downing of the device on February 4, 2023, was a “clear overreaction” over what Beijing described as a civil…
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The Seoul Central District Court on February 3, 2023, sentenced South Korea’s former justice minister, Cho Kuk, to two years in prison for forging documents to help his children gain university admission and interfering in a corruption investigation involving an associate of ex-president Moon Jae-in. The former star…
Indian journalist Siddique Kappan was released on bail February 2, 2023, after being held for more than two years without trial. Kappan was initially arrested in October 2020 in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on charges of conspiracy to commit violence after he travelled there to cover a high-profile gan…
Police officials in Peshawar took to the streets for a protest on February 1, 2023, to demand greater protection after a deadly mosque suicide bombing killed at least 97 officers. At the time of the attack, hundreds of people were gathered for afternoon prayers at the mosque inside a high-security compound where pol…
An Iranian court has sentenced a young couple to 10 years and six months in prison after a video of them dancing in public was widely shared online, according to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a press group set up by the Human Rights Activists in Iran. The watchdog NGO reported that Astiyazh…
Hong Kong’s ban on cannabidiol (CBD), which is derived from cannabis, came into effect on February 1, 2023. Although legal in most countries, people caught possessing or using CBD in Hong Kong can now face seven years in jail, with up to life imprisonment for those selling or producing the now-illicit substance. Sta…
Video released on January 31, 2023, showed Donald Trump’s deposition by the New York state attorney general’s office as part of a civil fraud investigation. The former US president labelled the deposition a “witch hunt” and refused to answer any questions. By the end of the August 2022 deposition, Trump had invoked …
A day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan killed at least 100 people, injured witnesses recounted the moment of the attack struck a crowd gathered for noon prayers on January 30, 2023. Authorities said 97 of those killed were police officials. The attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar happened insi…
It’s been decades since the intersection of forensic science and criminal justice first became a pop culture phenomenon, popularized by countless TV shows, movies and books. But the public’s growing awareness of forensic techniques obscures a far more complex field that’s chock full of bogus science — and the people…
The bodies of two foreign men have been recovered the day after they went missing during an avalanche in the village of Otari in Japan’s northern prefecture of Nagano. US skier Kyle Smaine was named as one of the two victims killed in the January 29, 2023, incident which caught a group of 13 skiers and snowboarders …
A mass funeral was held with full police honours for victims of a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan on January 30, 2023. Earlier the same day, at least 59 people were killed when a suicide bomber had detonated explosives inside a crowded mosque in a compound which includes headquarters of the provincial polic…
A suicide bomber attacked a crowded mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar during noon prayers on January 30, 2023, killing at least 32 people and wounding over 147 others. Most of the casualties were police officers as the targeted mosque is located in a compound that serves as the city’s police headquarters. No …
Atlanta police saved a suspect’s life, just seconds before a train crashed into an overturned police patrol car that he stole on January 28, 2023. Aerial footage and an officer’s body cam showed the man fled with the stolen patrol car while an officer was conducting a traffic stop. The suspect was charged with theft…
A bus carrying around 48 people fell into a ravine and caught fire after it crashed into a bridge in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan on January 29, 2023. At least 41 people were killed and three who were injured were sent to a local hospital. On the same day, another transport accident claimed the liv…
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San Francisco authorities released bodycam video footage on January 27, 2023, of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, being struck by an intruder's hammer as police rushed into their home to stop the attack. The police body-worn camera footage of the Oct. 28 violence was released alongside …
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At least one person was killed and three others were injured after a hot-air balloon burst and fell from to the ground in southern China. Video of the incident in the city of Leshan in Sichuan Province on January 22, 2023, shows the balloon with tourists hanging from harnesses below as it rose into the sky then imag…
Police and students clashed at New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University after authorities halted a screening of a banned documentary on January 25, 2023. The two-part, BBC-produced film India: The Modi Question examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat during his tenure…
