Bollywood star Salman Khan sentenced to five years for killing antelopes
Actor says he will appeal against sentence after being convicted of poaching blackbucks in 1998 The Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been…
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Australia ‘shocked’ by 2,400 sheep deaths on export ship
The Australian government says it will investigate how thousands of sheep died on a live export ship last year. About…
Park Geun-hye: South Korea’s ex-leader jailed for 24 years for corruption
South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of…
AI experts call for boycott over ‘killer robots’ project at South Korea university
Academics around the world voice ‘huge concern’ over KAIST’s collaboration with defence company on autonomous weapons Artificial intelligence researchers from…
China human rights: Wife marches for ‘vanished’ husband
The wife of a detained Chinese lawyer has begun a march of more than 100km (62 miles) to try to…
Philippines to temporarily close popular tourist island Boracay
The Philippine island of Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months following concerns of damage to its once…
Zuckerberg: I’m still the man to run Facebook
Despite the turmoil that continues to surround his company, Mark Zuckerberg has insisted he is still the best person to…
Brazil’s Lula must start prison term, Supreme Court rules
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme…
YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’
The suspect in a gun attack at YouTube’s HQ in California had expressed anger over its treatment of her video…
Tiangong-1: Defunct China space lab comes down over South Pacific
China’s defunct Tiangong-1 space lab mostly broke up on re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere above the South Pacific, Chinese and US…
