Australia drug kingpin walks free after police informant scandal
His case fell apart after his lawyer at the time fed information to police while supposedly defending her clients.
His case fell apart after his lawyer at the time fed information to police while supposedly defending her clients.
Media reports of psychiatric institutes locking up patients - including people without mental illness - as part of an insurance scam triggered a nationwide review.
Jimmy Lai will be sentenced alongside eight co-defendants on Monday (Feb 9), including six executives of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper.
The deal is largely based on an agreement signed 30 years ago.
Divisions in Parliament have culminated in the govt’s proposal being blocked 10 times since December.
The pact, the full details of which have not yet been disclosed, was first announced in November.
The United States Navy’s decision to shoot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea is not in itself extraordinary. What is, however, is how routine such encounters have become and how thin the margin for miscalculation is in the Persian Gulf and its surrounding waters.
Fifty turtles were seized when authorities raided three locations.
It is illegal to sell, pay for or give away any kind of alcoholic drink during two 24-hour windows linked to voting.
The USS John F. Kennedy’s progress toward service highlights both the US Navy’s investment in carriers and the mounting pressure on a fleet stretched thin by global commitments. This month, multiple media outlets reported that the US Navy’s next carrier, the future USS John F.
He faces possible life imprisonment.
It was returned after a Court of Appeal ruling that absolved the government of liability in her death.
Taiwan is seeking to expand security ties with the US, including jointly developing and manufacturing weapons.
Common issues included inaccurate measuring instruments, unapproved glasses and spillage during pouring.
HONG KONG, Feb 6 - Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai will be sentenced on February 9, the city's judiciary said on Friday, in a closely watched national security trial that has drawn international criticism including from the U.S. and Britain.
Among the most popular prosperity plants is the Lucky Bamboo.
It is rare for US presidents to publicly back candidates in foreign elections.
David Seymour said colonisation had been a net positive for the indigenous people of New Zealand.
Doctors blame changing lifestyles, unhealthy diets and sedentary habits for the surge.
It is a big issue for her ahead of the election on Feb 8 that will make or break her govt.
Money generated through the hike will be used to maintain the temple’s cultural properties and gardens.
The LDP has pledged to “comprehensively strengthen” the country’s intelligence services.
A couple who stayed in Shenzhen discovered their intimate moments were filmed as spy-cam porn.
The women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.
Thailand is holding a general election on Feb 8 in a three-way contest.
Polls show the electoral contest remains a three-way tussle among Bhumjaithai, the People's Party and Pheu Thai.
BANGKOK, Feb 6 - When Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament on Dec. 12, he did so hoping a surge of nationalism fuelled by last year's deadly border clashes with Cambodia would help him consolidate power in a general election.
Thailand has seen five prime ministers brought down in the past two decades.
More than 90 eligible names have been submitted as potential candidates for prime minister.
SYDNEY, Feb 6 - New Zealand must continue to evolve in a way that empowers its Indigenous Maori while preserving national unity, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said, as the country on Friday marked the anniversary of the signing of its founding document.
The country votes again this weekend after three years of political turmoil.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling coalition is likely to win big in Japan’s lower house election on February 8. Hopefully, Washington recognizes what it has with Takaichi. Among major US allies, Japan is the only one that is taking its defense seriously and not cozying
China is paradoxical. Two incredibly different narratives can be correct at the same time: its economy is slowing sharply, and its exporters are becoming an even bigger competitive force. But this contradiction is not really a contradiction. A development model that helped turn
Thailand’s Feb 8 snap election is shaping up as a three-way contest, with voters weighing stability against reform and political legacy against change.
After almost a year of fear, policy uncertainty and lost orders, India’s exporters tell CNA the latest US tariff cut offers relief - but not clarity.
Key US strategy documents indicate that Southeast Asia is not high on the list of priorities, but the region cannot disengage, says Kevin Chen from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
Many made-in-Malaysia CNY tunes are jaunty, with lyrics in a mix of Mandarin, Chinese dialects, English and even Malay.
Pakistan has said it will boycott its match with India scheduled in Colombo on Feb 15.
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. In the early 1990s, President Lech Wałęsa envisioned Poland becoming a “second Japan” – an advanced economy with cutting-edge technology. Today, Polish observers note with irony that Japan may
A CORUNA, Spain, Feb 5 - Around a third of countries attending a military AI summit agreed on Thursday to a a declaration on how to govern deployment of the technology in warfare, but military heavyweights China and the U.S. opted out.
Feb 5 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he retained the right to \"militarily secure\" a joint US-UK airbase in the Chagos Archipelago following \"productive\" discussions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Mr Trump added in his Truth Social post that they will meet on March 19 at the White House.
Feb 5 - U.S President Donald Trump on Thursday said Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had his \"total endorsement\" ahead of a legislative election in the east Asian country on Sunday, adding that they would meet March 19 at the White House.
QUETTA, Feb 5 - Pakistan's military said on Thursday it had concluded a week-long operation against separatists in Balochistan who stormed more than a dozen locations, taking hostages, setting off explosives and waging gun battles with security forces.
China has been sending warplanes and warships into the skies and waters around the island daily.
This is part of New Delhi’s plan to grow its space economy into a US$44b industry by 2033, from the current valuation of around US$8.4b.
Feb 5 - At least 16 people were killed and more were feared trapped after an explosion at an unauthorised coal mine in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya, an official said, the latest in a series of similar incidents in the region in recent years.