A recent report on air pollution inside China’s high-speed railway cars has attracted widespread attention in the country’s media and online social networks, bringing together two of the most controversial issues of the past several months. On Feb 19, a Sina Weibo user claimed to have personally measured the air quality inside a railway car […]
NEPALGUNJ/ KATHMANDU, 2 March 2012 (IRIN) – Political infighting, a stalled drafting of the country’s constitution and armed violence nationwide have increased insecurity in Nepal, culminating this past week in a bombing in Kathmandu which killed three and injured about 10. “These are purely criminal groups using ethnic politics as a cover to spread violence […]
Kuala Lumpur – Cybercrime in Malaysia rose by 88 per cent in 2011, a government agency said Thursday. A total of 15,218 cybercrimes were reported last year, up from 8,090 in 2010, said CyberSecurity Malaysia, the government agency in charge of monitoring and preventing online crime. Read more: Monsters and Critics
The United States says North Korea has agreed to a moratorium on long-range missile launches, nuclear testing and uranium enrichment activities. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Wednesday that Pyongyang has also agreed to allow international inspectors to verify and monitor the enrichment moratorium, and to confirm that a nuclear reactor at Yongbyon has been […]
Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for helping to organize and fund a jihadi training camp that brought together terrorists from almost every known Indonesian extremist group. The masterminds behind the camp in a remote area of westernmost Aceh province were allegedly intending to carry out attacks on […]
A bomb has exploded outside the offices of Nepal’s state-run oil company, killing three people. Monday’s attack was the first blast in the capital, Kathmandu, since 2009. Police say a remote-control bomb was detonated in front of the Nepal Oil Corporation during lunchtime.
It may be one of the largest economies in the world but Japan is quickly becoming a country divided into “rich” and “poor”. Police believe three people found in their Saitama apartment, yesterday, died of starvation- a sad fate that highlights the worsening state of Japan’s economy. The three adults, believed to be a family […]
Thousands of New Zealanders took part in an emotional ceremony Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of a powerful earthquake that left 185 people dead in downtown Christchurch. The names of the victims were read in the city’s North Hagley Park before tearful mourners observed two minutes of silence at the exact moment when the […]
