Canadians celebrate Xmas with disabled kids at Shenzhen welfare centre
Shane Cunningham (C) and her sister Paige (L) and mother Kathy play with a child at the Min’ai Disabled Children’s Welfare Center in Futian District yesterday. A CANADIAN family brought toys to...
View ArticleSuspected murderer gives self up to Shenzhen police after 19 yrs on the run
AFTER being persuaded by a volunteer from Shenzhen’s social help center, a suspected murderer turned himself in to police in Bao’an District on Sunday after 19 years on the run, yesterday’s Southern...
View Article355 arrested in bust of child trafficking rings in China, 89 kids rescued
A rescued baby sent to a welfare centre in Quanzhou Police have rescued 89 children and arrested 355 suspects after busting nine child trafficking rings, the Ministry of Public Security said Monday....
View ArticleS. Korean mass dating event: thousands of men flood to Seoul only to meet...
South Korea's "battle of the singles" -- a highly-anticipated mass dating event organised on Facebook -- fizzled out Monday, with thousands of lovelorn men at the venue but few women in sight. The...
View ArticleSaudi tourist, 32, gets 1 year after having sex with prostitute in Dubai hotel
Sex outside marriage is illegal in Dubai and offenders risk imprisonment or deportation if they are found guilty A man has been jailed for one year after having sex with a prostitute in a Dubai hotel....
View ArticleJapan's best light show: Nabana no Sato botanical garden features 7 million...
This year, Nabana no Sato botanical park's annual winter light show features a 100-meter-long Cherry Kawazu tunnel. The display re-creates scenes from the country's cherry blossom season. Dubbed...
View ArticleUS dad Jeremiah Gorman builds spaceship bed for son's fifth birthday
Five-year-old Finn Gorman got the birthday surprise of a lifetime when his father transformed his bed into a spaceship Jeremiah Gorman assembled the spaceship's operation panel using a discarded...
View ArticleSwaziland bans 'rape-provoking' miniskirts, midriff-revealing tops to prevent...
The police warning does not apply to women in traditional clothes POLICE in the small African kingdom of Swaziland have banned women from wearing miniskirts and midriff-revealing tops, saying they...
View Article11 kids killed after kindergarten bus plunges into pond in Guixi, Jiangxi
The bags and clothes of the children brought ashore A bag floating in the pond A rescuer used a pump to remove water The school van was carrying 15 kids before plunging into the roadside pond A...
View ArticleWilliam Spengler - Arsonist kills self after shooting dead 2 firefighters in NY
The 62-year-old gunned down two firefighters after luring them to his neighborhood by setting a car and a house ablaze early Monday Webster police Lieutenant Mike Chiapperini (left) and Tomasz...
View ArticleFirst Shenzhen Indie Animated Films Biennale kicks off
Art works displayed on 1st Shenzhen Indie Animated Films Biennale Art works displayed on 1st Shenzhen Indie Animated Films Biennale Chinese ink painting animations The first Shenzhen Indie...
View ArticleBerliner Philharmoniker to perform at Shenzhen New Year Concert
Conductor Christian Ehwald World-renowned conductor Christian Ehwald is invited to perform Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, along with Berliner Philharmoniker...
View ArticleDestroyer Shenzhen opens to public at Chiwan port in Nanshan
China’s first indigenous warship, guided missile destroyer ‘Shenzhen’ Where to buy ticket? SHENZHEN residents will have a chance to visit China’s missile destroyer Shenzhen, a naval warship that...
View Article2 loss-making companies delisted from Shenzhen bourse under new rules
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange made its first delistings under tighter rules for underperforming firms. China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange will delist two loss-making companies, the first delistings under...
View Article2-time Oscar nominee Charles Durning, king of the character actors, dies at 89
Charles Durning Charles Durning, a two-time Oscar nominee dubbed the king of the character actors for his skill in playing everything from a Nazi colonel to the pope, has died Monday at his home in...
View Article4G networks cover crowded areas in Shenzhen
SHENZHEN has covered the city’s crowded areas with 4G networks, which will significantly ease communications between residents, according to Shenzhen Economic Daily. The city has built 2,800 4G network...
View ArticleShenzhen company unveils emergency medical-treatment plan
Shenzhen Bright Future Technology Co, in cooperation with Wuhan University of Technology, unveiled a plan relating to emergency medical treatment, sources with the company said. Under the plan, the...
View ArticleShenzhen couples face min. fine of RMB220K for breaching one-child policy
Giving birth to more than one child against the family planning policy will be costly in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, according to the city's new regulation. For every child born against the policy,...
View ArticleN. Korean former leader Kim Jong-Il dies of anger over dam project
North Korea's late leader lost his temper because of sloppy work on a crucial power station before he suffered a fatal heart attack a year ago, a South Korean newspaper said Tuesday. North Korea said...
View ArticleHuman remains found at home of NY firefighter shooter William Spengler
William Spengler, 62, in an undated booking photo. Police investigating the ambush Monday in upstate New York in which two firefighters were killed said Tuesday that they had found what appeared to be...
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