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Delhi: Gang caught selling children for Rs 4 lakh

Police in Delhi have arrested a gang who bought children born to poor parents and sold them for up to Rs 4 lakh.   The police investigation was launched… Read more
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Typhoon misery in Philippines, pandemic dampen joy in Asia

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, marked Christmas on… Read more

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Sri Lanka cop fatally shoots 4 officers in former war zone

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A policeman opened fire on a group of fellow officers in Sri Lanka, killing four of them and wounding three others, a police… Read more

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Millions of government dollars sent to wrong bank accounts in last fiscal year

The federal government sent nearly $26 million worth of payments to the wrong bank accounts in the 2020-21 fiscal year, representing a surge in misdirected… Read more

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Sialkot factory hires another Sri Lankan for Priyantha Kumara’s position

Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Pakistan have recruited another Sri Lankan to the post held by the Late Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a mob in… Read more

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Western powers slam ‘deployment’ of Russian mercenaries in Mali

France and more than a dozen of Western allies have condemned what they said was the deployment of Russian mercenaries working for the controversial… Read more

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South Korea pardons jailed former President Park Geun-hye

South Korea says it will grant a special pardon to former President Park Geun-hye, who is serving a lengthy prison term for a series of corruption… Read more

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From Trading Desk to Noodle Stall: A Singapore Success Story

A decade ago, Watson Lim thought he was on a glide path to a career in finance. Just a few years out of college, he was brokering equities at Singapore’s… Read more