Foreigners pile back into Australian property, reignite bubble fears
Australia’s ‘spring-selling’ real estate season is seeing a defiant return of Chinese buyers, undaunted by lending restrictions aimed at curbing their interest in the country’s sky-rocketing housing market. Financiers and…
Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims
A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi’ite pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km south of Baghdad on Thursday,…
Helicopters drop warning leaflets as Indonesia braces for new protests
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for calm on Thursday amid simmering religious tension as helicopters dropped police leaflets over the capital, warning residents of the risk of harsh penalties…
Australia storm triggers “unprecedented” pollen asthma attacks
A storm in the city of Melbourne which triggered thousands of pollen allergy asthma attacks has killed at least four people and on Thursday was labelled a health emergency of “unprecedented…
At least 40 dead in China construction accident
BEIJING – At least 40 people have died and others are still trapped after a platform under construction at a power plant’s cooling tower in eastern China’s Jiangxi province collapsed…
HCM City battles with rising number of Zika cases
The Zika virus continues to spread in Ho Chi Minh City, with the infection number now rising to 62. According to Vietnamese news agency VnExpress, 27 new zika infections in…
Australian lawmakers recommend banking complaints tribunal
A group of Australian lawmakers have recommended a banking customer complaints tribunal should be set up by July next year, to make binding decisions while minimising the involvement of lawyers,…
Tokyo hit by first November snow in 54 years
The Japanese capital of Tokyo has been hit by its first November snow in 54 years, slowing rush hour trains as residents slogged to work wearing heavy coats and boots in…
UK wartime codebreaking centre becomes cyber education college
It was once the home of Britain’s codebreakers during World War Two. Now more than 70 years later, Bletchley Park is preparing to host the UK’s first national college of…
S.Korean investigators raid Lotte and SK offices-Yonhap
SEOUL – South Korean investigators have raided the offices of Lotte Group, SK Group and government agencies as part of a widening probe into alleged influence-peddling that has engulfed President Park…
