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December 05, 2025
Putin says Russia ready to supply 'uninterrupted' fuel to India
December 05, 2025
India travel chaos worsens as IndiGo cancels hundreds of flights
AUCKLAND — A diamond-studded locket swallowed by a New Zealand man who tried to steal it has been "recovered", police say.The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a "natural" manner. "Medical intervention [was] not required," they told the BBC.This comes about a week after police arrested the 32-year-old man at Patridge Jewellers in central Auckland, minutes after he allegedly ate the locket.The ingested loot is set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires, according to the jeweller's website, and opens to reveal an 18-carat gold miniature octopus.The man has been charged with theft.Earlier this week, New Zealand police said the man had undergone a medical assessment and is constantly being monitored."Given this man is in police custody,...
December 05, 2025
Police recover $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by NZ man
December 05, 2025
Shooter of Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe makes first apology
December 04, 2025
More than 300 flights canceled as Indian airline faces 'staff shortage'
SINGAPORE — Singapore's opposition leader Pritam Singh has lost his appeal against a guilty verdict of lying to a parliamentary committee.In February, Singh was fined S$14,000 ($10,800; £8,100) for two charges related to his handling of Raeesah Khan, a former lawmaker from his party who confessed to lying to parliament.In a short hearing to a packed court public gallery on Friday, the judge said Singh's conviction was supported by the evidence provided.Singh, who leads the main opposition Workers' Party, said that he was "disappointed" with the decision but accepted it "fully and without reservation".He paid his fines at the courthouse after the hearing on Friday. "Might as well get it done," he told reporters.Singh retains his seat in parliament despite the conviction,...
December 04, 2025
Singapore court upholds guilty verdict for opposition leader Pritam Singh
December 04, 2025
Hong Kong orders removal of scaffolding mesh after deadly blaze
December 04, 2025
Oil, defense and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi
HONG KONG — William Li has struggled with the label "hero" since helping his neighbours escape the fire which engulfed the Hong Kong block of flats he had called home since birth.Instead, he is haunted by guilt that he could have saved more people from the blaze at Wang Fuk Court, which left at least 159 people dead."My heart breaks every time someone calls me a hero," says the 40-year-old, breaking down in tears.A week on from the disaster, firefighters are still combing the complex of seven burnt-out high rises for the remains of 30 of Li's neighbors — people who, like him, had the misfortune to be at home when the deadly fire began.What caused the fire to start, and why more people did not escape, is now the subject of an independent committee's investigation, ordered by...
December 04, 2025
My heart breaks every time I'm called a hero, says Hong Kong fire survivor
December 03, 2025
India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones
