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While the death toll and destruction of the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria dominate the news, many wonder how strong the quake was and what the scale used to measure earthquakes means. The Richter scale is a tool used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes. Developed in the 1930s by seismologist Charles Richter, the scale ranges from 0 to 10.

AFP An Indonesian woman who was beaten and burned by her former Hong Kong employers was awarded more than $110,000 in damages on Friday. The abuse meted out to Kartika Puspitasari, 40, made headlines a decade ago and sparked calls for better protections for the army of women who come to the city to cook, clean and care for its children and elderly.

HONG KONG: An Indonesian woman who was beaten and burned by her former Hong Kong employers was awarded more than...

AFP An Indonesian woman who was beaten and burned by her former Hong Kong employers was awarded more than $110,000 in damages on Friday. The abuse meted out to Kartika Puspitasari, 40, made headlines a decade ago and sparked calls for better protections for the army of women who come to the city to cook, clean and care for its children and elderly.

Indonesian domestic worker wins compensation for abuse in Hong Kong

An Indonesian woman who was beaten and burned by her former Hong Kong employers, leaving her suffering chronic pain, was awarded more than $110,000 in damages on Friday.

Around 340,000 migrant domestic workers, mainly women from Indonesia and the Philippines, are employed in Hong Kong

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern ...

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

JAKARTA (Xinhua): Indonesia's counterterrorism squad, known as Densus 88, has arrested six people on suspicion of terrorism activities in four separate operations, the unit's spokesperson said on Wednesday (Feb 8).