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SYDNEY (XINHUA) – An initial review has confirmed that an integrity issue with a containment fence enabled five lions to temporarily exit their main exhibit, Sydney’s harbourside Taronga Zoo said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, the lions are now in a back-of-house holding area while a full review continues. Keepers and vets […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) – As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush that killed 156 people in South Korea’s capital, their grief is mixed with anger about officials’ failure to employ crowd controls in a small nightlife district jammed with tens of thousands of partiers. Many expressed wrenching […]
SINGAPORE (CNA) – A tutor who punched and flicked an eight-year-old student’s arm for giving the wrong answers during a mathematics lesson was sentenced to four days’ jail yesterday. The 57-year-old man, whose name was redacted from court documents, previously pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a minor under 14. A […]
ANN/THE STAR – Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has resigned from his position as the group chief executive officer of AirAsia X Bhd (AAX), citing other commitments. No appointment of a replacement was announced at the time of writing. AAX had redesignated Fernandes as group CEO in July 2022. In a statement, AAX said executive chairman […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan said yesterday that most victims of the unprecedented floods that struck the country last summer have now returned to their homes, with only a small portion still living in makeshift camps in the worst-hit, southern Sindh province. The country’s disaster management agency said the latest data shows that slightly less than […]