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When a farmer in southwestern China was bitten by a cobra, his panicked wife instantly sucked out the venom as she mimicked what she had…
Current Affairs
In heatwave-baked France, ‘madness’ and chaos grip air-conditioner shoppers
Hundreds of people were besieging Lidl supermarkets in and around Paris on Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get…
Woman accused of money laundering in Wang Fuk Court fire case granted HK$300,000 bail
A Hong Kong court has granted bail to an assistant manager of the project consultant behind a HK$336 million (US$42.8 million) renovation project at the…
Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints
A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken arm at an immigration facility has intensified…
The quiet grind behind the wig and gown
If ViuTV’s Court! feels unusually grounded for a legal drama, it is because the series dares to show what the public rarely sees – and…
China’s ethnic unity law is not a tool of transnational repression
China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, passed in March, takes effect this month. It stands alongside the 1984 Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy…