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In "World / Asia"
September 25, 2024
Death of Indian employee sparks debate on 'toxic work culture'
September 24, 2024
Former academic named Sri Lanka's third female prime minister
SEOUL — A man in South Korea has confessed to murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in cement, 16 years after she was reported as missing.The man, who is in his 50s, told local police he hit the woman with a blunt object during an argument at his apartment in the southern city of Geoje.He then placed her dead body into a suitcase, which he buried under a layer of bricks and cement on his balcony.It remained there unnoticed until last month, when a maintenance worker discovered it while drilling, local media reported.The body, which had been partially preserved by the suitcase, was identified as the missing woman's through fingerprint analysis. An autopsy revealed that she had died from blunt force trauma to the head.The man, who police are calling Mr A, was not living in the...
September 24, 2024
South Korean man admits to burying partner in cement
September 24, 2024
India anger over alleged sexual assault on woman inside police station
September 24, 2024
Ex-minister found guilty in case that gripped Singapore
COLOMBO — Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting.No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, got 32.76%.But Dissanayake, who promised voters good governance and tough anti-corruption measures, emerged as winner after the second count, which tallied voters' second and third choice candidates.The election on Saturday was the first to be held since mass protests unseated the country's leader, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in 2022 after Sri Lanka suffered its worst economic crisis.Dissanayake, 55, told Sri Lankans "this victory belongs to us all", in a message on the social...
September 23, 2024
Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka election in political shift
September 20, 2024
Pakistan blasphemy suspect killed in police shootout
September 20, 2024
India rejects report on transfer of ammunitions to Ukraine as 'speculative'
September 19, 2024
Boy, 10, killed in new China stabbing attack near Japanese school
September 19, 2024
Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens
