3 h. ago Colombia court overturns Uribe’s conviction for bribery, witness tampering

An appeal court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of Colombian former president Alvaro Uribe for bribery and witness tampering for which he had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest. Uribe, 73, has denied any wrongdoing. He was sentenced in August following a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors presented evidence that he attempted to influence witnesses who accused the law-and-order leader of having links to a paramilitary group in the 1990s. The court on Tuesday said the...

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14 h. ago Chinese woman charged in Paris gold theft from Natural History Museum

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. The theft – by what the museum’s director at the time said was an “extremely professional team” – took place on September 16, about a month before an audacious jewellery heist at the world-famous Louvre Museum on Sunday. A 24-year-old Chinese woman was arrested in...

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21 h. ago Hong Kong court gives ‘Mr Ho’ suspended jail sentence for insecticide attack

An elderly Hong Kong man, known on the internet as “Mr Ho” after a whirlwind romance with a much younger mainland Chinese woman, has received a suspended jail sentence for an insecticide attack on a passer-by who taunted him about controversies arising from his marriage. Tuen Mun Court on Tuesday suspended Ho Huen’s two-month jail sentence for two years after rejecting the defence’s suggestion to settle the case by imposing a fine. The court also ordered the 77-year-old retiree to pay the...

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23 h. ago Chinese mum dies saving baby from South Korea fire caused by woman’s pest hunt

A woman in her 30s died after saving her two-month-old baby from a fire accidentally started by a neighbour attempting to kill a cockroach using a lighter and spray in Osan, South Korea’s Gyeonggi province, police said on Monday. According to Osan police station, the fire broke out around 5.35am on Monday in a mixed-use building where a woman in her 20s, identified only by her surname A, lived on the second floor. She tried to catch a cockroach by spraying flammable mist and igniting it with a...

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26 h. ago US man who faked death and fled to UK gets at least 5 years for rape

An American who faked his own death and fled to Scotland to evade justice was sentenced Monday to five-years-to-life in prison for raping his ex-girlfriend 17 years ago. Nicholas Rossi, 38, who potentially could spend the rest of his days behind bars, went to great lengths to conceal his identity and flee after committing the rape in the western state of Utah in 2008, authorities said. State Judge Barry Lawrence pointed to this as an “aggravating factor” as he handed down the sentence in a Salt...

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6 d. ago Chinese woman wakes from coma to uncover ‘most devoted’ boyfriend’s abuse

A woman in northeastern China woke from a coma to reveal that her boyfriend, who had spent 200,000 yuan (US$28,000) on her care, was the one who had beaten her into unconsciousness. Lin Yingying, 20, from Liaoning province, met her boyfriend, Liu Fenghe, online in 2013, as reported by the Liaoshen Evening News. The two quickly fell in love and started running a bakery together. However, their story took a dark turn when Liu called Lin’s father, claiming she had “fallen” at the shop and hit her...

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6 d. ago China court grants woman divorce 6 years after husband pushed her off Thai cliff

A court in China has granted the divorce application of a woman who survived after being pushed off a cliff in Thailand by her husband six years ago, sparking massive cheers on social media. Wang Nan, 38, better known online as Wang Nuannuan, suffered severe injuries after Yu Xiaodong pushed her off a 34-metre-high cliff while they were on holiday in a national park in Thailand in June 2019. She was pregnant for three months at the time and thus lost her unborn child in the autumn. Yu, who...

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1 week ago US diplomat fired over romantic relationship with Chinese woman with ties to Communist Party: Report | World News

US diplomat fired over romantic relationship with Chinese woman with ties to Communist Party: Report | World News  Hindustan Times

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1 week ago US diplomat fired for romantic relationship with woman with ties to Chinese Communist Party

US diplomat fired for romantic relationship with woman with ties to Chinese Communist Party  Fox News

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1 week ago US diplomat fired over relationship with woman accused of ties to Chinese Communist Party

US diplomat fired over relationship with woman accused of ties to Chinese Communist Party  AP News

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2 w. ago China woman swallows 8 live frogs for lower back pain; hospitalised for infections

An 82-year-old woman in eastern China shocked the nation by swallowing eight small live frogs as she followed a folklore remedy to treat her lower back pain. The octogenarian, surnamed Zhang, was sent to a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in early September due to severe abdominal pain, the Hangzhou Daily reported. “My mother ate eight live frogs. Now the sharp pain has made her unable to walk,” her son told the doctor. Zhang, who had suffered from a herniated disc for a long time, heard...

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2 w. ago China beauty salon worker lives in Singapore ‘piggy house’, shares dirty toilet with flatmates

A Chinese woman’s dream of starting a new life in Singapore ended abruptly after she rented a dirty “piggy house” which she had to share with a dozen flatmates. A woman, surnamed Liu, 41, recently told the Singaporean media outlet Shin Min Daily that her older sister rented space in a four-room flat crammed with at least 14 people. The renter arrived in Singapore in mid-August to work at a beauty salon. Under pressure from her employer to register an address, she rented the place without viewing...

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2 w. ago China fan dyes hair monthly, suffers kidney disease due to chemicals

A Chinese woman developed kidney disease after changing the colour of her hair every month just to follow the style of her favourite star. The 20-year-old, known as Hua, is a fanatic groupie from central China’s Henan province, Henan TV reported on September 14. Hua recently developed symptoms such as red spots on her legs, joint pain and stomach ache. She was diagnosed with inflammation of the kidneys. Her doctor, Tao Chenyang, at the Zhengzhou People’s Hospital, said the woman went to the...

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2 w. ago French guide creates Shanghai tours, inspired by childhood love for China culture

A young French woman who loves Chinese culture has designed more than 30 city walk routes in Shanghai to introduce the city’s hidden gems to tourists and locals. Clarisse Le Guernic, whose Chinese name is Le Gaixi, has been living in Shanghai since 2019. The 29-year-old graduated with a Chinese major from a university in France and a tourism management major from Ningbo University for her master’s degree. During the Covid-19 pandemic, when international tourism was suspended, she decided to...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong’s ‘Mr Ho’ admits spraying insecticide on woman during street argument

An elderly Hong Kong man, known on the internet as “Mr Ho” after a whirlwind romance with a much younger mainland Chinese woman, has admitted spraying insecticide on a pedestrian who taunted him about controversies arising from his marriage. Tuen Mun Court on Tuesday also heard that Ho Huen, 77, had separated from his wife and was now living in a home for the elderly, with most of his savings taken away by his children from his first marriage. The retiree pleaded guilty on Tuesday to assault...

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3 w. ago Chinese woman convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure

Chinese woman convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure  BBC

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3 w. ago Chinese scammer convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure

Chinese scammer convicted in UK after 'world's biggest' bitcoin seizure  BBC

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3 w. ago Chinese woman admits US$7.4 billion bitcoin fraud at UK court

A 47-year-old Chinese woman on Monday told a UK court that she played a leading role in a multibillion-pound fraudulent bitcoin scheme. Businesswoman Qian Zhimin, alias Zhang Yadi, pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark Crown Court following what is believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world, now worth about £5.5 billion (US$7.4 billion). Qian admitted one count of possessing criminal property and one count of transferring criminal property. Judge Sally-Ann Hales...

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3 w. ago Chinese woman admits UK bitcoin laundering charges on first day of trial

Chinese woman admits UK bitcoin laundering charges on first day of trial  Reuters

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3 w. ago Chinese woman falls into old well, circled by snakes, clings to wall for 54 hours

A woman from southeastern China was miraculously rescued after accidentally falling into an abandoned well, where she clung desperately to the side for 54 hours, battling exhaustion, relentless mosquitoes, and even bites from water snakes. The incident unfolded on September 13, when the 48-year-old woman, surnamed Qin, was out for a leisurely stroll in the woods of Quanzhou, Fujian province, before unexpectedly tumbling into the deep well. Her family quickly noticed her disappearance, and after...

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