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A sign for MacDill Air Force Base is displayed on a wall near the facility’s main gate in Tampa, Florida, on March 18. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Siblings who fled to China charged over bomb planted outside US Air Force base

Alen Zheng remains at large, while Ann Mary Zheng was arrested after she returned to the US; their mother has been detained for deportation.

Crime in Hong Kong

Police charge another 10 people over HK$1.6 billion JPEX cryptocurrency scandal

Japan

Man kills woman at Tokyo Pokemon shop before taking his own life

Malaysia

Couple sentenced to 1 year in prison for having sex at Malaysian cemetery

The incident in Penang sparked public outrage after a 38-second video of the act went viral.

Public indecency at a Malaysian cemetery has landed a couple in jail for a year. Photo: The Star
United States

DOJ settles with ex-Trump adviser for US$1.2 million over ‘historic injustice’

Michael Flynn, who was pardoned by Donald Trump in 2020, asserted that the case against him amounted to a malicious prosecution.

Sexual harassment and assault

French court sentences Islamic scholar to 18 years in prison for rape

Tariq Ramadan, currently in Switzerland, was found guilty of raping three women in a Paris trial.

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Americas and the Caribbean

US offers US$3 million to breach financial fortress of Haiti’s gangs

US reward announcement marks a shift in tactics as previous bounties have been focused on individual gang leaders.

Haitian security forces on an armoured vehicle guard the area near the National Palace in Port‑au‑Prince. Photo: Reuters
NBC

‘We are in agony’: US TV host makes tearful appeal for abducted mother

In her first interview since the February 1 disappearance, Savannah Guthrie begs for information as police pursue stagnant leads.

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United States

Meta and Google liable for damages in landmark US addiction trial

Jury orders US$6 million payout to a young woman, a verdict that could affect thousands of similar cases against tech companies.

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Woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder of singer Rihanna

Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, from Florida, allegedly fired about 20 rounds at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home on March 8.

A Florida woman has pleaded ⁠not guilty to the attempted murder ​of singer Rihanna (pictured here in 2022). Photo: TNS
Britain

UK police arrest 2 men over Jewish ambulances arson attack

Arrests came after police said they were investigating an online claim of responsibility by a little-known Islamist group with links to Iran.

The burnt out remains of Hatzola ambulances at the Jewish Community Ambulance service in Golders Green, after an apparent arson attack on four ambulances on Monday. Photo: dpa
Singapore

Man extradited from Singapore to New Zealand faces rape, home invasion charges

Zhang Xuesong is accused of raping and strangling the victim and reportedly fled to China, and later Singapore, following the break-in.

South Korea

South Korean ‘sugar cane killer’ extradited from Philippines over drug empire

Accused of running a drug ring from his Philippine prison cell, ‘VIP’ inmate Park Wang-yeol was extradited after a nine-year legal impasse.

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Hong Kong courts

Leniency shown to Hong Kong immigration worker who repeatedly assaulted wife and son

Magistrate accepts one-year probation recommendation, citing risk of job and pension loss, after initially imposing community service sentence.

The senior Immigration Department assistant was granted a one-year probation order at Kowloon City Court on Wednesday. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

Watchdog takes legal action against syndicate seeking ‘quarter of renovation market’

Competition Commission targets six undertakings involving eight companies and 12 individuals tied to building maintenance projects worth nearly HK$700 million.

Hoi Tao Building in Kennedy Town was among three renovation projects in which bribes were allegedly offered to flat owners. Photo: Google Maps
United States

Minnesota sues for access to evidence in killings of Good and Pretti

Lawsuit alleges US federal authorities blocked state investigators from key evidence and information.

France

France raids bank in probe of diplomat over Epstein links

Investigations follow revelations published in the Epstein files by the US Justice Department.

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Hong Kong courts

Jealous Hongkonger who threatened to burn 6 media newsrooms jailed for 1 year

Tse Chun-pan, 43, set up website for merchandise themed around 2019 protests and demanded media publish screenshots of seditious content in bid to frame rival.

West Kowloon Law Courts. Photo: Jelly Tse
The Philippines

A dog killer in the Philippines was fined US$17. New bills seek reform

Dedicated police units and a national watchdog. Two new bills aim to ensure animal abusers face justice, not just a US$17 fine.

Sexual harassment and assault

Woman awarded nearly US$60 million in decades-old Cosby assault case

Donna Motsinger was working as a waitress when Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her more than 50 years ago.

Britain

London police investigate attack on Jewish ambulances as hate crime

The little-known Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) group claimed responsibility for the attack in a video posted online on Telegram.

Burnt ambulances, run by a Jewish non-profit organisation, are pictured in a street in London on Monday after an arson attack. Photo: AFP
Sexual harassment and assault

Thousands rally against online sexual violence, pornographic deepfakes in Berlin

The protest highlighted German actress Collien Fernandes, whose ex-partner allegedly created profiles in her name to make contact with men.

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A protester holds a placard that reads “Silence protects abusers” during a rally at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. Photo: EPA
Crime in Hong Kong

HSBC asks victim of credit card theft to pay HK$126,580 racked up by criminals

Victim only discovered card theft a day later and was told by bank she failed to report it immediately, but finds friend’s case treated differently.

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Hong Kong children

Mother arrested after son, 12, told police she beat him with a rattan cane

Woman, 41, arrested at flat in Wong Tai Sin while boy taken to hospital for treatment.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 5, recover nearly HK$100 million in stolen gold bars

Suspects seized haul during transaction between gold shop staff and a buyer who turned out to be an accomplice, police say.

Police have recovered 73kg of stolen gold bars worth about HK$93 million. Photo: Handout
China society

China’s infamous ‘Aunt Mei’ arrested after decade-long hunt for child trafficker

Police identify the woman, surnamed Xie, as the intermediary who brokered the sale of nine children in Guangdong province.

Police sketches of alleged child trafficker Aunt Mei have regularly appeared on Chinese social media since 2017, with state media calling on the public to “remember this face”. Photo: Weibo
United States

US woman charged with murder after taking abortion pill in Georgia

The woman gave birth to a premature infant who died within hours after taking misoprostol.

Hong Kong police

Police officers fire 5 shots at charging armed assailant, hitting him twice

Police say officers opened fire after verbal warnings ignored and pepper spray was ineffective.

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