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State Council inspection finds overcharge by local authorities
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
BEIJING - A State Council inspection team has found that local transport authorities in the city of Zibo in Shandong have misused their power to overcharge truck...
Old heads turn Hawks around
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
HAWTHORN's remarkable turnaround at the SCG on Saturday night wasn't sparked by one of your classic Alastair Clarkson sprays. It would have been justified because the...
Chinese resort hotel hit by deadly fire
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
At least 18 people have been killed and 19 injured in a fire at a hotel in China’s north-eastern city of Harbin, according to state media. It was the latest in a...
Afghanistan: national security adviser quits, sparking cabinet resignations
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Afghanistan’s national security adviser, Hanif Atmar, resigned on Saturday, sparking other resignations in the cabinet, in what observers believe could be the...
Matteo Salvini formally investigated over migrant ship standoff
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Italy’s deputy prime minister has relented over the fate of over 100 refugees and migrants forcibly kept on a docked rescue ship, after being formally placed under...
I will help rebuild Genoa bridge after hometown tragedy, says Renzo Piano
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Renzo Piano, the Italian architect who designed the Shard in London, says he is readily available to help rebuild the Morandi bridge, which collapsed this month in his...
Irish PM: time to move Catholic church from centre of society
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
The Irish prime minister has called for a new relationship between church and state in which religion is no longer at the centre of society, as the pope made his first...
Alexei Navalny detained after call for national day of protest
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Police detained Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, outside his home in Moscow on Saturday, in a move that his supporters say was aimed at preventing him from...
Nordic countries’ ‘happy’ reputation masks sadness of young, says report
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
The Nordic countries top the polls as the happiest in the world, but the assumption that life in Scandinavia is all bicycles and big smiles disguises the sadness of a...
Sweden’s far right courts immigrant voters in bid to make historic gains
augustus 26, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
At the Malmedalen political festival in Rosengård, the Sweden Democrats tent was far and away the busiest. Inside, Jörgen Grubb was taking his message of...
