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This undated handout photo released on July 7, 2025 shows an annotated photo of plates containing samples of a beef Wellington meal laced with toxic mushrooms that was prepared by Australian home cook Erin Patterson. - AFP photos

Australian woman found guilty of triple ‘mushroom murders’

MORWELL, Australia: An Australian woman murdered her husband’s parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms, a jury found Monday at the climax of a trial watched around the world. Keen home cook Erin Patterson hosted...

HANOI: Vietnamese lawmakers take part in a vote on merging provinces and cities at the National Assembly in Hanoi in this June 12, 2025 file photo.-- AFP

Vietnam’s laid-off communist officials face uncertain future

HANOI: Sipping green tea in his garden of roses, ex-communist party official Nguyen Van Cuong says he is “jobless but happy” after Vietnam cut 80,000 state roles this week. But fretting at home after leaving public employment once considered a j...

BALI: This handout photo hows a rescue team moving a victim's body brought to shore earlier by local fishermen after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, in Banyuwangi, East Java.--AFP

6 dead, 30 missing in Bali ferry sinking

JEMBRANA, Indonesia: Indonesian rescuers on Thursday temporarily halted a search for 30 people still missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the island of Bali with the loss of six lives, the national search and rescue agency said. The KM...

FRANCE : A Livingstone's flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii), also known as Livingstone's fruit bat or the Comoros black flying fox, hangs with its newborn at the Biotropica Zoological Park in Val-de-Reuil, north-western France on February 19, 2025. --AFP

Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ bat bite virus

SYDNEY: An Australian man has died from an “extremely rare” rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago, the health...

HONG KONG: China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong sits anchored after arriving in Hong Kong on July 3, 2025. --AFP

Chinese carrier moors in HK on ‘great power’ visit

HONG KONG: China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier sailed into Hong Kong on Thursday, just days after the city marked 28 years under Chinese rule. The Shandong, measuring more than 300 meters (1,000 feet) and commissioned in 2019, is Chi...

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy . — KUNA

Kuwait and UK bolster ties

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KUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya (right) and his British counterpart David Lammy after signing an agreement. - KUNA

Kuwait, UK talks yield three agreements to push ties