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11/23/2024 11:46:47 pm

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David Perry

iPhone fight

iPhone-Addicted Man Attacked By Fed-Up Girlfriend in Beijing

A wild scene erupted in a Beijing train station when a young woman, apparently at the end of her tether over her boyfriend's excessive iPhone use, attacked him.

ISIS Fighter

ISIS Earns $125 Million Ransoming Hostages

In the five years since the emergence of the Islamic State, known in the West as ISIS, the militant Islamist group has earned a staggering $125 million strictly through ransoming hostages

Taipei LGBTQ

Taiwan Lures Gay Travelers With Massive Party

In its bid to promote itself as a destination, Taiwan is eyeing the lucrative gay travel market.

We-14

China Secretly Conducts Second Test Of Nuke-Carrying Ultra High-Speed Missile

China is believed to have conducted a second test of a highly secretive weapon system capable of nuclear payloads.

Bikini-Clad Gwyneth Paltrow Takes The ALS Challenge

Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow took a bucket full of ice water to the face on Wednesday when she became a part of the the ALS Ice Bucket Challege

Kent Brantly

US Hospital To Discharge Doctor Treated For Ebola

Two Americans infected with Ebola and evacuated to the United States have been released after what doctors are cautiously calling successful treatment.

Old Summer Palace

App Gives New Life To Old Summer Palace

In its day, it was larger, grander, and even more sublime than the Forbidden City, but by 1900, the famed Old Summer Palace in Beijing lay in ruins.

Guo Meimei

Arrest Of Internet Star Guo Meimei Approved

Guo Meimei, one of China's biggest Internet stars, was formally arrested on August 20.

Angry Bank Customer Sprays Urine Over ATMs

Police in China's Zhejiang Province arrested a woman after she entered a bank and sprayed urine over the automated teller machines.

Altay wolf attack

Wolf Pack Attacks Chinese Village

A pack of wolves surrounded a small farming community in western China and attacked six people, seriously wounding two.

Myanmar Ebola

Myanmar Isolates Suspected Ebola Case

Authorities in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar have isolated a man suspected of carrying the deadly Ebola virus.

Xiamen City

German Sentenced to Death In China

A German national has been sentence to death by a court in the city of Xiamen on two counts of premeditated killing.

Yao Ming Wine

Yao Ming: The Wine World's New Giant

Yao Ming's establishment of the Yao Family Vineyards in California's famed Napa Valley may be his most ambitious project yet.

Taipei City

Google and Taiwan Team Up To Promote Tourism

The "Anytime for Taiwan- Film Taiwan, Action!" initiative is a global competition that calls on travelers from around the world to share their Taiwan experiences through video.

Chris Pratt

Critics Question Hollywood's Muscle-Man Addiction

Magazines, models, and actresses have long been savaged by critics for presenting unrealistic standards of female beauty. But those same critics all but drown in their gushing praise of men who attain equally improbable muscle-god physiques and do so in record time.

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