Uk supermarkets sold contaminated chicken
london: Eight of the every 10 fresh chickens bought from British supermarkets this summer were contaminated with the potentially lethal food-poisoning bug campylobacter, the food watchdog has said.
Nine injured in knife attack in China
Beijing: Nine people were wounded on Thursday by a knife-wielding man who went berserk and attacked them near a supermarket in southern China, the fifth such incident this month in the country.
Malaysia PM refuses to scrap sedition law
Kuala lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak abandoned plans to repeal a controversial sedition law saying the legislation would not only be retained but also strengthened to protect the sanctity of Islam and other religions in the multi-ethnic
country.
Thailand’s polls could be delayed until 2016
Bangkok: Democratic elections in Thailand could be delayed for another 18 months, the coup-prone country’s Finance Minister has said, days after the military ruled out lifting martial law imposed six months ago.
Global Ebola toll rises to 5,689: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organisation on Thursday said that the global death toll from the Ebola virus had increased to 5,689 out of a total of 15,935 cases of infection, mainly in western Africa.
Saudi beheads 9th Pakistani since mid-Oct
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani for heroin smuggling, bringing to nine the number of people from his country executed since mid-October.
Soon, rockets to be powered by poop
Washington: Indian-origin researchers have developed a process to turn human waste into biogas that could fuel rockets to ferry astronauts back to Earth.