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Indonesia passes law to protect domestic workers after a wait of over 20 years
Indonesia’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday to protect the rights of domestic workers after more than two decades of deliberations and multiple delays. The bill was first introduced in 2004 to protect the country’s 4....
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2 women killed in separate traffic accidents involving goods vehicle and coach
Hong Kong police are investigating two separate traffic accidents on Tuesday that led to the deaths of two women. In the first case, police were alerted at about 8.51am to a light goods vehicle driven by a 36-year-old ma...
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Residents thank life-saving neighbours, use robots to search charred Wang Fuk Court flats
Residents have continued searching for memorabilia in their fire-ravaged homes on the second day of pick-up sessions at Wang Fuk Court, with some seeking help from a robotic device and others expressing gratitude to neig...
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Why more Rohingya risk sea escapes to Malaysia, Indonesia: ‘some make it, some die’
Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared...
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Hong Kong health authorities investigate third measles case among airport staff
Hong Kong health authorities are investigating a third measles case involving an aircraft maintenance worker at the airport, saying his infection is epidemiologically linked to those of two colleagues. The Centre for Hea...
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North Korean operatives use fake identities to apply for tech jobs
Some land six-figure jobs to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars back to the regime.
