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A 50-year-old Stockholm couple has won a 79.5 million kronor jackpot from Lotto, Svenska Spel (Swedish Games) announced on Friday. Since Wednesday, the agency has been busy tracking down the …
Swedish Couple Wins 80 Mio. kronor Jackpot Read MoreNew laws concerning the use of red plates (dealer plates) have just been issued. Red plates can now only be fitted to a car for 3,000km or 1 Month (whichever …
New Thai Laws For Red Plates Read MoreH&M, Tesco, and Primark have been lambasted after an investigation by the UK’s Daily Mail claimed that factories contracted by the high-street retailers were exploiting its workers in sweatshop conditions. …
H&M Investigate Alleged Unethical Practices Read MoreOn a muggy evening, a handful of men in suits were quickly getting drunk in a beer garden here in the Cambodian capital. One man rested his hand on the …
Informal Sex Trade Undercut Gains in HIV Read MoreThe Swedish Accident Investigation Board will investigate an incident when two passenger jets nearly collided with each other over Östersund in central Sweden earlier this month.The flight paths crossed each …
Probe Launched Into Averted Midair Jet Crash Read MoreSeveral dive sites at two of the Malaysian top diving destinations in the world are temporarily off-limits to divers and snorkelers until end-October. Malaysian newspaper The Star writes this. Three …
Coral Bleaching: Malaysian Dive Spots Close Read MoreThe general manager of Shanghai Volkswagen and three other high-ranking managers were killed in a horrific traffic accident on Saturday during a business trip to Jiuquan in Northwest China’s Gansu …
VW Bosses Killed in High-speed Road Crash Read MoreA survey of 16 countries showed that the estimated value of the international publicity surrounding the wedding between Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel was SEK 2.7 billion (EUR …
Huge International Media Impact of Royal Wedding Read MoreOneworld alliance partners, Finnair and Japan Airlines (JAL), will expand their cooperation network in Europe starting from August 1, 2010. “Finnair is very happy to serve European and Japanese customers …
Finnair and Japan Airlines Expand Cooperation Read MoreA Stewardess from Air France Airline has been arrested after robbing unsuspecting business class passengers of their money and valuables on over 100 long-haul flights. The passengers were robbed as …
Thieving Air France Stewardess Arrested Read More