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Robert Magid sells Cairns hotel for $75m as buyers swarm

Sydney investor Robert Magid and his one-time Singaporean partner Ascendas Hospitality Trust have finally offloaded their Cairns hotel in a deal worth $75.08 million, with a syndicate assembled by Yong Quek's little-known Shakespeare Property Group ... >> view original

IS seizes Iraqi government compound, kills dozens in Syria

Smoke rises after a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, May 15, 2015. Islamic State militants raised their black flag over the local government headquarters in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday and claimed victory through mosque loudspeakers after overrunning ... >> view original

Of smugglers and kingpins: Southeast Asia's big money trade in humans ...

A Rohingya migrant crying as he sits with others in a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman. Trafficking experts say Thailand is the centre of a multi-million-dollar trade run by competing transnational criminal syndicates. >> view original

Boston in shock over Tsarnaev death penalty

The end of the trial was shattering, with a sense of shock that liberal Massachusetts had decided to sentence a man to death. The jurors, seven women and five men, cast their eyes down or kept them closed while the sentence was read out. None of them ... >> view original

Luxembourg PM first gay EU leader to marry

LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel married his gay partner on Friday, becoming the first European Union leader to enter into a same-sex union in a symbol of growing social change across the continent. Bettel, 42, a centre-right ... >> view original

Burundi crisis is not over yet – analysis

Supporters of the Burundi president, Pierre Nkurunziza, celebrate his return in Bujumbura. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP. Thierry Vircoulon of the International Crisis Group. Saturday 16 May 2015 02.00 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ... >> view original

Palmyra: Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city?

(CNN) Another world wonder is on the brink of destruction as ISIS continues its rampage through the cultural heritage of Iraq and Syria. This time it is the ancient oasis city of Palmyra in Syria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating back 2,000 years. >> view original

Kim Jong-un visits fish farm without defense chief

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a fish farm under the military, the North's media said Friday, without the presence of the North's defense chief, who was allegedly purged late last month. North Korea executed Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol in late ... >> view original

Yemen: Aid Coordinator Asks Saudis to Simplify Restrictions

Scrambling to bring emergency aid into Yemen during a five-day humanitarian pause in the Saudi-led bombing of Houthi rebels and their allies, the United Nations said Friday that the relief effort was still encumbered by Saudi Arabia's stringent import ... >> view original

We are excited about India. We are excited about Make in India and Digital India ...

Within a short time of meeting top Chinese CEOs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed 21 business agreements worth about USD 22 billion with them at the India China Business Forum in Shanghai on Saturday. Jack Ma of Alibaba was among those present ... >> view original