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The “mistress dress” that moved inventories at Taobao and spawned an anime-themed meme.
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Exec sacked over affair but mistress’ dress is talk of town

The man tried to take his life but laid on the wrong track and could only watch as the train passed by him.
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M'sia man fails to kill himself after murdering girlfriend

The protesters were members of Umno Youth, Malaysian Chinese Association Youth, and the People’s Progressive Party.
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Joke about MH370 sparks protest outside US embassy in KL

Police suspect Manoj Sane’s lover, Ms Saraswati Vaidya, was killed earlier this week.
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Indian man allegedly killed lover, chopped up and boiled body

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman said he hopes the Double Ducks will bring happiness to Hong Kong.
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Giant rubber ducks debut in bid to drive ‘double happiness’ in HK

Lee Chong Wei (left) and Lin Dan were inducted into the Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame on May 26.
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Lee Chong Wei teaches Lin Dan to speak Malay; charms netizens

The college put up a notice clarifying that the foreign object in the student's meal was a duck neck.
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Rat or duck? Foreign object found in student’s meal in China

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is travelling to the town of Annecy where at least six children were stabbed.
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4 children injured in playground stabbing in French Alps

M'sia boy, 12, slips and impales his buttocks on house fence spike
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M'sia boy, 12, impales his buttocks on house fence spike

    Mr Ery Syarif, a durian seller from Terengganu, Malaysia, has been gaining attention on TikTok for his physique.
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    M'sians thirsty for thorny fruit seller on TikTok

    Firefighters took around 20 minutes to extinguish the flames but the bus was completely gutted by the blaze.
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    Eagle-eyed driver saves 15 tourists from Bangkok bus inferno

    Comedian Jocelyn Chia's joke about MH370 drew criticisms for being insensitive.
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    Comedian’s joke about MH370 ‘appalling’: Vivian Balakrishnan

    Mr Mohd Faizal Mahasan's body was recovered on Monday, a day after he drowned while attempting to save two girls in the river.
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    Heartbroken woman recounts last moments before husband drowned

    The girl's mother discovered that there was only 0.5 yuan left in her bank account after her daughter's spending spree.
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    Teen in China depletes family’s $85k savings on mobile games

    Obsessed with murder, South Korean woman kills tutor 'out of curiosity'
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    Obsessed with murder, woman kills tutor 'out of curiosity'

    A Chinese social media blogger said he could find "cashable" rubbish at wealthy residential areas in Hong Kong.
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    Chinese blogger shows how to ‘find money’ in HK

    The 29-year-old woman and her three daughters had been living in their Sham Shui Po flat for 11 months.
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    Mum confesses to killing 3 young girls in HK

    Veteran journalist Bao Choy said the court’s verdict emphasised the importance of these freedoms.
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    HK court quashes investigative journalist's conviction

    In 2003, Ms Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of murdering three of her children and the manslaughter of a fourth.
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    Australian pardoned after 20 years in jail for deaths of her 4 kids

    Footage show two bikers going at high speed along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway while the one in front performs a stunt.
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    Teen biker in viral stunts video died at the scene, say Penang cops

    The dowry was transferred in six safes brightly coloured in auspicious red shades by four professional escorts.
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    $1.9m in cash, gold bars sent as part of ‘bride price’

    Police arresting performance artist Sanmu Chen (centre) in Causeway Bay near Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 3, a day before the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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    Arrests, tight security in Hong Kong on Tiananmen anniversary