Hong Kong customs officers have seized HK$44 million (US$11.3 million) of Ice concealed in wooden pallets carrying painted ceramics from Kyrgyzstan, the first haul from the central Asian country and the largest for the drug entering the city by air cargo this year. Ivan Chow Wing-cheong, senior investigator of customs’ drug investigation bureau, said on…
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors on Saturday accused seven people and two sub-contractors of crimes including fraud and breaching airplane safety rules following an investigation into suspected flawed parts produced by an Italian company for Boeing. The prosecutors launched their investigation in late 2021 after Boeing said some parts for its 787 Dreamliner plane supplied…
A former police officer is under criminal investigation following the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail over a rape he did not commit. The police watchdog has announced four retired officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) are being investigated for gross misconduct. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said…
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) stock got crushed today following a report that the company is being investigated by the Department of Justice (DoJ). The server specialist’s share price closed out the day’s trading down 12.2%, and it had been down as much as 18.6% earlier in the session. The Wall Street Journal reported today…
Hong Kong environmental authorities have launched an investigation after part of the shoreline in Causeway Bay turned a milky white, possibly due to a suspected illegal discharge of pollutants. But no detectable odour was reported at the scene. A spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Department said on Wednesday that personnel were dispatched to conduct an…
Hong Kong environmental authorities have launched an investigation after part of the shoreline in Causeway Bay turned a milky white, possibly due to a suspected illegal discharge of pollutants. But no detectable odour was reported at the scene. A spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Department said on Wednesday that personnel were dispatched to conduct an…
China is outraged after officials in eastern China said that a case in which a boy stabbed his classmate more than 200 times with a sewing awl over three months “did not meet the standards of bullying”. According to the victim’s parents, their daughter was stabbed in her thigh by a male transfer student at…
A Hong Kong public hospital ward is battling a bedbug infestation after four patients suffered suspected bites from the insects, prompting authorities to step up pest control measures and launch an investigation. A Kwai Chung Hospital spokesman said on Tuesday night that a male patient in a post-admission care unit had complained of itchy skin…