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Top executives detained as China investigates Tianjin warehouse blasts (Pic source: CNN) (18 Aug) - Ten senior executives of the company that owned the warehouse site that exploded in the Chinese city of Tianjin have been detained, state media reported Tuesday, as authorities promised to investigate the cause of the disaster. .... They... 

Newspaper vendor Chin Kim Yon has sued his son Kheng Hai whom he claims was unfilial to get back a Hillview Avenue condominium worth $1.2 million, reported The Straits Times. In 2000, the 76-year old vendor paid $700,000 for the unit, which was registered in the names of his son and daughter from a second marriage in 1963. Following... 

Dutch doctors found problems with a medical device later linked to U.S. infections Specialized endoscopes that are used to perform a common medical procedure have contributed to at least 13 deaths and 121 injuries in recent years by spreading bacteria among patients. Next week a panel of medical experts will meet at the...