A family from Sydney renting a Queensland house via Airbnb was preparing barbecue December 27 when police officers raided the house for an elaborate marijuana plantation in an “off-limits” room.
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South Korea and China to Cooperate in Disarming North Korean Nuclear Weapon
China seeks to disarm North Korea nuclear weapon. Beijing has initiated dialogue with South Korea after North Korean conducted its fourth nuclear test on Wednesday.
HSBC and JPMorgan Well Ahead In ARAMCO IPO Race
State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (ARAMCO) is possibly going for an IPO aiming to raise funds for $1 trillion to $10 trillion. Some shares of the IPO may be awarded among the local banks and investors following ARAMCO’s action plan. However, experience in banking operations in the kingdom is believed to play the key role for selection which put HSBC and JPMorgan well ahead in the IPO grabbing race.
IRS Fines 8 Million Americans, 0.3 Million of Them From Low Income Group
IRS has fined some 8 million people and 1.4 million households are forecast to fall prey of fines due to ignorance on new healthcare law. Commonly criticized as the Obama Care Law, the new law instructs all Americans to go through insurance net. But mainly due to ignorance about mandatory submission of tax returns and moreover legally remain exempted from tax net, have fall victim to count fine for $210 each.
Scientists can take fingerprints of people from the 12th to the 14th centuries
Researchers from the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom will examine fingerprints and palm prints of people who lived in the 12th to the 14th centuries through a project called Imprint.
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The Philippine peso is the least loser among emerging-market in Asia this week, thanks to the remittance from its overseas workers and outsourcing industry, which shielded it from the Chinese economic slowdown and increase in US interest rates.
UK’s chief medical officers lowered further the recommended drinking levels to only 14 units for men and women as it found that any amount of increase in alcohol consumption leads to increase in cancer risk.
The 125-year-old bottle of Alexander Keith's found at the bottom of the Halifax Harbour last year is confirmed by scientists as drinkable beer.
Delhi residents have been witnessing chilling cold, drizzling and heavy fog. The Fog is so dense that visibility range has been reported to remain around 75 meters during 10 am to 4 pm. Despite adopting highest ILS, CAT IIIB, air movement has been kept stalled for around 6 hours. According to IGIA met office partly thundery weather may prevail on Sunday next.
Vietnam issued second warning for China for landing two airplane on the artificial island in disputed Fiery Cross Reef.
The nine states that possess nuclear weapons are the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, India, China, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. Over 1,800 of these nuclear weapons are under high operational alert.
Saudi Aramco may tap capital market very shortly. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is considering a major restructuring plan for the world's biggest oil producing company in the wake of lower oil prices. The Saudi government may also sell some of the stake in Aramco.
The H5 Avian Flu virus has been appearing in poultry farms and markets around the world in the last month. In China, there has even been a fatality, with 5 other cases of transmission to humans.
California Governor Jerry Brown declared Porter Ranch under a state of emergency Wednesday due to the massive natural gas leak from the Southern California Gas Co. that has adversely affected residents for months.
