Scandal-hit Chinese vaccine maker Changsheng started falsifying records in 2014: Xinhua
Changsheng Bio-technology Co Ltd, a vaccine maker at the center of a safety scandal in China, began falsifying production records for its rabies vaccine in April 2014, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.
Nigerian security forces temporarily block lawmakers from entering parliament
Security forces temporarily blocked the entrance to Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday, preventing lawmakers and others from entering for up to an hour, witnesses said.
Philippines to cancel Landing’s $1.5 billion casino project: Duterte’s spokesman
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will cancel Landing International Development Ltd’s $1.5 billion integrated casino project in the capital, his spokesman said minutes after the Hong Kong-listed firm broke ground on Tuesday.
Probe confirms Japan medical university cut women’s test scores
A Japanese medical school deliberately cut women’s entrance test scores for several years, a panel of lawyers hired by the school to investigate the issue said on Tuesday, calling it a “very serious” instance of discrimination.
Security forces block entrance to Nigeria’s parliament: witness
Security forces blocked the entrance to Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said.
Malaysian anti-graft agency asks former PM Najib to appear
Malaysia’s anti-graft agency has called on Najib Razak, the former premier who is embroiled in a graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to appear at its office on Tuesday.
Indonesian shaman accused of keeping girl as sex slave for 15 years
An elderly village witch doctor in Indonesia entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the next 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the “jin”, or spirit, of a young boy, police said on Tuesday.
Philippines’ Duterte to call off Landing’s $1.5 billion casino project
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will cancel Landing International Development Ltd’s $1.5 billion integrated casino project in the capital, his spokesman said minutes after the Hong Kong-listed firm broke ground on Tuesday.
North Korea releases South Korean man detained in July
North Korea released a South Korean citizen detained in July after crossing the border into the North, the South’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday.
Australia’s population to hit 25 million, a decade earlier than forecast
Australia’s population will hit a record 25 million on Tuesday, almost a decade earlier than projected, as it attracts hundreds of thousands of migrants each year, latest government data shows.
