A five-storey house, which was marooned in the middle of a new road in China for more than a year because its owner refused to leave, has finally been demolished.
The road, in China's eastern Zhejiang province, was built around the house because duck farmer Luo Baogen was holding out for more compensation, reports the BBC. Luo, 67, said he had just finished the home at a cost of $95,000 and had been offered only $35,000 to move.
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Officials in Paris have scrambled to reassure visitors that their city does not condone misogyny or racism, after footage of an apparent racist attack on a Moroccan influencer went viral.
The wife of tech billionaire Forrest Li is set to acquire a mansion in one of Singapore’s most coveted residential areas, even as the luxury property market remains in a lull.
NEW YORK — “Sir, can you please have a seat.” Donald Trump had stood up to leave the Manhattan criminal courtroom as Justice Juan M. Merchan was wrapping up a scheduling discussion Tuesday. But the judge had not yet adjourned the court or left the bench. Trump, the 45th president of the United States and the owner of his own company, is used to setting his own pace. Still, when Merchan admonished him to sit back down, the former president did so without saying a word. Sign up for The Morning new
As Leicester City close in on an immediate return to the Premier League, the uncomfortable question looms large: is this the end of the fairy tale for Jamie Vardy?
MCA is in a Catch-22 situation ahead of the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. If the party makes a U-turn and support Pakatan Harapan's candidate, it will please leaders of the unity government but may see its support dwindle even more. However, if MCA is adamant about staying out, the party could be axed from Barisan Nasional. The post Will MCA ‘ubah’, embrace DAP, or sit out KKB by-election and be sidelined? appeared first on Twentytwo13.
Taiwan was shaken by dozens of earthquakes overnight and into Tuesday that left buildings swaying and some tilting, with the government saying they were aftershocks from a huge deadly quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago.The April 3 tremor was the most serious in Taiwan since 1999, when a magnitude-7.6 quake hit the island.