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Uber driver sexually assaults woman in Sydney

An Uber driver has been charged with assaulting a Sydney woman while taking her home.

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Driver in deadly Taiwan bus fire suicidal, mainland strongly condemns

The 53-year-old bus driver who slammed a tour bus near Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei back in July, killing 26 people, was suicidal, according to law enforcement investigators.

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Driver suspected of homicide in Taiwan tour bus fire

The driver of a tour bus that caught fire and left 26 people dead in Taiwan on July 19 was drunken and set fire to the vehicle intentionally, local prosecutors said Saturday.

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At least 32 Chinese mainland tourists injured in bus crash in Macao, driver arrested

At least 32 tourists from the Chinese mainland were injured, three seriously, on Monday when a tour bus crashed into a building in Macao, and the driver was arrested for suspected dangerous driving.

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Police seize 200 kg of cannabis in Burundi's capital

​Police on Saturday seized three bags containing about 200 kilograms of cannabis in a car intercepted at Ngagara in the north of the Burundian capital Bujumbura.

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Driver for China's Uber equivalent arrested for murder

A driver for Chinese ride hailing app Didi Chuxing in the southern city of Shenzhen has been arrested for robbing and murdering a passenger, local police said on Monday.

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All the things YOU hate about Hong Kong taxis, and words of praise for city cabs too

Our gripes about Hong Kong taxis rang a bell with readers, who complain drivers are rude, refuse rides, or feign ignorance. But compared to taxis in Macau, China, and Malaysia they’re a pleasure, one says

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Five things we hate about taking a Hong Kong taxi

There’s hardly a Hongkonger who hasn’t taken a taxi ride at one time or another. And just like us, you’ve probably had good experiences and bad. Lately, though, in our experience the bad has outweighed the good. No wonder ride-sharing services such as Uber have spotted an opportunity in Hong Kong.

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Over 20 hospitalized after toxic liquid leak in Switzerland

​The Zurich cantonal police of Switzerland reported on Tuesday that hundreds of litres of formaldehyde, a toxic liquid, leaked from a lorry carrying hazardous merchandise in the Uetliberg motorway tunnel, south of Zurich on A3.

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Chinese celebs arrested for beating up taxi driver

Shanghai police have arrested former soccer star Gao Feng and a famous actor following an attack on a taxi driver on Tuesday.

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Sydney driver survives 30 meters fall off cliff

A man is lucky to be alive after his car ploughed through a fence and plummeted more than 30 meters over a Sydney cliff on Monday.

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Rape of passenger throws spotlight on radio cabs' safety in India

​Many women, particularly working professionals, in the Indian capital use radio cabs every day after dark, be it returning from the office, a party or the airport.

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20 school children killed in bus-train collision in S. India

At least 20 students and their school bus driver were killed while 20 other students injured after a speeding train rammed into the bus at an unmanned crossing in the southern Indian state of Telangana Thursday, a senior police official said.

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One killed, 10 injured in NE China train-truck collision

A driver of a passenger train died and ten others were injured after a passenger train collided with a coal-loaded truck on Thursday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said.

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Spanish court finds train driver on phone at moment of derailment

A Spanish court found on Tuesday that the driver of the train, which derailed and killed 79 people last Wednesday, was speaking on the phone when the accident occurred.