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Very medieval solution to a very minor annoyance.This article, Bird on a wire: Yishun woman hangs hungry mynah to ‘teach it a lesson’, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company. Want more Coconuts? Sign up for our newsletters!

New Zealand's military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as pressure from distraught victims' families mounted. Teams will move in "shortly after first light" on Friday, deputy police commissioner Mike Clement said, despite volcanologists warning that the chances of another significant eruption in the next 24 hours had risen to 50-60 percent. With the help of drone flights and helicopter pilots who were near the volcano immediately after the eruption, authorities have located six of the eight bodies on the island.

The Kingmaker review - exquisitely horrible portrait of Imelda Marcos. The former first lady of the Philippines is revealed as a monstrous, loathsome, absurdly queenly figure in Lauren Greenfield’s superb documentary

Hotel deals in Singapore are set for a record amid a surge in tourist arrivals buoyed by people wanting to avoid the protests in Hong Kong.

John Crilly used a fire extinguisher to tackle Usman Khan.

A 52-year-old Malaysian man’s alleged attempt to smuggle cigarettes inside several loaves of Gardenia bread was thwarted by eagle-eyed Singaporean border officials at the Woodlands Checkpoint this week as he tried to enter the city-state by bus. Having noticed the man in line at the Arrival Bus Hall, the Singaporean Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) ...This article, Best Thing Since Sliced Bread: Man busted at SG border accused of hauling cigs in Gardenia loaves, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company. Want more Coconuts? Sign up for our newsletters!