No surgery is required for Third Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng, although the Red Lions team member suffered some injuries in a hard landing at the National Day Parade, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday (Aug 10). Dr Ng added that 3WO Heng will need time and some rehab, butContinue Reading
TOKYO: Unification Church followers in Japan and their families have faced harassment and death threats since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the organisation’s Japanese branch said on Wednesday (Aug 10). The man accused of shooting Abe a month ago bore a grudge against a “certain group” heContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s military said on Wednesday (Aug 10) it has “successfully completed” various tasks around Taiwan after around a week of drills. The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said on its official Weibo account its troops will keep a close eye on changes in the situation in the TaiwanContinue Reading
BEIJING: Strong winds from Tropical Storm Mulan are expected to whip across the South China Sea towards Hainan Island on Wednesday (Aug 10), raising the possibility of disruption to mass testing on the holiday island that is grappling with a big COVID-19 outbreak. At 10am, Mulan was estimated to beContinue Reading
Inspector General Ferdy Sambo has been charged with the premeditated murder of his bodyguard Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat after the latter died under unusual circumstances. He could face the death penalty.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin this week said Australia had “wantonly criticised China’s legitimate, justified and lawful measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity”. Wang urged Australia to “stop interfering in China’s internal affairs”. “In the past few years, China-Australia relations have experienced serious difficulties for reasons causedContinue Reading
The particular document laid out exactly how China intends to claim Taiwan via a range of economic bonuses and military stress.Continue Reading
Since Abe’s death a month ago, Japanese media has revealed that many ruling lawmakers – especially those in Abe’s faction – received similar assistance from Unification Church members, some thing the group says fans only do because private citizens. The organisation founded in Korea in 1954, in whose followers areContinue Reading
HONG KONG: China’s real estate crisis is casting a darkening cloud over governance and financial prospects of once highly valued property management companies, triggering a rout in their shares and making investors cautious. Already battered share prices have fallen a further 7 per cent this month as investors have reactedContinue Reading
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said strict surroundings crew quarantine rules were crimping the ability to take advantage of rising travel demand, even while it narrowed its first-half loss to HK$5 billion (US$636. 98 million). The carrier is falling far behind traditional rival Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) in repairingContinue Reading