Mr Tom Andrews condemned Tuesday’s air strike in the remote Kanbalu township in Sagaing region as “absolutely horrific” and “unacceptable”.Continue Reading
MUMBAI – Last month, China and Pakistan celebrated the tenth anniversary of the US$64 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor with bonhomie and backslapping. But a warning from Syed Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, belied the joviality. “Overdue payments to the Chinese IPPs [the independent power plants built and operated by China […]Continue Reading
Twenty-seven people were killed and 287 injured in 278 road crashes on Tuesday, the first of the “seven deadly days” of the Songkran festival.Continue Reading
Another sector that Singapore companies are trying to break into is the US educational tech industry.Continue Reading
The New Straits Times (NST) reported KPDN Minister Salahuddin Ayub as saying on Tuesday (Apr 11) that officers from the ministry have been instructed to look into the allegations. “When I learned about a foreign tourist who had to pay RM120 for a haircut, I immediately ordered the officers toContinue Reading
“Rivalry is only 90 minutes. After that we’re brothers. Humanity above all else,” Persebaya wrote on their official Instagram account. The match was guarded by hundreds of security forces around the stadium and only a few officials linked to the clubs were allowed inside. There were no reports of fanContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday (Apr 12) that her recent overseas trip, which included the United States, showed the world Taiwan’s determination to defend freedom and democracy, even as it prompted China to stage war games around the island. Tsai met US House of Representatives Speaker KevinContinue Reading
DETERRING FOREIGN HELP Videos of the exercise released by the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command showed its vessels and planes came within 24 nautical miles of Taiwan on all sides of the island, which Beijing claims as its own. The aim of the drills was to show thatContinue Reading
Under US guidance, Ukraine is planning a major counteroffensive likely later this Spring when the fields and secondary roads that are not asphalted dry out. Right now most military vehicles cannot operate over open fields and have real difficulty on unpaved secondary roads. According to leaked alleged Pentagon documents, Ukraine has assembled twelve brigades for the planned military push. […]Continue Reading
“DAVID AND GOLIATH” It is the latest in a series of delays to the project, first proposed to the Thai government back in 2010. The junta led by Prayut pushed closer ties with China, leading some to fear that Thailand was abandoning its policy of trying to balance relations withContinue Reading