Tiger census: India now has 3,167 tigers, numbers show
2023-04-10
India is estimated to be home to more than 70% of the world’s tigers.Continue Reading
Foreign worker jailed for lying to police that he was driver in accident; owned up after learning victim died
2023-04-10
Rajendhiran Chelladurai initially agreed to take the rap because he was the assigned driver that day even though he did not take the wheel.Continue Reading
China’s military drills following Tsai US visit ‘more muted’ than after Pelosi’s Taiwan trip: Analysts
2023-04-10
China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday (Apr 8), simulating precision strikes against the island, a day after Ms Tsai returned from a brief visit to the United States.Continue Reading
Ex-NTUC FairPrice team leader jailed for conspiring to take S$523,000 in bribes from fish suppliers
2023-04-10
SINGAPORE: A former team leader at NTUC FairPrice was jailed on Monday (Apr 10) for conspiring with a senior team leader to take bribes from fish suppliers over eight years. See Hock Lam, 70, was sentenced to three years and two months’ jail, and given a penalty of S$261,500 (US$196,700). Continue Reading
Crimea or Bust, and Czar Alexander II
2023-04-10
President Joe Biden could not make it clearer that the United States fully backs a quick and unambiguous resolution to the Russo-Ukrainian war, even to the extent of backing a near-term Ukrainian counteroffensive to push forces out of the Crimean Peninsula annexed (illegally under international and Russian law) by Vladimir Putin in 2014. The Ukrainian […]Continue Reading
Dalai Lama apologises to young boy after kissing row
2023-04-10
A video showing the Tibetan spiritual leader asking a child to “suck” his tongue had sparked controversy.Continue Reading
New deaths complicate weekend murder spree investigation
2023-04-10
SURAT THANI: Two more people have been found shot dead following an armed rampage at a house in Khirirat Nikhom district on Saturday when four people were killed. The deaths are all related, further complicating the case, police said.Continue Reading
China rehearses ‘sealing off’ Taiwan in third day of drills
2023-04-10
Beijing confirms an aircraft carrier took part in the latest military exercises around the island.Continue Reading
XBB.1.16: India hospitals on alert as Covid-19 cases rise
2023-04-10
Experts have urged caution, but asked people not to panic as the new subvariant is not deadly.Continue Reading
Royal pardon petition for Najib not unity government’s stance: Malaysia minister
2023-04-10
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke on Monday (Apr 10) said that a petition for a royal pardon for jailed former prime minister Najib Razak is not the government’s stance. Instead, Mr Loke said that the issue is a party matter within the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). UMNOContinue Reading