SINGAPORE: Asia-focussed telecoms tower firm Edotco Group, its Malaysian parent Axiata and a Japanese backer are in talks with investors for stake sales, in a deal that could raise about US$1.2 billion, four sources familiar with the matter said. The move comes as global infrastructure funds are pouring huge sumsContinue Reading
The parties then entered a hearing over costs and disbursements. Lawyers for defendants argued that they offered S$15,000 to Mr Chia to settle the case on Apr 24, 2020. He did not accept. TTSH and the three doctors then asked for costs of action to be fixed at S$625,500 andContinue Reading
The operator of the online lottery platform Kong Salak Plus has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay fines of nearly 2.7 million baht for selling overpriced lottery tickets and selling tickets to people younger than 20 years old.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE – Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin is the latest Malaysian politician to face legal trouble and potential jail time after a court in Kuala Lumpur charged him with graft and embezzlement on March 10, a day after authorities arrested and questioned him over the alleged misuse of funds from a Covid-19 stimulus initiative. The […]Continue Reading
Public opinion on whether the indictment is a political witch hunt, could affect the outcome of six state elections this year, say observers.Continue Reading
A 14-year-old girl was shot dead in full view of her mother in front of a mosque in Muang district of Pattani province on Friday morning.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have written to Chinese President Xi Jinping to congratulate him on his reappointment to a third term, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Friday (Mar 10). Mr Xi was handed an unprecedented third five-year term on Friday after nearlyContinue Reading
US defense planners are mulling response options to an adversary attack on privately-owned, military-oriented satellites amid rising concerns of gray zone warfare in space. This month, The Washington Post reported that the US is developing policy responses to a possible Russian or other adversary state attack on the Starlink satellite constellation. Starlink, operated by Elon […]Continue Reading
When Syrian mercenaries first began appearing a few years ago in other conflicts, such as in Libya and Azerbaijan, analysts wondered whether the fighters might eventually make their way to Ukraine. By contrast, few have paid attention to what role foreign fighters in Syria, particularly jihadists, might eventually play in Europe. That tunnel vision helps explain […]Continue Reading
The seemingly eternal Israel-Palestinian conflict now includes the increasingly volatile participation of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, who fervently oppose any compromise that would grant land and sovereignty to Palestinians. Ongoing Palestinian violence follows in the path of a pair of past uprisings, each called an “intifada” in Arabic, or “shaking-off.” The settlers are […]Continue Reading