(Reuters) – Indonesia’s Arema soccer club on Monday apologised to victims of a deadly stadium stampede, with its president Gilang Widya Pramana stating he was ready to take full responsibility for the events. Read full storyContinue Reading
Google shut down its Translate app for China, ending one of the few remaining services the US giant still operates in the world’s biggest Internet arena. Read full storyContinue Reading
NIBONG TEBAL: Pakatan Harapan must galvanise its efforts to secure votes especially among young voters and fence-sitters if it wants to win the 15th General Election (GE15), says Nurul Izzah Anwar. Read full storyContinue Reading
PHUKET: An injured Swedish driver was helped safely from his burning car after crashing into a roadside signpost in Thalang district on Sunday evening.Continue Reading
In a climate of rising interest rates, one can hardly blame the authorities for exercising a blanket clampdown on financing to safeguard the stability of the housing market, says EDMUND TIE’s Lam Chern Woon.Continue Reading
Everyone from political pundits to people on the street have issued forth on the new UK government’s tax cut-laden growth plan recently. But it was a rare public rebuke from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that really impacted financial markets. Days after the government made its mini-budget announcement, the IMF warned that “large and untargeted […]
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Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with wealthy Chinese executives in 2018, attorneys for both sides announced late on Oct 1. Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man went on trial on Monday (Oct 3) over a charge of offering a S$50 bribe in exchange for his medical records to reflect that he had received his second COVID-19 vaccination jab. Kelvin Tan Li Ming, 35, contested the single charge of corruption which allegedly occurred atContinue Reading
With a reputation for self-promotion, luxury, and a life of excess, Rosmah Mansor may become the ‘sacrificial lamb’ to save her husband, former Prime Minister Najib
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MANILA – For the first time, top defense chiefs from the United States and the Philippines personally joined detailed operational planning in the US Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a move to bolster their century-old alliance. The unprecedented joint planning came almost exactly a week after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s first personal meeting […]
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