Police-shooter shot, wounded, siege ends
2023-03-15
The siege at a house in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district, where a disturbed police officer had been firing gunshots since Tuesday morning, ended shortly after noon on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Australian boy, 13, spent six weeks in solitary confinement
2023-03-15
The teenager’s treatment is the latest youth justice case to raise human rights concerns in Queensland.Continue Reading
Moldova first domino in Moscow’s horizontal escalation plan
2023-03-15
One of the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine is the fact that the Kremlin has lost a lot of its influence in former Soviet countries. This creates opportunities to limit Moscow’s ability to leverage its once-dominant role to further its war aims. However, it also means that Russia is likely to raise the stakes […]Continue Reading
Pakistan ex-PM Khan defies arrest as supporters clash with police
2023-03-15
LAHORE: Supporters of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan clashed repeatedly with police overnight as he remained holed up in his Lahore residence early Wednesday (Mar 15), defying attempts to arrest him. Khan was ousted from office by a no-confidence vote last year, and has been snarled in a seriesContinue Reading
Time and money for love: China brainstorms ways to boost birth rate
2023-03-15
HONG KONG: Concerned by China’s shrinking population, political advisors to the government have come up with more than 20 recommendations to boost birth rates, though experts say the best they can do is to slow the population’s decline. China dug itself into a demographic hole largely through its one-child policyContinue Reading
The US banking crisis isn’t over yet – far from it
2023-03-15
Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed – so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in which too many depositors withdraw their funds from a bank at the same time. The failures at SVB and Signature were two of the three biggest in US banking history, following […]Continue Reading
Taiwan presidential candidate pledges to protect against China
2023-03-15
TAIPEI: The candidate likely to represent the ruling party at Taiwan’s next presidential election, Vice President William Lai, pledged on Wednesday (Mar 15) to protect the island against China and ensure peace, as he formally registered to run in the campaign. Lai is the front-runner to be the Democratic ProgressiveContinue Reading
Violet Coco: Activist’s jail term overturned in Australia protest row
2023-03-15
Violet Coco had been sentenced to 15 months jail, sparking a row in Australia over protest rights.Continue Reading
China to step up financing support for private small firms
2023-03-15
BEIJING: China will step up financing support for private micro and small enterprises, its central bank said on Wednesday (Mar 15), as the country aims to build on a recovery from COVID-19 disruptions while facing weaker demand abroad and a domestic property downturn. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) willContinue Reading
Police-shooter standoff continues in Bangkok
2023-03-15
The standoff continued on Wednesday at a house in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district where an agitated police officer fired shots into the air and inside his house on Tuesday and overnight.Continue Reading