“CANNOT MAKE ENDS MEET” Pakistan consistently ranks near the bottom of global gender parity indexes, and girls are often viewed as a financial burden because of the bride-price parents pay when they are married. Amin wanted his six daughters to be educated, hoping they would lift the family out ofContinue Reading
A car driving instructor, who fled right after a crash which killed a highway policeman in Pathum Thani on Thursday evening, surrendered to police later that night.Continue Reading
The UN resolution demanded an immediate end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started a year ago.Continue Reading
For 335 passengers, what was meant to be a straightforward two-hour domestic flight became a 16-hour journey, all because a deadline was missed by minutes. On Sunday (Feb 19), a Japan Airlines flight bound for Fukuoka was forced to return to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after it missed a 10pm cutoff time toContinue Reading
Xiaxue asked Phoon to be in a video she was filming, after encountering her along Orchard Road.Continue Reading
This Friday in New York, Malta, the current chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC), is to convene a special ministerial session to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine as it completes one full year and its end is not yet in sight. This has been preceded by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debating on Thursday, ahead of a vote on Friday, on one more resolution reiterating “the need to reach, […]Continue Reading
He said even if Chinese forces were planning a speedy attack they would face difficulties trying to take the island in a sudden move as they would have to cross the Taiwan Strait that separates the two. “They would still have to overcome this,” Chiu said. “It wouldn’t be asContinue Reading
Ms Huang Sining claimed that another woman had threatened her and said things like: “Your face, really, even S$1 million of plastic surgery cannot make nice.”Continue Reading
A Board of Inquiry will also be convened under the Civil Defence Act, to review the incident. “Since the BOI is also a fact-finding body, it will be held after the coroner’s findings are established. The BOI will then also be able to consider the police and the coroner’s findings,Continue Reading
Caning will be introduced as a punishment for those who possess large amounts of certain Class A controlled drugs that “cause the most serious harms”.Continue Reading