NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A wild gaur was injured, but ran off, when hit by a sport-utility vehicle on a dark road in Wang Nam Khieo district on Wednesday night. The car driver was also injured.Continue Reading
WELLINGTON: Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday (Dec 22) it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking syndicate, dubbed “Asia’s El Chapo”, into custody after he was extradited from the Netherlands. The AFP said the arrest is the culmination of a long-running investigation into an organised crimeContinue Reading
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong Court on Thursday (Dec 22) rejected an application to terminate a sedition trial against now-defunct online media outlet Stand News, a case that could see two former top editors jailed if convicted. Former editors Chung Pui-kuen, 53, and Patrick Lam, 35, and the outlet’s parentContinue Reading
Social media users were divided on the incident, with some saying that the crew member tried her best to be patient while others felt that the passenger’s point of view should have been heard. Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor empathised with the stewardess, and wrote on Twitter that “crew are humanContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: The former principal of a tuition centre who helped students cheat in their O-Level examinations is suspected to have fled the country. A prosecutor on Thursday (Dec 22) asked a judge to vary the outstanding warrants to arrest for Poh Yuan Nie, 56, to state specifically that they areContinue Reading
When France scored their first goal in the World Cup final, the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, leaped to his feet in delight. By the end, having joined the defeated French players on the pitch after the victory of Qatar, he looked dejected. It was a scene that mirrors Macron’s own political travails on the world […]Continue Reading
At one hotel, this festive season has seen business surpass even that of 2019, before the pandemic.
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Emad Abdel Rahman Shehadeh Abdul Wahid told the woman she was attractive, looked good for her age and wanted to see more of her.Continue Reading
The number of couples that registered for marriage in China is on pace to hit a historic low this year.Continue Reading
The alleged drug lord is accused of running one of the world’s biggest drug syndicates.Continue Reading