The stampede, which followed a match at East Java’s Kanjuruhan Stadium on Oct 1, has been blamed on police firing tear gas onto the pitch, a crowd control measure banned by FIFA. The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) said last week that Infantino was expected to address a meeting of theContinue Reading
PHUKET: Rain again pounded many parts of this island province on Monday night, frustrating efforts to drain water from areas still flooded after Sunday’s deluge.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Straits Times’ editor Warren Fernandez has been named chief executive officer of Edelman’s Asia-Pacific region, the global communications firm said on Tuesday (Oct 18). Mr Fernandez will take on the role from Oct 25, to oversee the region’s 21 offices and more than 1,300 employees. The news comesContinue Reading
Canberra will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital, four years after changing its stance.Continue Reading
The offender told the victim that he was from “the 21 gang” and asked for S$2,100.Continue Reading
A rare one-man demonstration in Beijing has inspired protest signs and graffiti elsewhere.Continue Reading
One of Vladimir Putin’s oft-quoted maxims is that “sometimes it is necessary to be lonely to prove you are right.” As his ill-fated invasion of Ukraine drags on, he seems to be heeding his own advice. Putin looks increasingly isolated, not just on the world stage, but inside Russia as well. The longer the war […]Continue Reading
Sathit Pitutecha, deputy public health minister and deputy leader of the Democrat Party, has denied speculation he is defecting to the Bhumjaithai Party, or any other party.Continue Reading
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Flooding caused by heavy rain has damaged 280,000 rai of crops in 22 districts of this northeastern province, affecting more than 8,000 households.Continue Reading
There were about 70 such cases reported in September, with losses amounting to more than S$10 million, according to figures reported by the police.Continue Reading