BEIJING: China signalled on Thursday (Sep 29) no let-up in its combative approach to foreign policy in a third term for Xi Jinping as leader despite criticism from many Western diplomats that the so-called Wolf Warrior stance has been counterproductive. As relations with the West have soured over issues fromContinue Reading
India’s Supreme Court says all women, including those not married, can get an abortion up to 24 weeks.Continue Reading
The People’s Bank of China participated in the trial from Aug 15 to Sept 23, testing use of digital currencies on four sides of platform. The trial period handled more than 160 cross-border payments and foreign exchange transactions totalling over 150mil yuan (RM96.86mil). Read full storyContinue Reading
Five senior police on Koh Samui have been transferred over two criminal cases under investigation on the island – the extortion of a Russian couple and misconduct by an officer who allegdly demanded sex with a woman in return for the release of her arrested husband.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The High Court has reduced the sentence of a sex offender from six years and three strokes of the cane to three-and-a-half years’ jail with no caning after he successfully appealed. In a judgment released on Thursday (Sep 29), Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon clarified several complexities in the caseContinue Reading
US State Department spokesman Ned Price has chided Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as regards the latter’s remarks last Sunday questioning the raison d’être of the US-Pakistan relationship. Yet some national dailies in India have rushed to attribute it to the US displeasure over New Delhi’s stance on the conflict in Ukraine. One daily rather […]
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JAKARTA – Indonesians have been given yet another reminder that corruption remains a drag on the country’s economy with a Supreme Court justice and the gambling-addicted governor of Papua under investigation for allegedly taking bribes and stealing from the public purse. Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perception Index ranks Indonesia 96th out of 180 ranked countries, a […]
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Are you picky about Pocky? To make Pocky sticks and the rest of the company’s offerings healthier, Glico will need the power of AI. Read full storyContinue Reading
SURAT THANI: One of six foreign men accused of the extortion of 1.8 million baht in cryptocurrency from a Russian realtor couple on Koh Samui has been arrested in Chon Buri province.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: About 7,400 tickets were issued for smoking in prohibited areas in the first of half of 2022, as enforcement actions against those smoking at newly banned places are set to begin from Saturday (Oct 1). In 2021, more than 13,000 tickets were issued for smoking in prohibited areas. At the time,Continue Reading