Singapore-based crypto lender Hodlnaut suspends withdrawals
HONG KONG: Hodlnaut, a Singapore-based crypto currency lender and borrower, has suspended withdrawals, swaps and deposits, the company said on Monday (Aug 8), the latest sign of stress in the cryptocurrency industry. The crypto lender also said it would withdraw its application for a licence from the Monetary Authority ofContinue Reading
Court favours Thaksin in B17bn tax case
The Central Tax Court has ruled in favour of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra by revoking the Revenue Department’s order for him to pay about 17 billion baht in tax over the 2006 sale of a stake in Shin Corp. The ruling was issued by the court on Monday.Continue Reading
Pete Rose dismisses questions over statutory rape claims in return to Philadelphia: ‘It was 55 years ago, babe’
Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader Pete Rose returned to the field in Philadelphia for the first time since receiving a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989.Continue Reading
Quote of the day | Aug 8, 2022
Mountain B pub owner Pongsiri Panprasong on the pub inforno that claimed 15 lives and injured 38 other peopleContinue Reading
Funeral director gets jail for unauthorised credit card charges of S$356,000, attempted witness tampering
SINGAPORE: A funeral director was sentenced to four years and three months’ jail on Monday (Aug 8) for making unauthorised credit card charges worth more than S$356,000. As authorities closed in on Casper Ang, 34, he also tried to interfere with investigations by getting a police officer to pass informationContinue Reading
Willow Smith speaks out about dad Will’s Oscars slap incident
Willow Smith says she was not fazed by the media firestorm that broke out after her father, Will Smith, slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards, because she sees her “whole family as being human.”Continue Reading
Govt to lower Covid to same disease category as influenza
Thailand will downgrade Covid-19 from a “dangerous” communicable disease to one that “needs monitoring” starting from October, as the country’s virus situation has started to stabilise, according to the Ministry of Public Health.Continue Reading
Deadly blaze pub owner gets bail
PATTAYA: The Pattaya Provincial Court on Monday approved the conditional release on bail of the owner of Mountain B pub, where a fire claimed 15 lives and injured 38 other people early Friday morning.Continue Reading
Mountain B pub owner gets bail
PATTAYA: The Pattaya Provincial Court on Monday approved the conditional release on bail of the owner of Mountain B pub, where a fire claimed 15 lives and injured 38 other people early Friday morning.Continue Reading
North Korea coming to Russia’s rescue in Ukraine?
SEOUL – Could North Korea deploy enough combat manpower and artillery to rejuvenate Russia’s flagging fortunes in the Ukraine war? Even by the standards of often alarmist North Korean reportage, US and UK tabloid stories that appeared over the weekend and spread like wildfire over social media were startling. According to the New York Post, […]
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