BANGKOK: Thai police are hunting a YouTube dancer nicknamed “Nutty”, who swindled millions of dollars from her followers using a foreign exchange trading scam, authorities said on Wednesday (Aug 31). Natthamon Khongchak, 29, who also uses the aliases Leah and Suchata, has a following of nearly 850,000 on the video-sharingContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor has filed an application at the High Court, seeking the removal of the judge who heard her corruption case. Rosmah’s lawyer Akberdin Abdul Kader told Malaysian media that the application was filed at the High Court on TuesdayContinue Reading
Following up a report that the self-crowned “Queen of Canada” is expanding her QAnon-inspired movement into the United States, Asia Times has noticed that Romana Didulo’s newly anointed “King of the US” claims to be – like Didula – a Philippines-born immigrant. “I am a naturalized US citizen from Maharlika,” “His Majesty” King David J […]
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Many had made their way to the clinic walking barefoot through filthy floodwater and mud. “My child’s foot is burning with pain. My feet too,” said Azra Bhambro, a 23-year-old woman who had come to the clinic for help. Abdul Aziz, a doctor in charge of Alkhidmat’s clinics in theContinue Reading
Predicting the overseas travel plans of Chinese President Xi Jinping has become something of a parlor game for journalists and foreign-policy observers. Xi has not left China since the Covid-19 pandemic began, and the destination of his first post-pandemic trip – and whom he meets – will speak volumes about China’s strategic priorities. In the Middle […]
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Sponsor Hugo Boss has pledged to keep working with the Singaporean swim star, and communications specialists note that some online reactions to the news have been positive.Continue Reading
Noting some positive online reactions to news of the Olympic champion’s drug use, branding specialists add that he can repair his image and bounce back from the incident.Continue Reading
TOKYO: Tourists will be able to visit Japan from next week on package tours without a guide, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (Aug 31), as the country moves to ease strict COVID-19 controls. From Sep 7, Japan will also raise its daily cap on the number of peopleContinue Reading
The budget request is for funding to mass produce ground-launched cruise missiles – an extended range version of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-designed Type 12 missile already in use – to strike ships, and new high-velocity glide ballistic missiles capable of hitting ground targets. The ministry is also seeking money toContinue Reading
Being the president of Russia means never having to say you’re sorry, except – remarkably – after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed casually that Adolf Hitler was of partly Jewish descent. Vladimir Putin offered a personal apology to then-Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett. Reflexive Russian anti-Semitism is a dog-bites-man story; a Russian leader’s apology […]
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