SINGAPORE – A 50-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday (July 2) for allegedly assaulting another man in Bukit Batok by cutting off the tip of his right middle finger. The police said in a statement on Thursday that the man has been arrested for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon. Officers from the Jurong […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – An Australian student who went missing in North Korea has been released, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday (July 4). “Mr Alek Sigley has been released from detention in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Morrison told Parliament, referring to North Korea by its official name. “Alek is safe […]
HONG KONG – The dust has barely settled after protesters stormed the nexus of Hong Kong’s administrative power, but already another march is being planned for this Sunday (July 7). The demonstration will begin at Salisbury Gardens in the city’s Tsim Sha Tsui area in the afternoon, and head towards West Kowloon Railway Station, where […]
SINGAPORE – There were fewer Housing Board (HDB) resale flats sold in June compared with May, while prices inched up slightly. Flash estimates from real estate portal SRX released on Thursday (July 4) revealed that 1,895 HDB resale flats changed hands in June, an 8.7 per cent decrease from the 2,076 units in May. The […]
A court in the Philippines has sentenced former first lady Imelda Marcos to prison for corruption. Imelda Marcos, 89, was the wife of late president Ferdinand Marcos, and famous for owning 1,000 pairs of shoes. The charges relate to alleged illicit financial dealings with Swiss-based NGOs while serving in her husband’s government in the 1970s […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s economic policy chief warned on Thursday (July 4) of direct countermeasures against Japan if it keeps restrictions on exports of high-tech materials to its companies for a long time. “Implementing corresponding measures against Japan cannot be ruled out because it will take a long time for the World Trade Organization […]
A “virtual exhibit” of jewellery once owned by former first lady Imelda Marcos is being used as an anti-corruption campaign in the Philippines. The jewels were seized by US Customs in 1986 when she and her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, fled to Hawaii after the military leader was overthrown. The government said the campaign would “remind […]
Countries across Asia are struggling to contain an outbreak of swine fever. It is threatening the livelihoods of millions of families that rely on pig farming. The highly contagious and incurable virus is deadly to pigs but not dangerous to humans. The disease originally spread from Africa to Europe and is now affecting several Asian […]
(Reuters) – Euro zone stocks surged on Wednesday as investors piled into firms with big dividends on hopes European Central Bank chief nominee Christine Lagarde will maintain the ECB’s dovish stance, while Italian shares jumped over 2% on avoiding a EU sanction threat. The blue-chip euro zone STOXX .STOXX50E index closed up 0.9% having touched […]
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has been forced to announce a U-turn, suspending plans to allow extraditions to mainland China after huge protests in the city. It was her first serious challenge since being elected elected in 2017 as the city’s first female leader. At the time, she was not the popular candidate for […]