BANGKOK (AFP) – South-east Asian nations could launch a joint bid to host the 2034 World Cup, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Saturday (June 22), a bold play to bring the biggest sporting show on earth to a football-mad region for the first time. The only Asian hosts of the World Cup so far have […]
SHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) – China has the strength and patience to withstand the trade war, and will fight to the end if the US administration persists with it, China’s state-run People’s Daily said in an editorial on Saturday (June 22). The US must drop all tariffs imposed on China, if it wants to negotiate on trade, and […]
SINGAPORE – Tertiary tuition fee subsidies disbursed by self-help group Yayasan Mendaki to the Malay-Muslim community here reached an all-time high last year at $42 million, enabling more than 10,000 beneficiaries to carry on with studies at government institutions. Giving a financial overview of the self-help group’s 2018 initiatives on Saturday (June 22), Minister-in-charge of […]
The remains of a teacher who disappeared more than 16 years ago in China have been found buried beneath the school he worked at, officials say. Deng Shiping had refused to approve a new sports facility because he felt it had been poorly constructed. A man reportedly involved in building the site has now confessed […]
Women working in the matchstick factory in the town of Binjai often brought their children to work, a relative said. At least 30 people have been killed by a fire that swept through a private home doubling as a matchstick factory in Indonesia, authorities said. Several children were among those killed, Irwan Syahri from the Langkat […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – St. Louis Federal Reserve bank president James Bullard said he dissented at this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting because he felt weak inflation and uncertainties about the outlook for economic growth warranted an interest rate cut. “Inflation measures have declined substantially since the end of last year and are presently running […]
SINGAPORE – He thought the “prank” was just meant to scare the full-time national serviceman, so once they put Corporal Kok Yuen Chin down next to the fire station pump well, Staff Sergeant Muhammad Riduan Mohamed Sairi raised his arms and walked away. “I raised my hands to signal I was stopping and said, ‘I […]
(Reuters) – John Varley, the former CEO of Barclays, was acquitted of fraud charges on Friday after senior judges said there was insufficient evidence in a UK Serious Fraud Office case against him over Qatari cash injections that saved the bank from a state bailout in 2008. Prosecutors had charged the veteran banker with conspiracy […]
Kim Jong-un has hailed North Korea’s “invincible” ties with China, during a state visit by President Xi Jinping. Beijing is Pyongyang’s closest ally but their relationship has been strained by North Korea’s nuclear programme and China’s support of UN sanctions. Mr Xi’s two-day visit to Pyongyang ends on Friday, a week before he meets US […]
PASIR GUDANG (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Johor government has ruled out a repeat of the Sungai Kim Kim incident after 15 individuals – including 13 students – were admitted to hospital following breathing difficulties and vomiting. State Health, Culture and Heritage Committee chairman Mohd Khuzzan Abu Bakar said that the authorities have opened an […]