NEW DELHI – Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations S Iswaran said the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) can “bring the region together with a farsighted and high ambition agreement”, adding that it would be a loss if India was not part of the pact. Mr Iswaran was speaking at the Singapore Symposium, which is co-organised by […]
British weapons, particularly aircraft and missiles, are crucial to Saudi Arabia’s war effort in Yemen. London, United Kingdom – Campaigners hailed an “historic” ruling by the United Kingdom’s court of appeal declaring British arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in its war against Yemen unlawful as a potential turning point in the conflict. The […]
SINGAPORE – Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may be long gone, but his namesake is creating symphonies of another kind entirely. Mozart is the name of a new platform developed by security services provider Certis to oversee its operations at Jewel Changi Airport. At a media briefing on Thursday (June 20), Certis said the $1.7 […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday that the European Union’s fiscal rules should be revised and focus on growth rather than on financial stability. “We have a stability and growth pact that focuses on stability and not on growth. We want to invert this order,” Conte told reporters, saying he […]
A former top Indian policeman critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in deadly anti-Muslim riots in 2002 has been jailed for life. Sanjiv Bhatt was convicted of murder in a case dating back 30 years. He alleged that Mr Modi, chief minister at the time of the violence in Gujarat, told officials Hindus […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appeared to ignore a Thursday (June 20) deadline set by some protesters to withdraw an extradition Bill that she promoted then postponed, setting the stage for a new wave of demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city. Lam suspended the Bill, which would allow criminal suspects in the […]
SINGAPORE – A private bus driver was taken to hospital after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a car on Wednesday (June 19). The police were alerted at 8.45pm to the accident between the two vehicles at the junction of Sin Ming Drive and Sin Ming Road. The bus driver, 43, was conscious […]
BEIJING — China’s leader, Xi Jinping, arrived in North Korea’s capital on Thursday to a 21-gun salute at the airport, the release of thousands of balloons and waving crowds lining the streets, as his car wound its way to the mausoleum where the North’s founder lies. The elaborate ceremonial welcome for Mr. Xi, making his […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – Protesters in Bangkok on Thursday (June 20) dumped plastic waste in front of a government building and called on South-east Asian leaders to ban imports of trash from developed countries. The protest comes ahead of a weekend meeting of the 10-member Asean, with many countries struggling to deal with the flood of […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday but Governor Haruhiko Kuroda signaled readiness to ramp up stimulus as global risks cloud the economic outlook, joining U.S. and European central banks in dropping hints of additional easing. Seeking to dispel concerns the BOJ has run out of ammunition, Kuroda said […]