An American man has been found guilty by a US court of trying to extort the Singaporean government over information in a leaked official HIV database. The court in Kentucky heard Mikhy Farrera-Brochez had sent two emails to Singaporean officials in 2018. In them he said he had possession of an official database containing the […]
SINGAPORE – A 6-year-old girl was found dead at the ground floor of an Ang Mo Kio Housing Board flat on Tuesday (June 4). She is believed to have fallen from height. The police said that they were alerted to a case of unnatural death at Block 637 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 at 5.38pm. […]
SINGAPORE – A man allegedly made a false police report to cover up his financial loss after falling victim to a credit-for-sex scam, said the police in a statement on Tuesday (June 4). The police said they were investigating the 20-year-old who had lodged a police report last Friday stating that he had received a […]
BEIJING (XINHUA) – The Chinese capital Beijing will forbid its buses from honking as they pass sites where students sit the national college entrance examination. The Beijing Public Transport said Tuesday (June 4) it would add over 200 vehicles on 361 routes passing the city’s 89 test sites between Friday and Saturday, when the all-important […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, has appeared in public for the first time in nearly two months, dispelling speculation that she had been under probation over the breakdown of the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February. According to the […]
Retired general who led 2014 coup expected to stay in power, overcoming challenge of popular rival Thanathorn. Thailand’s new parliament is set to vote for prime minister, with retired General Prayuth Chan-ocha appearing set to stay in power thanks largely to the support of senators who were handpicked by the country’s military government. Prayuth, who led a […]
PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s governing party has agreed to expand the central bank’s mandate to include employment and growth as well as inflation, a senior party official said on Tuesday, hours after data showed the worst economic contraction in a decade. The rand extended losses after the comments from African National Congress (ANC) Secretary […]
(Reuters) – British retail businessman Philip Green has agreed to pledge another 25 million pounds ($32 million) to Arcadia Group’s pension scheme, Sky News reported on Tuesday. The latest funding, in the form of security over Arcadia property assets, was part of a bid to secure The Pensions Regulator’s backing for the restructuring of Green’s […]
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are investigating City Financial Investment Company, a London-based hedge fund firm that entered administration three months ago, according to a notice published at UK companies registrar Companies House on Tuesday. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) watchdog started an inquiry before two administrators from FRP Advisory were jointly appointed […]
(Reuters) – Canada’s bank regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, on Tuesday raised the capital requirement level for ‘systemically important’ banks in the country by 25 basis points, to 2%. The increased domestic stability buffer indicates the regulator’s view that Canadian banks were still vulnerable to factors such as household indebtedness, asset […]