SYDNEY – A leading Australian university with close links to the government and the defence and intelligence communities, the Australian National University, on Tuesday (May 4) revealed it had been attacked by cyber hackers who gained access to personal details of up to 200,000 students and staff dating back 19 years. The hack is the […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – Large crowds turned out for a mass candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening (June 4) marking 30 years since China’s bloody Tiananmen crackdown, a gathering tinged with symbolism as the city struggles to preserve its own cherished freedoms. The eye-catching spectacle – in which thousands of Hong Kongers clutched […]
The chief minister of India’s capital Delhi created a minor sensation when he announced that women would no longer have to pay for public transport. Arvind Kejriwal said that free rides on city buses and the metro would help improve women’s safety in the city. Delhi reports some of the highest numbers of rape in […]
SYDNEY (DPA) – The eastern Australian state of Queensland saw snow for the first time since 2015 as a cold front hit the country’s east on Tuesday (June 4). The authorities in Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) warned of “damaging” winds and surf brought by an intense cold front moving up Australia’s eastern coast. […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp said on Tuesday it expects to book around 1.2 trillion yen ($11.12 billion) in pre-tax profit on the sale of shares in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The sale dates from 2016 when SoftBank sold part of its Alibaba stake via derivatives to fund its acquisition of British […]
NEW DELHI • Five bodies were spotted high on a mountain in the Indian Himalayas yesterday during an aerial search for eight climbers feared swept away in an avalanche last week. The eight – four from Britain, two from the US, and one each from Australia and India – were reported missing last Friday after […]
PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia’s top anti-graft chief Shukri Abdull has resigned, just over a year into his two-year tenure, according to local news reports quoting a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). He has been replaced by a prominent woman lawyer who is also a member of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), one of the four […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank cut its cash rate to a record low 1.25% on Tuesday in what could be the first in a series of stimulus measures amid growing calls for policymakers to revive the country’s slowing economy. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered rates for the first time in three years […]
SINGAPORE – A father of two lashed out at a five-year-old autistic boy after seeing him “playing roughly” near his children in a sandpit. Soo Wen Jie kicked the child in the stomach after he tried to take a plastic shovel from him, then swung his arm at him, knocking him onto a slide. The […]
SINGAPORE – Against the backdrop of rapidly emerging new technology, less support for globalisation and Asia’s growing power, business leaders must invest in innovation, workers and the community to move forward, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday (June 4). Speaking to 200 business leaders at the annual corporate governance forum Stewardship Asia […]