Thirty years ago, Beijing’s Tiananmen Square became the focus for large-scale protests, which were crushed by China’s Communist rulers. The events produced one of the most iconic photos of the 20th Century – a lone protester standing in front of a line of army tanks. What led up to the events? In the 1980s, China […]
BEIJING (AFP) – China on Saturday (June 1) increased tariffs on billions worth of US goods as it prepares to unveil a blacklist of “unreliable” foreign companies that analysts say aims to punish US and foreign firms cutting off supplies to telecoms giant Huawei. Beijing’s move hits US$60 billion (S$82.44 billion) worth of US goods […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking documents from Citgo Petroleum Corp as part of an investigation into bribery by U.S. suppliers involving its Venezuelan parent, state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela. Citgo confirmed the receipt of a subpoena and said in a statement on Monday it agreed to cooperate with the U.S. probe. The […]
In his first outing at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe offered China’s vision of an alternative regional order to that of the United States – the building of an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. Speaking on the last day of the security summit yesterday, he noted that the US had given […]
For the past two years, photographer and food consultant Mike Tan, 48, has been sharing his food with his neighbours in Clementi Gateway. Almost every night, he would post his planned “menu” on a Facebook and WhatsApp group for his neighbours, receiving between two and 45 orders from them daily. He then prepares the home-cooked […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Fourteen passengers were injured after an automated train in suburban Tokyo went in the wrong direction and crashed into a buffer stop, Japanese police said on Sunday (June 2). The driverless five-car train crashed on Saturday evening, injuring 14 passengers, a police spokesman in Kanagawa prefecture south of Tokyo told AFP. Some […]
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Economists cut their 2019 Brazilian economic growth forecasts for a 14th consecutive week, according to a central bank survey on Monday, with Latin America’s largest economy now expected to grow no faster this year than it did in each of the last two. The average forecast of around 100 financial institutions fell […]
Scores of emergency workers were battling bad weather Saturday to locate eight climbers missing on India’s second-highest mountain, an official said. Four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian were set to climb the 25,675-foot Nanda Devi East peak — near the border with China — and return to their base camp last weekend. […]
A helicopter crew searching for eight climbers who went missing in the Indian Himalayas has spotted five bodies, Indian sources say. Four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian made up the missing group who disappeared on India’s second highest-peak. “They were on the same route as the climbers had taken,” a source told […]
PYONGYANG (AFP) – Tens of thousands of performers took part in a stunning gymnastics show on Monday (June 3) night in Pyongyang as North Korea’s spectacular “Mass Games” propaganda displays began their 2019 run. Following rehearsals over several months, vast numbers of people in colourful costumes took part in a precision synchronised performance at the […]